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Under the M: Mounties want kids to help name latest batch of canine recruits
INNISFAIL, Alta. - The RCMP is looking for kids who have great ideas for names starting with an M. The latest 13 German shepherd puppies born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfai...
Feb 12, 2019

Question of solicitor-client privilege comes to fore in SNC-Lavalin controversy
OTTAWA - The time-honoured tenet of solicitor-client privilege - usually discussed in courtrooms and law-school textbooks - has become a central point of debate in a political cont...
Feb 12, 2019

Quebec Education Minister acts on promise to give kids more recess
QUEBEC - The Coalition Avenir Quebec government is following through on an election promise guaranteed to win the hearts of the province's schoolchildren: more recess. Education Minister Jean-Fra...
Feb 12, 2019

Independence at core of federal prosecution service's creation
OTTAWA - The Public Prosecution Service of Canada is involved in allegations of improper government influence IN two major cases: the prosecutions of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman over allegations he leake...
Feb 12, 2019

More than $400,000 in QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency disappears into 'cold wallet'
HALIFAX - The court-appointed monitor overseeing the search for the $260 million owed to clients of the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange says it recently found more than $900,000 in&n...
Feb 12, 2019

Summer Jobs at the Melfort and District Museum
There are Summer Student Opportunities available at the Melfort and District Museum with positions to begin in early May.Please see the poster below for full details.
Feb 12, 2019

Committee chair says probe of Wilson-Raybould affair a possibility
OTTAWA - The Liberal chair of the House of Commons justice committee is open to probing whether the Prime Minister's Office improperly tried to influence the justice minister not to pro...
Feb 12, 2019

Ansari addresses sex misconduct allegation at standup show
NEW YORK - Aziz Ansari said at a standup show Monday in New York that a sexual misconduct allegation was humiliating, but he hopes he's become better since. It was the comedian and actor's first publi...
Feb 12, 2019

Nielsen's top programs for Feb. 4-10
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 4-10. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. "The Grammy Awards," CBS, 19.88 million. 2. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 14.16 mi...
Feb 12, 2019

Cash stolen from vehicle in Carrot River
A theft case in Carrot River has the RCMP asking for your help.A small amount of cash was stolen from a white 2005 GMC pickup truck parked on Third St. W. in Carrot River, sometime between Jan. 8 and ...
Feb 12, 2019