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Paul Dewar, former NDP foreign affairs critic, dies of cancer at 56
OTTAWA - Paul Dewar, a teacher and union leader from Ottawa who became the New Democratic Party's foreign affairs critic, died Wednesday after contending with brain cancer for a year. Despite struggli...
Feb 08, 2019
Little movement in local fraud case
More than a year after a Prince Albert man was charged with fraud stemming from a two-year investigation by Waskesiu RCMP, there has been little movement in the case. The case involving George Wilson ...
Feb 08, 2019
Some workers still unpaid after shutdown, dread what's next
Nearly two weeks after the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S history, many federal workers still have not received their back pay or have only gotten a fraction of what they are owed as go...
Feb 08, 2019
Alberta strikes working group to make recommendations to ban conversion therapy
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has created a working group to determine the most effective way to ban conversion therapy. Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says the practice is both damaging and h...
Feb 08, 2019
Infrastructure bill faces many potholes in months ahead
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pronounced himself eager to work with Congress on a plan to rebuild America's crumbling roads and bridges, but offered no specifics during his State of the Union sp...
Feb 08, 2019
Politics prevail in rush to supply Venezuela much-needed aid
CUCUTA, Colombia - For Anahis Alvarado, whose battle with kidney failure has become more desperate as Venezuela sinks deeper into crisis, the prospect of bringing in emergency medical and food supplie...
Feb 08, 2019
US officials to investigate San Francisco gas explosion
SAN FRANCISCO - The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a natural gas explosion in San Francisco that sent flames into the sky for hours and damaged five buildings, an official said ...
Feb 08, 2019
O'Regan to visit Cat Lake First Nation at request of community's chief
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan says he will visit a northern Ontario First Nation to see its housing situation at the request of the community's chief. O'Regan spoke to the chief...
Feb 08, 2019
UPDATE: Peaceful ending after police incident in La Ronge
UPDATE: While the investigation remains ongoing, an early morning police incident has ended at the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Around 2:30 a.m. officers received a complaint of shots fired at a vehicle ...
Feb 08, 2019
Lil Baby arrested, accused of reckless driving in a Corvette
ATLANTA - Rapper Lil Baby was arrested in Atlanta after he recklessly passed other cars at high speed in an orange Corvette and tried to flee a state trooper, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Th...
Feb 08, 2019
