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Inhumane practice of carving fins off live sharks to become illegal in Canada
OTTAWA - Carving fins off live sharks and leaving them in the ocean to drown will be illegal in Canada as early as Friday. Importing shark fins that are no longer attached to a shark will al...
Jun 20, 2019
Air Ronge council unanimously supports rainbow crosswalk
A rainbow crosswalk will be installed in front of Air Ronge's Gordon Denny Community School.The decision was announced at a regular council meeting Wednesday where a delegation requested the pride fla...
Jun 20, 2019 Colin Ratushniak places a pride flag on the table at a Air Ronge council meeting. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Hussen says he wants Canada to accept more refugees as economic immigrants
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he would like to increase the number of refugees Canada accepts and is pushing for higher refugee numbers every year. Speaking to participants in a...
Jun 20, 2019
David Ortiz shooting suspect charged with drug possession
NEWARK, N.J. - The man authorities say shot former baseball star David Ortiz was charged Thursday with drug and firearm possession in New Jersey. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz was indicted on cocaine and heroin...
Jun 20, 2019
Canada captain Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 182 against Dutch at World Cup
REIMS, France - Canada captain Christine Sinclair collected career goal No. 182 Thursday, scoring against the Netherlands in preliminary-round play at the Women's World Cup. Sinclair, who turned 36 on...
Jun 20, 2019
Texas says DNA technology jeopardizes cases
AUSTIN, Texas - With a name that sounds like futuristic fiction, Rapid DNA machines roughly the size of an office printer have helped solve rape cases in Kentucky, identified California wildfire victi...
Jun 20, 2019
Lighthizer agrees to do whatever it takes to get new NAFTA passed
OTTAWA - Two days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's arrival at the Oval Office, U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer has pledged to work with Democrats to do whatever it takes to ratify the new Nort...
Jun 20, 2019
Confusion, bickering cloud of Senate committee's planned Norman inquiry
OTTAWA - Confusion and partisan bickering are clouding a Senate committee's plan to conduct an inquiry into the suspension and failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Conservative Sen. Je...
Jun 20, 2019
Canada's Christine Sinclair mingles with Dutch fans ahead of World Cup showdown
REIMS, France - Wandering around Reims on an off-day, Canada captain Christine Sinclair couldn't help but run into visiting Dutch fans ahead of Thursday's Group E showdown at the Women's World Cup. Du...
Jun 20, 2019
RCMP arrest second man in connection to shooting that injured five-year-old
A second arrest has been made in connection to a shooting, which left a five-year-old boy with serious but non life-threatening injuries.Matt Kurt Misponas is facing 15 charges related to his alleged ...
Jun 20, 2019 Two men have now been arrested in the January shooting. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)