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Stay of proceedings after Jaspal Atwal accused of uttering threats
SURREY, B.C. - The BC Prosecution Service says it won't pursue a charge of uttering threats against the man who sparked a political firestorm when he attended an event during Prime Minister ...
Jun 19, 2019

Budget watchdog says cost to match one of Trump's business tax cuts is $37B
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog is putting new numbers to the cost of matching recent U.S. business-tax changes, pegging the price to the federal treasury at more than double government e...
Jun 19, 2019

'Forgive me, Lord:' Manslaughter trial hears recordings of Calgary grandfather
CALGARY - A trial for a man charged in the death of his grandson has heard recordings of what appear to be the accused praying for forgiveness. Allan Perdomo Lopez is charged with ...
Jun 19, 2019

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister moves up election date to Sept. 10
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he is moving up the next provincial election by more than a year. The next vote was scheduled for October 2020, but Pallister has set the day...
Jun 19, 2019

Lawyer for Calgary man accused in grandson's death asks for acquittal
CALGARY - A Calgary defence lawyer has asked a judge to acquit his client of manslaughter because he says the Crown's case is too weak. Darren Mahoney is representing Allan Perdomo Lopez, wh...
Jun 19, 2019

Mom grateful for help after young daughter’s crystal meth scare
It was supposed to be a nice wrap-up to her daughter's fourth birthday party, but it turned into a scary emergency that forced Chelsi Melle to rush her child to the hospital in Estevan.Melle and her f...
Jun 19, 2019 Chelsi Melle says her four-year-old daughter, Addison, is OK and was recovering in hospital after she mistakenly ate a small amount of Crystal Meth in a south Saskatchewan campground on June 16, 2019. (Chelsi Melle Facebook page)

Fajardo given starting job, Harker will still play
The game of quarterback musical chairs is continuing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2019.While veteran Cody Fajardo will get the start, Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson said Isaac Harker wi...
Jun 19, 2019 Cody Fajardo throwing a ball in practice on June 18, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)

'Hands and minds': Downtown mural inching closer to completion
A mural to be installed at the urban reserve in La Ronge is coming close to completion. The second of four panels is currently at Senator Myles Venne School where it's being worked on by students in t...
Jun 19, 2019 Allen Morrow shows Senator Myles Venne School students the master plan. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Finance minister acknowledges skepticism, vows to build Trans Mountain expansion
CALGARY - Canada's finance minister says the best way to convince a skeptical oilpatch that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Ottawa approved Tuesday will actually be built is to go ahead and buil...
Jun 19, 2019

Premier believes Trans Mountain expansion good first step
The announcement of the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Tuesday prompted Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to discuss what's next, as well as commend the federal government on the ex...
Jun 19, 2019 Premier Scott Moe spoke and took questions at the Saskatoon cabinet office on June 18, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)