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CP rail responsible for cost and cleanup of train derailment
More than 100 responders were on the ground dealing with Monday's train derailment near Guernsey.Dale Kristoff is an environmental protection officer and hazardous materials co-ordinator with the Sask...
Dec 12, 2019 Huge flames and thick black smoke pour into the sky after a CPR train derailed near Plunkett on Dec. 9, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)

Mitch Picton re-signs with Riders, Noah Picton rejoins Rams
Two members of the Picton family were in the news Wednesday.First, the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced they had re-signed receiver Mitch Picton.Then, the University of Regina Rams announced t...
Dec 12, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Mitch Picton (81). (Britton Gray/980 CJME)

Newspaper criticizes film's take on Olympic bombing coverage
ATLANTA - After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was recast as a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 years l...
Dec 12, 2019

New Zealand trying to recover bodies on volcanic island
WHAKATANE, New Zealand - New Zealand police and military specialists launched a risky operation Friday to recover the bodies of eight victims of a volcanic eruption on an island that has left at least...
Dec 12, 2019

Millions in Bebawi's accounts were bonuses authorized by SNC bosses: defence
MONTREAL - Millions of dollars that ended up in the accounts of a former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption were legitimate bonuses authorized by the company's president, the defe...
Dec 12, 2019

Scott Milanovich returns to CFL, named head coach of Edmonton Eskimos
EDMONTON - Scott Milanovich has been named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. The 46-year-old Milanovich was head coach of the Toronto Argonauts from 2012 to 2016. He led the Argonauts to a Grey Cup ...
Dec 12, 2019

Cloud named acting-fire chief in La Ronge
It's been a quick transition for Keaton Cloud at the La Ronge Regional Fire Department as he went from a volunteer member to deputy-fire chief to acting-fire chief in a matter of weeks. A motion was m...
Dec 12, 2019 A new safety officer will also arrive in January. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

NewsAlert: No suspension of Bill 21: Appeal Court
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected a request to suspend the central elements of the province's secularism law. A national Muslim organization, a civil liberties group and a u...
Dec 12, 2019

A timeline of Andrew Scheer's political career
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer has announced he will resign as Conservative leader as soon as a replacement is chosen. Here's a brief timeline of his career on Parliament Hill: June 28, 2004: Scheer...
Dec 12, 2019

Canadiens forward Matthew Peca out around six weeks with knee injury
Montreal Canadiens forward Matthew Peca will be out for approximately six weeks with a knee injury, the NHL team announced Thursday. Peca suffered the injury during the game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. ...
Dec 12, 2019