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Rules for Conservative leadership race could winnow out the field
OTTAWA - The clock's now officially ticking down on the race to replace Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, with the release of rules and deadlines for the contest likely to winnow down the field ...
Jan 15, 2020

Nathalie Normandeau's request for stay of proceedings to be heard in March
QUEBEC - A Quebec judge will hear a request for a stay of proceedings from former deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau and her co-accused, who were charged in 2016 following a corruption ...
Jan 15, 2020

Peter MacKay confirms his intention to seek Conservative party leadership
OTTAWA - Former Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay says he's in the running for leadership of the federal Conservatives.He posted the message to his social media accounts Wednesday, his first ...
Jan 15, 2020

Redcliff woman wins $1 million Lotto 6/49 draw
REDCLIFF, AB - A Redcliff woman is $1 million richer after winning a Lotto 6/49 Draw last fall.Erin Taefu won the prize in the October 16, 2019 draw, but did not discover she won until December, accor...
Jan 15, 2020 Erin Taefu of Redcliff won the LOTTO 6/49 guaranteed million-dollar prize in an October draw- submitted photo

Canadian firefighters expect to use tailored tactics to battle Australia blazes
HALIFAX - As Canadian firefighters boarded flights today to battle blazes in Australia, they noted they will likely have to employ some different tactics than they do to fight loca...
Jan 15, 2020

New book of Zora Neale Hurston stories is out this week
NEW YORK - Sixty years after her death, the story of Zora Neale Hurston is still not fully told. The fiction writer-anthropologist-folklorist died in a segregated Florida hospital in January 1960, so ...
Jan 15, 2020

Sudan reopens airspace after end of armed mutiny, 2 killed
CAIRO - Sudan said it reopened its airspace Wednesday after an armed revolt from within its security forces shut down the capital's airport for hours and left at least two people dead. In a press conf...
Jan 15, 2020

Town hall meetings on centralizing police in southwest Saskatchewan
MAPLE CREEK, SK - RCMP are considering centralizing police in southwest Saskatchewan.Town hall meetings took place in Shaunavon and Leader this week.Maple Creek's meeting is tonight to collect feedbac...
Jan 15, 2020

Students to sing national anthem in Ojibwa at Winnipeg Jets hockey game
WINNIPEG - The national anthem before this Friday's NHL game in Winnipeg won't quite sound the way it usually does. A group of students from the city's Riverbend Community School are set to perfo...
Jan 15, 2020

Investment Readiness Program aimed at assisting local social champions
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Southern Alberta is full of community groups focused on social initiatives, but a large hurdle for many of these organizations continues to be funding.A new federal grant could make...
Jan 15, 2020 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin