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Tory senators deny stalling private members' bills on Indigenous rights
OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. But the C...
Jun 07, 2019
Safety concerns for Indigenous women in resource development: MMIW inquiry
OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous wo...
Jun 07, 2019
Veteran public servant, CFL boss, ex-B.C. attorney general named to RCMP board
OTTAWA - A former top public servant in the federal, Alberta and Ontario governments will head up the RCMP's fledgling board of civilian advisers assigned to help the police force modernize. Besi...
Jun 07, 2019
‘NOW’ websites recognized with digital innovation award
A division of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group in Saskatchewan is once again leading the way in innovation and digital design.It recently received the Gold Medal Award for Digital Innovation from the ...
Jun 07, 2019 The new 'NOW' websites, piloted in Saskatchewan, have been recognized with a Digital Innovation Award from the Western Association of Broadcasters. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Hughes, Joseph heading into Riders’ Plaza of Honour
A pair of teammates from the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 2007 Grey Cup-winning team are to be honoured by the franchise in 2019.Neal Hughes and Kerry Joseph are to be inducted into the CFL team's Plaza ...
Jun 07, 2019 (Submitted photo/CJME News)
DNA analysis suggests Dene descended from first North Americans
The Indigenous people of Canada's Western Arctic are descendants of some of the first humans to live in North America, new genetic research suggests. A paper published Wednesday in the scientific...
Jun 07, 2019
Doctor charged with painkiller murders released on bond
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A critical care doctor charged with murder in 25 patient deaths has been released from jail on bond after two days. William Husel (HYOO'-suhl) is accused of ordering painkiller overdo...
Jun 07, 2019
RCMP, border agency deny searching Huawei executive's phones, electronic devices
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency deny allegations that their officers searched Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's phones and electronic devices after a bo...
Jun 07, 2019
MPs across party lines call for new housing subsidy to help homeless veterans
OTTAWA - A cross-party group of MPs, flanked by organizations that help veterans in need, made a plea on the eve of the 75th anniversary of D-Day for the government to end veteran homelessness and cre...
Jun 07, 2019
Thai coup leader uses ballot box to stay as prime minister
BANGKOK - When Prayuth Chan-ocha led a military coup to take over Thailand's government five years ago, he wore a dowdy officer's uniform. A five-year makeover transformed him into a politician, now s...
Jun 07, 2019