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Bannister receives Most Valuable Player at Ice Wolves awards banquet
It was a time of celebration for the La Ronge Ice Wolves Friday night as players, parents, billets, board members and supporters came together for the year-end banquet. "There's a good buzz in the air...
Mar 10, 2019 Zach Bannister receives the award for Most Valuable Player. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Freeland thanks U.S. lawmakers for bipartisan support on Meng arrest
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland applauded Friday a bipartisan American political effort backing Canada in its fight with China over its detention of Huawei's chief financ...
Mar 10, 2019
Navy spy Jeffrey Delisle granted full parole: federal board
HALIFAX - Convicted spy Jeffrey Delisle, who sold Western military secrets to Russia, has been granted full parole. A decision from the Parole Board of Canada said it was satisfied that the risk ...
Mar 10, 2019
Puerto Rico's Farruko pleads guilty to not declaring cash
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican singer Farruko has pleaded guilty to not declaring nearly $52,000 in cash discovered in his luggage and shoes when he arrived in the U.S. territory from the Domini...
Mar 10, 2019
House OKs election, ethics overhaul; Senate to slam door
WASHINGTON - Newly empowered House Democrats approved a centerpiece of their agenda Friday, a sweeping plan to reduce the role of big money in politics, ensure fair elections and strengthen ethics sta...
Mar 10, 2019
SNC-Lavalin's court loss shifts spotlight to Trudeau's new attorney general
OTTAWA - The spotlight in the SNC-Lavalin affair has shifted to rookie Justice Minister David Lametti now that a court has rejected the company's bid to force the public prosecutor to pursue an a...
Mar 10, 2019
Ontario professor studies the science behind spark in microwaved grapes
Aaron Slepkov and his buddies first tossed grapes into a microwave back in the mid-1990s. Within seconds, the fruits spark like lightning. He was hooked and broke out the trick at parties. Now, the Tr...
Mar 10, 2019
The Latest: UK confirms 7 British victims in plane crash
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 7:05 p.m. British officials have confirmed that seven British nationals have died in the crash of an Ethiopian Airline...
Mar 10, 2019
Victim's sons tell court that killing of ailing mother was no act of compassion
MONTREAL - Following emotional testimony from the victim's family members, the Crown and the defence offered vastly different sentencing recommendations Friday for a Montreal man convicted of suf...
Mar 10, 2019
India says election to be held in 7 phases in April, May
NEW DELHI - India's Election Commission announced Sunday that the upcoming national election will be held in seven phases in April and May, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party se...
Mar 10, 2019