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Indigenous group wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose 2018 Juno over ancestry doubts
The Indigenous Women's Collective is calling for Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose her 2018 Juno Award for Indigenous album of the year, after a CBC story raised doubts about the singer's ancestry. The colle...
Oct 30, 2023
Federal charge says former North Dakota lawmaker traveled to Prague with intent to rape minor
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A former longtime North Dakota lawmaker has been indicted on a federal charge alleging he traveled to Prague with the intent to rape a minor. The four-page indictment against for...
Oct 30, 2023
Feds ban WeChat, Kaspesky apps from government-issued devices over security concerns
OTTAWA - The federal government is banning WeChat and Kaspersky applications from its phones over security concerns. WeChat is a social network, messaging and payments app from Chinese company Tencent...
Oct 30, 2023
Climate change: Droughts, heavy rain turn Canada's pumpkin harvest spooky
Severe weather across Canada caused by climate change has wreaked havoc with the pumpkin harvest this year. Nova Scotia pumpkin farmer Danny Dill says the spring planting season was arid because of wi...
Oct 30, 2023
Joly to plead for humanitarian pauses as she says time is running out to help in Gaza
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says time is running out to help people in Gaza. In a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto this afternoon, Joly is expected to plead for human...
Oct 30, 2023
Larry Krause - Christmas Concert Tour
Well known local Western performer Larry Krause is pleased to announce he is embarking on a Christmas concert tour in north central Saskatchewan. 'A Timberline Christmas' will be on stages in six comm...
Oct 30, 2023
Young Canadians more anxious about debt, more likely to miss a bill payment: Equifax
Equifax Canada says young Canadians are more anxious about their personal debt and more likely to have missed a bill payment this year. In a survey conducted in September, the agency says 36 per cent ...
Oct 30, 2023
Winter blast a ‘punch in the gut,’ but warmer November in store
The sudden onset to winter brought snow and lower temperatures to Saskatchewan, but temperatures should turn warmer in November.David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada, spoke wi...
Oct 30, 2023
Illinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian American woman and her young son pleaded not guilty Monday following his indictmen t by an ...
Oct 30, 2023
Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home h...
Oct 30, 2023
