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Transwest Air and West Wind Aviation make altimeter fix
Transwest Air and West Wind Aviation say they took immediate action to get an altimeter issue fixed with all their planes Tuesday. The company said it was part of a maintenance audit by Transport Cana...
Oct 02, 2019 A West Wind Aviation aircraft. (Westwindaviation.ca)
3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller
LOS ANGELES - Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller's deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wedne...
Oct 02, 2019
Judge denies bail for R. Kelly in NYC sex-abuse case
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York City has denied bail to R&B singer R. Kelly in his sex-abuse case. Kelly didn't attend the hearing on Wednesday on a defence motion asking for his release on...
Oct 02, 2019
US judge: Injection sites don’t violate federal drug laws
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that a supervised injection site designed to thwart drug overdoses would not violate federal drug laws. The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District J...
Oct 02, 2019
'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash charged with domestic battery
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - An actress known for appearing in the 1990s comedy "Clueless" faces a domestic battery charge in Florida. A Pasco County Sheriff's Office report says 52-year-old Stacey Dash wa...
Oct 02, 2019
Winnipeg Jets shift pieces around as season opener looms
WINNIPEG - It seems fitting the Winnipeg Jets will play their season opener just off Broadway. When the Jets begin a four-game road swing Thursday against the New York Rangers, their roster ...
Oct 02, 2019
Alberta government to review vaping rules as number of young users grows
CALGARY - The Alberta government says it will consider adding rules for vaping when it reviews the province's smoking and tobacco legislation next month. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says he's p...
Oct 02, 2019
Deliberations at gang trial where Tekashi 6ix9ine testified
NEW YORK - Deliberations are underway in the New York trial of two alleged members of the gang that up-and-coming rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (teh-KAH'-shee sihks-NEYN') joined to give himself street credi...
Oct 02, 2019
Review: Banderas as Almodovar is a triumph of subtlety, wit
"Don't get that storyteller look," film director Salvador Mallo's elderly mother admonishes him at one point in "Pain and Glory." It's hard not to chuckle, because the character is a thinly veiled sta...
Oct 02, 2019
Nipawin Chamber hosts grand opening for new building
Members of the Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce are getting comfortable in their new digs.The chamber held the grand opening of the new office at 214 Railway Ave. E. after the August move-in.E...
Oct 02, 2019 (submitted photo/Lisa Suchlandt)