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Feds launch review of official-languages law 50 years after its introduction
OTTAWA - The federal government is launching a review of the Official Languages Act, saying it is time to modernize the decades-old law. The 1969 law enshrined Canadians' right to recei...
Mar 11, 2019
Former Conservative candidate charged with campaign theft from 2015 election
OTTAWA - A failed Conservative candidate from the 2015 federal election has been charged with stealing more than $5,000 from campaign coffers. The federal public prosecution service has charged&n...
Mar 11, 2019
2020 Democrats flock to trendy SXSW festival in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas - A big chunk of the 2020 Democratic field began making Texas an unlikely early-state stop Saturday and pushed back on big tech in front of young, social-media savvy crowds in a city whe...
Mar 11, 2019
OECD concerned with allegations Trudeau interfered in SNC-Lavalin case
OTTAWA - The international economic group that oversees a global anti-bribery convention says it's monitoring the allegations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau interfered in a criminal prosecuti...
Mar 11, 2019
Canadian airlines try to reassure flyers after fatal Boeing 737 plane crash
MONTREAL - Canada's two largest airlines say they are confident in the safety of the Boeing 737 aircraft after a fatal crash on Sunday involving an Ethiopian Airlines flight. The accident, w...
Mar 11, 2019
Dems select Milwaukee for 2020 national convention
MILWAUKEE - Democrats selected Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention Monday, setting up the party's 2020 standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old indust...
Mar 11, 2019
Sunday's Scoreboard
Sunday's GamesSJHLWeyburn 2, Flin Flon 6Flin Flon wins 2-0Yorkton 1, Notre Dame 5Series tied at 1SMAAAHLBlazers 6, PA 4Blazers win series 3-2SFMAAAHLBattlefords 1, Swift Current 2 (OT)Swift Current wi...
Mar 11, 2019
Ebola treatment centre in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead
KINSHASA, Congo - Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment centre in the heart of eastern Congo's deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers injur...
Mar 11, 2019
Wonder Woman to the rescue: Gal Gadot takes on Netanyahu
JERUSALEM - Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has come to the rescue of a fellow Israeli celebrity in a spat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gadot, who typically shies away from politics, is rallyin...
Mar 11, 2019
Metis Addictions Council Open House
The Metis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan is hosting an Open House to celebrate 50 years of service to the community on March 15th from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at their Prince Albert Office at 3...
Mar 11, 2019 : Karen Cay
