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Winter festival returning with full line up of events
After COVID restrictions led to the cancellation of the 2021 Lac La Ronge Winter Festival, the major event is scheduled to return next month."We're looking at ways we can make this work," said Jonas R...
Feb 17, 2022
Judge: Deputy who killed Casey Goodson not a federal agent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. was not acting in his role as a deputized U.S. marshal at the time of the shooting, and the murder case against the d...
Feb 17, 2022
Liberals offer $750 million to cities to make up for transit-fare shortfall
OTTAWA - The federal government is offering cities a one-time cash infusion of $750 million to help make up for shortfalls in transit revenues linked to COVID-19. But the pledge comes with what Financ...
Feb 17, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Novavax COVID-19 vaccine gets approval for use in Canada
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in Canada. The vaccine, which is protein-based, is the first of its kind to get approval in the country. Experts say a non-mRNA vaccine could win...
Feb 17, 2022
Trudeau defends Emergencies Act use as a measure of last resort
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says using the Emergencies Act is a measure of last resort to bring an end to the illegal and undemocratic blockades that have harmed Canadians for nearly three ...
Feb 17, 2022
Ex-NY Times columnist ineligible to run for Oregon governor
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is not eligible to run for governor because he does not meet the state's three-year res...
Feb 17, 2022
Interim chief warns police ready to use methods people 'not used to seeing' in Ottawa
Ottawa's interim police chief says officers will clear the streets of people who oppose the government and COVID-19 restrictions in the next few days, warning they are ready to use methods people are ...
Feb 17, 2022
Moe opposes use of Emergencies Act, joins call for end to trucker vaccine mandate
As a protest continues in the nation's capital, Premier Scott Moe doesn't believe Ottawa should have invoked the Emergencies Act."It's certainly not necessary and certainly is an overstep," Moe said d...
Feb 17, 2022
Roughriders sign receiver Xavier Ubosi
More than two years after initially signing with the Saskatchewan Roughriders but never playing with them, receiver Xavier Ubosi has once again signed with the CFL team.The Roughriders announced Wedne...
Feb 17, 2022
Former Harper chief of staff to head Conservative leadership race rules committee
OTTAWA - The Conservative party is turning to a one-time chief of staff to former prime minister Stephen Harper to head the committee setting the rules for the party's leadership race. Ian Brodie, now...
Feb 17, 2022