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Thai authorities seek to censor coverage of student protests
BANGKOK - Thai authorities worked Monday to stem a growing tide of protests calling for the prime minister to resign by threatening to censor news coverage, raiding a publishing house and attempting t...
Oct 19, 2020
Morales party claims win as Bolivia seems to shift back left
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia appeared Monday to be shifting sharply away from the conservative policies of the U.S.-backed interim government that took power last year after leftist President Evo Morales...
Oct 19, 2020
Quebec town of Abestos votes to change name to Val-des-Sources
ASBESTOS, Que. - The Quebec town synonymous with the cancer-causing fibre asbestos has voted for a new name: Val-des-Sources. During a livestreamed council meeting Monday night, Mayor Hugues Grimard a...
Oct 19, 2020
Extraordinary voting available for PBCN, LLRIB members
All Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) members, as well as a select few from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB), are eligible for extraordinary voting. "Chief Peter Beatty and council made a decisi...
Oct 19, 2020
RCMP search for escaped Besnard Lake inmate
Pinehouse Lake RCMP is asking for help to locate an escaped prisoner from Besnard Lake Correctional Facility.Travis Tyler Smith, 29, left the facility at 2:10 p.m. Friday.It's not clear which directio...
Oct 19, 2020
Economic development, community safety among priorities for Fiske in mayor race
Tracy Fiske, who has been a resident of La Ronge for nearly 28 years, wants residents to know she will be transparent and consistent if elected mayor Nov. 9. "I don't want to make promises, but I'd li...
Oct 19, 2020
Rain could present big challenge in Mighty Heart's quest to capture Triple Crown
TORONTO - She's a Hall of Fame trainer, but Josie Carroll will also be an amateur meteorologist this week. On Saturday, the Carroll-trained Mighty Heart will run in the $400,000 Breeders' Stakes at Wo...
Oct 19, 2020
CPL champion Forge FC off to El Salvador for CONCACAF League preliminary-round match
A month after winning the Island Games in Charlottetown, Forge FC is back on the move. The Canadian Premier League champions from Hamilton leave early Tuesday for El Salvador and a CONCACAF League pre...
Oct 19, 2020
66 new cases of COVID-19, more connected to Gospel Worship event in P.A.
There are 66 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 more recoveries in Saskatchewan. The active count is at just under 400.According to a media release, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reporting 86 f...
Oct 19, 2020
Commons gives approval in principle to judges' sexual assault training bill
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has unanimously approved in principle - for the third time - a bill that would require judges to commit to take training in sexual assault law. Bill C-3 will now be scrut...
Oct 19, 2020