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P.A. motorists claims he was left stranded due to ruts
The term, 'bump in the road,' has a new meaning for a Prince Albert man.Last Wednesday, Wayne Finch drove his 2000 Ford Focus to the John M. Culenaere Public Library. He said on the drive, he pulled i...
Feb 10, 2020 Wayne Finch says a rut damaged the axle on his vehicle during his drive to the library last week. (submitted photo/Wayne Finch)
Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...
Feb 10, 2020
LeBron James, Kyle Lowry among 44 US Olympic basketball team finalists
LeBron James is considering a return to the Olympics. James - a two-time gold medallist and three-time Olympian - is among 44 players announced by USA Basketball on Monday as finalists for the team th...
Feb 10, 2020
School board association could fight Quebec's education bill, with federal help
QUEBEC - The association representing Quebec's English-language school boards has been granted federal money to challenge a major Quebec education-reform bill, its vice-president says, days after...
Feb 10, 2020
B.C.'s Tristan Connelly to fight Brazilian in Portland in next UFC outing
TORONTO - B.C. lightweight Tristan (Boondock) Connelly will face Brazil's Alex da Silva on April 11 in a UFC Fight Night card in Portland. The main event at the Moda Center features hea...
Feb 10, 2020
Arrests made as anti-pipeline protesters block Vancouver ports, defy injunction
VANCOUVER - Police have begun enforcing a court injunction preventing protesters from blocking several entrances to the Port of Vancouver and at DeltaPort, south of the city. Officers arrived at ...
Feb 10, 2020
'Reaper of death:' Fearsome new dinosaur species discovered in Alberta
CALGARY - A fearsome lizard with a name meaning "reaper of death" is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary ...
Feb 10, 2020
Buttigieg on defence as rivals aim to blunt his momentum
DOVER, N.H. - Pete Buttigieg has been on defence all weekend as his Democratic presidential rivals attacked him on everything from his struggle to connect with black voters to accepting campaign contr...
Feb 10, 2020
Cheer up! Alouettes cheerleading squad to return in 2020 after all
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes will have cheerleaders on the field this upcoming CFL season. The team announced Monday that it is reversing an earlier decision to cut its cheerleading squad after r...
Feb 10, 2020
Gronlid Man Fined More Than $36,000 For Wildlife Trafficking
A Gronlid man recently pleaded guilty in Melfort Provincial Court to charges stemming from a five-year undercover investigation into illegal wildlife trafficking. In 2014, Ministry of Environment cons...
Feb 10, 2020
