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Scheer calls on Trudeau to resign, Singh for inquiry over SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called on Justin Trudeau to resign Wednesday, saying former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould's troubling testimony about SNC-Lavalin proved the prime mi...
Mar 01, 2019
The significance of Jody Wilson-Raybould invoking Indigenous 'Big House' laws
TORONTO - Rarely are Indigenous laws invoked on Parliament Hill, but that's exactly what happened this week when Jody Wilson-Raybould cited core values shaped by "a long line of matriarchs" in front a...
Mar 01, 2019
Federal legislation for cannabis-possession pardon not enough, critics say
OTTAWA - Long-awaited legislation that makes getting a pardon for simple possession of cannabis cheaper and quicker made it to the House of Commons Friday, but critics say it won't be enough...
Mar 01, 2019
Search into missing cryptocurrency turns up empty 'cold wallets:' Report
HALIFAX - The high-profile search for $190 million in missing cryptocurrency owed to users of the beleaguered QuadrigaCX trading platform has turned up a small amount of digital assets, but the intrig...
Mar 01, 2019
Parks Canada worried spilled grain from derailed CP train will attract grizzlies
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada is worried spilled grain from a derailed train in Banff National Park will attract hungry grizzly bears to the tracks as they emerge from hibernation in the coming weeks. T...
Mar 01, 2019
MacAulay faces tough task repairing relations with angry veterans' community
OTTAWA - When he was named Friday as Canada's latest minister of veterans affairs, Lawrence MacAulay was given the difficult task of sweetening the Trudeau government's relations with embittered veter...
Mar 01, 2019
OSI-CAN founder remembered as 'mentor' and 'hero'
A founding member of OSI-CAN, a group that provides mental health supports for first responders and veterans, has passed away.Chris Siddons from Regina took his own life on Thursday. Jack Rennie, an a...
Mar 01, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
City Police January stats show drops, child sex crimes up
The Prince Albert Police Service is reporting lower crime numbers in some areas, but have seen a jump in others as 2019 gets underway, including the number of sexual violations involving children.Janu...
Mar 01, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Manziel experiment in CFL over after league directs Alouettes to release QB
He entered the CFL with much fanfare and intrigue, but Johnny Football has made a mysterious exit. The Johnny Manziel experiment ended less than a year after it began Wednesday with the CFL&...
Mar 01, 2019
Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod pledges one per cent of her salary to charity
TORONTO - Canadian international goalkeeper Erin McLeod is joining Manchester United's Juan Mata, Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini, U.S. international Alex Morgan and other soccer stars in digging int...
Mar 01, 2019
