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Bloc Quebecois expects to have leverage in new Parliament, keeps strategy secret
MONTREAL - The Bloc Quebecois says it plans to leverage its 32 members to pressure the Liberal minority government into making concessions that benefit Quebec, but party leader Yves-Francois Blanchet ...
Oct 24, 2019
Next election could be some time away, predicts Green Leader Elizabeth May
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May isn't expecting another federal election any time soon. The Green leader says she believes none of the parties that have the electoral muscle to pull th...
Oct 24, 2019
City of Melfort gets provincial award for Spruce Haven project
Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association (SPRA) awards were handed out over the weekend with Melfort being recognized.The city was given the 2019 Cecil Nobes Facility Award of Excellence for the ...
Oct 24, 2019 (Submitted photo/City of Melfort)
Conservative carbon tax 'resistance' showing cracks after Liberals re-elected
The so-called "resistance" force of Conservative premiers waging war against the carbon tax implemented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began showing cracks on Tuesday, following ...
Oct 24, 2019
Conservative carbon tax 'resistance' showing cracks after Liberals re-elected
The so-called "resistance" force of Conservative premiers waging war against the carbon tax implemented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began showing cracks on Tuesday, following ...
Oct 24, 2019
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg visits glacier in Jasper National Park
JASPER, Alta. - Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has visited a glacier in Jasper National Park on her way to Vancouver to attend a climate rally. In a tweet to her followers, the Swedish te...
Oct 24, 2019
Rotary seeking to raise awareness and funds through World Polio Day
Oct. 24 is World Polio Day.Rotary International launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1985, which includes a number of organizations including the World Health Organization, U.S. Center ...
Oct 24, 2019 Nipawin Rotary Club President Pat Chernesky (right) with District Governor Fred Wright. (submitted photo/Pat Chernesky)
Doctors urge national surveillance after curler dies during childbirth
TORONTO - The sudden death of Saskatchewan curler Aly Jenkins is shedding light on a devastating complication of childbirth that some doctors say could benefit from a national surveillance system...
Oct 24, 2019
Autoworkers from closed plants fight new GM contract
DETROIT - If they can close our plant, they can close yours, too. That's the message from workers at three shuttered General Motors factories that didn't get new products under the tentative contract ...
Oct 24, 2019
Nicki Minaj indicates she's now a married woman
NEW YORK - Ms. Minaj wants you to know she's now officially Mrs. Petty. Nicki Minaj - who has dated Kenneth Petty for about a year - seems to confirm her marriage with a video on Instagram on Monday t...
Oct 24, 2019