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Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash near Thorsby
One person is in hospital with serious injures after a crash near Thorsby on Saturday.The collision happened around 12:30 p.m., according to RCMP who responded to the single vehicle crash involving a ...
Sep 08, 2019
Conservatives finishing up candidate harassment policy promised this year
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada is putting the final touches on an anti-harassment policy that's to apply to candidates in the October election. The party promised a code of conduct for...
Sep 08, 2019
Opera union launches investigation into Domingo allegations
NEW YORK - The union that represents opera performers and staff has launched its own investigation into sexual harassment allegations against superstar Placido Domingo, saying it cannot be sure that o...
Sep 08, 2019
Canada pushes China on canola at WTO as Beijing bristles over Trudeau criticism
OTTAWA - Canada has requested a formal meeting with China at the World Trade Organization to resolve a Chinese ban on Canadian canola shipments. International Trade Minister Jim Carr announced Friday ...
Sep 08, 2019
Lacombe's historic Flatiron building on the market
A significant piece of Lacombe's history is up for sale at an asking price of $1.29 million.Built in 1904, the Flatiron Building has been owned for the last two decades by Glen and Laurie Calkins, who...
Sep 08, 2019 (Supplied/Realtor)
Paperwork keeping us from helping veterans, case workers complain
OTTAWA - Case managers assigned to assist Canada's most severely disabled veterans say they are being forced to spend more time filling out paperwork than helping former service members. The complaint...
Sep 08, 2019
Dalhousie apologizes for racist actions, views of university's founder
HALIFAX - Dalhousie University is apologizing to the African Nova Scotian community following the publication of a report examining the racist views of the school's founder and Nova Scotia's various c...
Sep 08, 2019
Canadian detained in Cuba following boating death allowed to return home
MASCOUCHE, Que. - A Quebecer who spent more than two years in legal limbo in Cuba following the death of a fellow Canadian tourist returned home last week after being liberated by Cuba's highest ...
Sep 08, 2019
‘Simply spectacular’: Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital promises new chapter for health care in Saskatchewan
It truly is a made in Saskatchewan vision come to life.Nearly five years after a historic groundbreaking, the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital is open and many say it will usher in a new, state-of-the...
Sep 08, 2019 An example of a pediatric intensive care room; it has space for families to stay with their children overnight. (battlefordsNOW Staff/Tyler Marr)
Joe Thornton, 40, signs 1-year, $2 million deal with Sharks
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Joe Thornton is coming back for another season at age 40, signing a one-year, $2 million contract with the San Jose Sharks on Friday after briefly contemplating retirement at the en...
Sep 08, 2019