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Inmate sentenced in connection to 2016 Prison riot death
One of five men charged in the death of an inmate during a riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in 2016, has received a 10 year sentence.Kelfert Wayne Watetch, 28, was sentenced Tuesday at Court of Q...
Jun 12, 2019 One inmate died and eight others were injured during a riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in late 2016. (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Genocide against Indigenous women and girls 'obvious,' says chief commissioner
VANCOUVER - The chief commissioner of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says it's "pretty obvious" that the tragedies amount to a genocide. Marion Buller made the r...
Jun 12, 2019
With LaBatte questionable, Riders’ O-line prepared for challenge
Saskatchewan Roughriders centre Dan Clark could be without his left-hand man Thursday.Brendon LaBatte, a six-time CFL all-star at left guard, hasn't practised all week due to a groin injury and is que...
Jun 12, 2019 The Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive line does drills during practice on June 10, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Edmonton murder trial hears child went from chunky, happy to skin and bones
EDMONTON - A woman who lived with two people charged in the death of a toddler found outside an Edmonton church says she often heard crying, yelling, smacking and more crying from their bedr...
Jun 12, 2019
Quebec trying to speed up process to adopt secularism bill ahead of summer break
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government is showing good faith by specifying what kinds of religious symbols it plans to ban for many public sector workers. The government tabled an am...
Jun 12, 2019
Trudeau appoints first ambassador to advance women, peace and security
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Canada's first ambassador for women, peace and security. Jacqueline O'Neill, who has served on a number of related international bodies, assumes&nb...
Jun 12, 2019
How to Prepare Your Children for Life After Graduation
Graduating without debt in Canada is an admirable accomplishment. The question is, should parents shoulder any of the responsibility of repaying loans where post-secondary graduates were unable to avo...
Jun 12, 2019
In Tel Aviv, Neil Patrick Harris says he's no gay icon
TEL AVIV, Israel - This year's official international ambassador to Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade says he has no interest in being a gay activist. Neil Patrick Harris arrived in Israel Wednesday along w...
Jun 12, 2019
Canada's treatment of Indigenous women not a 'genocide', Scheer says
OTTAWA - "Genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday. Last week, the federal...
Jun 12, 2019
Husky pleads guilty over oil leak into North Saskatchewan River
LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river that is the source of drinking water for a number of Saskatchewan communiti...
Jun 12, 2019
