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Supreme Court won't hear police oversight case; Black family alleged brutality
TORONTO - Canada's top court refused on Thursday to hear a case involving the limits of police oversight, prompting a renewed call for a misconduct hearing against a police officer a Black family accu...
Jan 28, 2021

Canadian guard Carr takes his mental and physical game to a new level at Minnesota
After a sophomore season that was decent, but in his view not good enough, Marcus Carr returned home to Toronto to double down on his college basketball career. The 21-year-old junior at Minnesota wor...
Jan 28, 2021

Top court to hear case on sexual consent and use of protection
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case concerning the use of protection during sex and how that relates to consent and possible deception. The complainant in the British Columb...
Jan 28, 2021

U.S. whiskey bolstered by liquor store sales in 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - American whiskey absorbed some setbacks but showed resilience in the face of pandemic-related clampdowns on bars and restaurants as liquor sales benefited from enduring demand for a ...
Jan 28, 2021

Panel overturns 4 Facebook content takedowns in first ruling
LONDON - Facebook's quasi-independent oversight board issued its first rulings on Thursday, overturning four out of five decisions by the social network to take down questionable content. The social m...
Jan 28, 2021

Indianapolis teen charged in fatal shootings of family
INDIANAPOLIS - A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his parents, two teenage siblings and his 18-year-old brother's pregnant girlfriend in the fam...
Jan 28, 2021

Liberals' two-billion-trees promise to cost $2.78 billion more than planned, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says a pledge by the Trudeau Liberals to plant two billion trees could cost almost double what the government says. The tree-planting spree, spread over a deca...
Jan 28, 2021

Most minorities disproportionately dropped from civil service hiring process: audit
OTTAWA - A new report says Black Canadians and people from most other minority groups tend to disproportionately lose out on federal civil service jobs they apply for compared with other Canadians. Th...
Jan 28, 2021

Alex Robertson Public Library AGM
Join us for the joint La Ronge Public Library Board and Air Ronge Community Library Board on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome! Registration required.Email arpl@pnls.lib.sk.ca ...
Jan 28, 2021

Mormon Metalmark Butterflies Webinar
Native Prairie Speaker Series Webinar on the Mormon Metalmark butterflies: an uncommon species in the prairie badlands will be held at NOON today with Speaker: Dr. Shelley Pruss, @ualberta and ParksCa...
Jan 28, 2021