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Scheer repeats call on RCMP to investigate Trudeau's actions in SNC affair
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal ethics commissioner's stinging conclusions about Justin Trudeau's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair appear to alig...
Aug 19, 2019
Oakland Raiders' Luke Willson finally gets to play another game in Canada
Luke Willson figures he'll have a smooth travel day when his Oakland Raiders head to Winnipeg for Thursday's NFL pre-season game against the Green Bay Packers. "I think I'm going to have the easiest t...
Aug 19, 2019
Pipeline rupture sends 40,000 litres of oil into Alberta creek
DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. - The Alberta Energy Regulator says a pipeline has spilled 40,000 litres of crude oil into a creek.The regulator says on its website that the incident happened Thursday on a Bont...
Aug 19, 2019 (File Photo/ The Canadian Press)
Chinese pop stars publicly back Beijing on Hong Kong
HONG KONG - At least eight pop stars from mainland China and one each from Taiwan and Hong Kong are publicly stating their support for Beijing's one-China policy, eliciting a mixture of disappointment...
Aug 19, 2019
Dildo, N.L., warns against trespassing in excitement over Hollywood-like sign
DILDO, N.L. - Days after a Hollywood-style sign went up over Dildo, N.L., officials have had to post warnings to deter people from clambering through private yards and scaling a steep hill to tak...
Aug 19, 2019
MP wants explanation on P.A. arena funding rejection
Local MP Conservative Randy Hoback, has written to the Minister of Infrastructure in Ottawa following the rejection of an application for federal funding for a proposed multi-plex sports centre in Pri...
Aug 19, 2019 MP for Prince Albert Randy Hoback wants answers from the federal minister of infrastructure. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Chrystia Freeland condemns violence in Hong Kong, sparking backlash from China
OTTAWA - Chinese officials accused Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland of "meddling" in China's internal affairs Sunday after her weekend statement condemning violence in Hong Kong in the wake ...
Aug 19, 2019
Chrystia Freeland condemns violence in Hong Kong, sparking backlash from China
OTTAWA - Chinese officials accused Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland of "meddling" in China's internal affairs Sunday after her weekend statement condemning violence in Hong Kong in the wake ...
Aug 19, 2019
Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil field
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside Saudi Arabia's sprawling desert on Saturday, causing what the kingdom described ...
Aug 19, 2019
Iranian tanker to leave Gibraltar soon despite US pressure
GIBRALTAR - The shipping agent for an Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar on Sunday or Monday, as the U.S. made a last-minute effort to sei...
Aug 19, 2019
