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'It is our culture:' Chief says Manitoba First Nation going ahead with powwow
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba chief says his community will hold its annual powwow next month even if provincial public-health orders continue to limit the size of public gatherings. "It is our cult...
May 28, 2020
USMCA poised for star turn in trade spotlight as White House sours on China
WASHINGTON - If trade deals were football players, Canada's agreement with the United States and Mexico would have been considered a second-stringer a year ago compared to President Donald Trump's ori...
May 28, 2020
Legal experts weigh in on Meng Wanzhou decision from B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - A loss in court for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou has prompted another round of legal arguments in her attempt to avoid extradition to the United States on fraud charges. Ass...
May 28, 2020
Chinese lawmakers endorse Hong Kong national security law
BEIJING - China's ceremonial legislature on Thursday endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong that has strained relations with the United States and Britain. The National People's Congress appro...
May 28, 2020
La Loche continues to see positive developments in battle against COVID-19 outbreak
The community of La Loche is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 and Clearwater River is expecting all outstanding cases to have recovered in the coming days. During a public health update on the local...
May 27, 2020
Sam Johnson, ex-Texas GOP congressman and Vietnam POW, dies
Former Texas Rep. Sam Johnson, a military pilot who spent years at a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades in Congress, died Wednesday at age 89. The conservative Republican,...
May 27, 2020
New 'Hunger Games' book sells more than 500,000 copies
NEW YORK - A decade after the "Hunger Games" series had apparently ended, readers were clearly ready for more. Suzanne Collins' "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" sold more 500,000 copies last week,...
May 27, 2020
Canucks GM says team could hold camp in U.S. due to Canada's quarantine rules
Jim Benning says his team might take its show on the road - south of the border. The general manager of the Vancouver Canucks hinted on a conference call with reporters Wednesday that if the...
May 27, 2020
NBC, producers say 'America's Got Talent' cleared by probe
LOS ANGELES - An investigation of Gabrielle Union's complaints of racism on the set of "America's Got Talent" concluded that her allegations were unfounded, according to NBC and the show's producers. ...
May 27, 2020
Voters elect Cook-Searson for sixth term as chief
She's been the chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band since 2005 and voters have returned Tammy Cook-Searson to the position for a sixth term. Cook-Searson earned 40 per cent of the ballots cast with 1...
May 27, 2020