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Lightning sign Brayden Point to $20.25M, 3-year deal
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed restricted free agent forward Brayden Point to a $20.25 million, three-year contract on Monday. Point will count $6.75 million against the salary cap ...
Sep 23, 2019

Supreme Court justices hear two cases in Winnipeg, meet with Indigenous leaders
WINNIPEG - Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner says holding hearings in Winnipeg is an important step toward informing people about how the country's highest court works. Judges from the Suprem...
Sep 23, 2019

Trudeau's behaviour panned by Alberta premier who pumps up Scheer instead
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says images of federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wearing black and brown face makeup should make it easier for voters to choose in next month's election. Jaso...
Sep 23, 2019

Sask. to make change to minimum wage on Oct. 1
Saskatchewan's minimum wage is set to increase on Oct. 1.It's to go up by 26 cents per hour to $11.32 per hour. The change - the 11th in the province since 2007 - was announced in June."Our government...
Sep 23, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Trudeau's behaviour panned by Alberta premier who pumps up Scheer instead
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says images of federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wearing black and brown face makeup should make it easier for voters to choose in next month's election. Jaso...
Sep 23, 2019

Brain activity 'dampened' by vaped THC, similar to those with schizophrenia: study
A new study by Ontario researchers suggests that brain activity in rats exposed a single time to THC - the vapourized psychoactive component of marijuana - is similar to those with...
Sep 23, 2019

Bloc leader calls for suspension of Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement
SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is calling for the suspension of a border agreement between Canada and the United States that he says&...
Sep 23, 2019

At UN, Trump focuses on religious freedom, not climate
President Donald Trump was addressing a conference for world leaders at the United Nations, but he was talking to his political base Monday as he breezed by a major climate change summit and focused i...
Sep 23, 2019

Adults Learn to Skate
The La Ronge Skating Club is hosting an Adults Learn to Skate program.Registration is Monday October 7 starting at 5 p.m. at the Mel Hegland Uniplex.See the poster for details.
Sep 23, 2019

Realtors welcome Conservative plan to ease mortgage stress-test rules
OTTAWA - Canada's realtors welcomed news that the Conservatives want to ease a contentious mortgage stress test, despite a previous warning from the head of the CMHC. Canadian Real Estate Association ...
Sep 23, 2019