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Wants mandate for plans: Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister moves up election date
WINNIPEG - Premier Brian Pallister, saying he needs a new mandate from voters after fulfilling key promises from his last campaign, has moved up the provincial election by more than a year. ...
Jun 21, 2019
Celebrations across Canada to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day
TORONTO - Events were held across Canada on Friday to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day, including a sunrise ceremony in Toronto, a totem pole unveiling in Whitehorse and the renaming of a str...
Jun 21, 2019
Sir Elton John to get France's Legion of Honor from Macron
PARIS - Sir Elton John is to receive the Legion of Honor, France's highest award, during a visit to the presidential Elysee Palace. The singer is to meet first on Friday with French President Emmanuel...
Jun 21, 2019
Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo: Online scalpers pick on the wrong event
HALIFAX - Over the past 40 years, the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo has grown to become the world's largest indoor celebration of military music and traditions. But it's been only in the last...
Jun 21, 2019
Argos' running back Wilder Jr. happy Lawrence to suit up for Ticats
TORONTO - James Wilder Jr. wants a piece of Simoni Lawrence. The Toronto running back can't wait to tangle with Lawrence on Saturday when the Argos host arch-rival Hamilton in thei...
Jun 21, 2019
Traffic stop turns into drug seizure
A traffic stop turned into a drug and dangerous weapon seizure yesterday. Police arrested three men during a traffic stop on the 1400 block of Central Avenue around 1:30 p.m.During the search of the v...
Jun 21, 2019 Items seized from the vehicle during the traffic stop. (submitted photo/PAPS)
‘One step forward in reconciliation’: Seven area governments sign landmark cooperative agreement
An example of reconciliation in action.That is how chiefs described the signing of the Sacichawasihc Relationship Agreement.It commits the City of North Battleford, Town of Battleford and five regiona...
Jun 21, 2019 Seven area governments have signed the Sacichawasihc Relationship Agreement. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Renata Ford, widow of Rob Ford, to run for Bernier's 'People's party' in federal election
Toronto voters will have a chance this fall to vote for yet another Ford. Renata Ford - the widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, sister-in-law to Ontario's premier, daughter-in-law to a former...
Jun 21, 2019
AP Source: NHL salary cap will fall short of projections
VANCOUVER - The NHL salary cap for next season will be between $81.5 and $82 million, which is at least $1 million lower than initially projected, The Associated Press has confirmed. The figure was di...
Jun 21, 2019
Trudeau promises to legislate implementation of UNDRIP if re-elected
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising that a re-elected Liberal government will introduce legislation to ensure federal laws are harmonized with the United Nations Declaration on the Rig...
Jun 21, 2019
