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‘We owe it to our children:’ FSIN rolls out draft child welfare legislation, stress need for funding
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is rolling out drafted child welfare legislation across Canada, but there's one thing standing in the way.A lack of funding, even with the passing...
Dec 12, 2019 (L-R) Raymond Shingoose, Director of Child Family Services for Yorkton Treaty Council, FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron, and Second Vice Chief David Pratt at the FSIN press conference on December 11, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
CP rail responsible for cost and cleanup of train derailment
More than 100 responders were on the ground dealing with Monday's train derailment near Guernsey.Dale Kristoff is an environmental protection officer and hazardous materials co-ordinator with the Sask...
Dec 12, 2019 Huge flames and thick black smoke pour into the sky after a CPR train derailed near Plunkett on Dec. 9, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Mitch Picton re-signs with Riders, Noah Picton rejoins Rams
Two members of the Picton family were in the news Wednesday.First, the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced they had re-signed receiver Mitch Picton.Then, the University of Regina Rams announced t...
Dec 12, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Mitch Picton (81). (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Newspaper criticizes film's take on Olympic bombing coverage
ATLANTA - After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was recast as a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 years l...
Dec 12, 2019
New Zealand trying to recover bodies on volcanic island
WHAKATANE, New Zealand - New Zealand police and military specialists launched a risky operation Friday to recover the bodies of eight victims of a volcanic eruption on an island that has left at least...
Dec 12, 2019
Millions in Bebawi's accounts were bonuses authorized by SNC bosses: defence
MONTREAL - Millions of dollars that ended up in the accounts of a former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption were legitimate bonuses authorized by the company's president, the defe...
Dec 12, 2019
Scott Milanovich returns to CFL, named head coach of Edmonton Eskimos
EDMONTON - Scott Milanovich has been named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. The 46-year-old Milanovich was head coach of the Toronto Argonauts from 2012 to 2016. He led the Argonauts to a Grey Cup ...
Dec 12, 2019
Tisdale raised author donates books for children receiving medical care over the holidays
A Tisdale raised author has made a donation to the Children's hospital in Saskatoon as well as Ronald McDonald House (RMH).Amber Antymniuk's book, H is for Home: A Saskatchewan Alphabet will be distri...
Dec 12, 2019 Tisdale raised author, Amber Antymniuk donates over 800 copies of her recently published book to Jim Pattison Children's Hospital and Ronald McDonald House. (Submitted photo/Amber Antymniuk)
NewsAlert: No suspension of Bill 21: Appeal Court
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected a request to suspend the central elements of the province's secularism law. A national Muslim organization, a civil liberties group and a u...
Dec 12, 2019
A timeline of Andrew Scheer's political career
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer has announced he will resign as Conservative leader as soon as a replacement is chosen. Here's a brief timeline of his career on Parliament Hill: June 28, 2004: Scheer...
Dec 12, 2019