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'You have your heart back:' Chief Red Pheasant's Treaty Medal returns home
Amidst the sound of beating drums, song and dance, a Chief Red Pheasant's Treaty Medal finally came home to rest at Cree Nation that bears his name after 134 years."It was very emotional and surreal.....
Jul 04, 2019 Red Pheasant Chief Clint Wuttunee holds former Chief Red Pheasant's Treaty Medal that was returned to the First Nation. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Mexico buses home dozens of asylum seekers returned by US
MEXICO CITY - Dozens of Central Americans who had been returned to the border city of Juarez to await the outcome of their U.S. asylum claims were being bused back to their countries Tuesday by Mexica...
Jul 04, 2019

Ottawa QB Davis to face former team when Redblacks host Blue Bombers
Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dominique Davis says he learned the a lot during his first two CFL seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He has the opportunity to show just how much on Friday nigh...
Jul 04, 2019

Cartoonist behind anti-Trump image thinks online presence played role in contract ending
A recent editorial cartoon taking aim at Donald Trump may have brought an Atlantic Canadian artist to international attention, but the man behind the image does not believe th...
Jul 04, 2019

Boyle's lawyer says alleged victim lied to the court about legal advice
OTTAWA - Defence lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is suggesting former Afghanistan hostage Caitlan Coleman lied this week when she testified in her estranged husband's criminal trial she got approval from he...
Jul 04, 2019

Quake rattles Southern California; some damage far from LA
LOS ANGELES - A strong earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing some damage in a town near the epice...
Jul 04, 2019

Quiet wildfire season with minimal impact
So far so good for wildfires in this province with the wet, cooler spring and early summer, especially across the North. However, the head of Saskatchewan's firefighting efforts says there's no guaran...
Jul 04, 2019 (File photo/Government of Saskatchewan)

Sundance co-founder gets at least 6 years in sex abuse case
AMERICAN FORK, Utah - A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesday to at least six years in prison ...
Jul 04, 2019

Former skiers reach out-of-court deal with Alpine Canada in sex assault lawsuit
MONTREAL - Alpine Canada admitted Tuesday it had put its interests before those of three young female skiers who were sexually abused by their coach in the 1990s. Canada's national gove...
Jul 04, 2019

Former skiers reach out-of-court deal with Alpine Canada in sex assault lawsuit
MONTREAL - Alpine Canada admitted Tuesday it had put its interests before those of three young female skiers who were sexually abused by their coach in the 1990s. Canada's national gove...
Jul 04, 2019