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System failed slain Quebec girl, youth protection internal probe finds
MONTREAL - An internal probe has found no one person or service can shoulder the blame for lapses in the case of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl who'd been followed by youth protection. It found th...
Jul 03, 2019
Maintenance workers trapped in Cory potash mine
Thirty-four maintenance workers have been trapped underground at Nutrien's Cory potash mine since Tuesday afternoon.The mine is currently in its summer maintenance turnaround period, according to Nutr...
Jul 03, 2019 (Submitted photo/Nutrien)
Algonquin Nation guaranteed space in Indigenous centre as deal ends hunger strike
OTTAWA - The Algonquin Nation will be guaranteed a space in a major Indigenous centre in Ottawa after an agreement with the federal government ended a grand chief's hunger strike. Verna Polson of the ...
Jul 03, 2019
Average vet faces 32-week wait for benefits decision, double government target
OTTAWA - The long delays many veterans face when applying to the government for assistance for service-related injuries has reached a new milestone. Former service members have long been promised that...
Jul 03, 2019
Get Your Summer Fair Wristbands
The 2019 PAEX Summer Fair Advance Wristbands are on Sale Now! Save $10 when you purchase wristbands early!They are available at PAEX office, Lake Country CO-Op locations, Save On Foods, Canadian Tire,...
Jul 03, 2019
Nutrien says 34 workers trapped underground after service shaft malfunction
SASKATOON - Nutrien Ltd. says 34 maintenance workers have been trapped in its Cory potash mine in Saskatchewan since Tuesday afternoon. Company spokesman Will Tigley says the service sh...
Jul 03, 2019
Newfoundland travellers contract mysterious disease traced to cave trip in Cuba
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A woman is warning travellers to thoroughly research any adventurous excursions abroad after she and several other Newfoundlanders became ill from a mysterious disease traced b...
Jul 03, 2019
'It makes no sense': Melfort Fire Department responds to intentional fires over long weekend
Intentional fires on a playground and in the middle of the road had members of the the Melfort Fire Department investigating over the long weekend. The first incident took place on Sunday, June 30 as ...
Jul 03, 2019 Melfort Fire responded to the fire on Macleod Avenue W. on July 2. (Facebok/Melfort Fire and Rescue)
Ottawa Senators add experience with signings of Ron Hainsey, Tyler Ennis
OTTAWA - Pierre Dorion added the veteran leadership he was looking for on the opening day of free agency. The Ottawa Senators general manager signed veteran defenceman Ron Hainsey to a one-year d...
Jul 03, 2019
Gauff, just 15, shocks 5-time champ Venus, 39, at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England - Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of them. And on Monday at Wimbledon, still just 15, Gauff beat one of them. Ga...
Jul 03, 2019