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Mustang netminder opens season with weekly award
The first Players of the Week awards have been handed out by the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.The awards date back to the beginning of the regular season back on Nov. 6 and include the Nov. 13 an...
Nov 16, 2020
Trump to order troop reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq
The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500 by Jan. 15, a U.S. official said Monday. The order would stop short of outgoing President D...
Nov 16, 2020
Ottawa launches independent review of Canada's beleaguered military-justice system
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Morris Fish is starting an outside examination of Canada's troubled military courts. The review comes as the military struggles with a variety of challenges to the regim...
Nov 16, 2020
Humboldt moonlight madness still a go, new health requirements to be followed
The business community in Humboldt is kicking off the Christmas shopping season this Thursday.All of the downtown retailers will be open late and offering specials as part of the community's annual mo...
Nov 16, 2020
Residential-school survivors call on Ottawa and provinces for monuments
OTTAWA - The director of that National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says Ottawa and provincial and territorial governments must build monuments in capital cities across Canada to honour residen...
Nov 16, 2020
Hollywood stars complete takeover of Welsh club Wrexham
Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought one of the world's oldest soccer teams on Monday and plan to document their first foray into the sport in a fly-on-the-wall TV show. In a pinch-...
Nov 16, 2020
Nova Scotia mass killing: Gunman said COVID-19 pandemic would make people desperate
HALIFAX - Newly released court documents say the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia this year had sent an email in March saying he was glad he was well-armed because the COVID-19 pandemic woul...
Nov 16, 2020
Financially troubled Toronto Wolfpack set up GoFundMe account to help players, staff
TORONTO - The financially troubled Toronto Wolfpack, a rugby league franchise without a home, have started a GoFundMe campaign to help players and staff who have not been paid since June 10. The trans...
Nov 16, 2020
Families gather for 'Freedom Rally' in North Battleford to protest COVID-19 restrictions
Similar to other communities across Canada, some families gathered for a 'Freedom Rally' in North Battleford Sunday afternoon to express their concerns about COVID-19 restrictions they believe are tak...
Nov 16, 2020
Former finance minister Bill Morneau takes fellowship at Yale
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Bill Morneau is heading back to the classroom next year.He has been appointed a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he will ...
Nov 16, 2020