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Maple Leafs lose centre Alexander Kerfoot after facial surgery
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Alexander Kerfoot is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair facial dental fractures. The Leafs say Kerfoot originally sustained the injury Nov. 5 during a game ...
Nov 15, 2019
Bobby Orr defends Don Cherry, rips Sportsnet for decision to fire commentator
Legendary defenceman Bobby Orr has blasted Sportsnet for firing Don Cherry. In an interview with Boston radio station WEEI on Thursday, Orr called the decision to sack his former Bruins...
Nov 15, 2019
May urges Trudeau to go to climate summit as PM seeks common ground with Greens
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau finished a week of meetings with opposition leaders with the Green party's Elizabeth May on Friday, and she pushed the prime minister to attend an international climate ch...
Nov 15, 2019
Bobby Orr defends Don Cherry, rips Sportsnet for decision to fire commentator
Legendary defenceman Bobby Orr has blasted Sportsnet for firing Don Cherry. In an interview with Boston radio station WEEI on Thursday, Orr called the decision to sack his former Bruins...
Nov 15, 2019
Leaders of Russia, Ukraine to meet to discuss conflict
PARIS - The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet in Paris on Dec. 9 to try to seek a settlement for the five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed 13,000 people. French ...
Nov 15, 2019
US retail sales rose a modest 0.3% in October
WASHINGTON - Americans stepped up their shopping last month, spending more online and buying more cars, evidence that consumers can still drive the economy's growth. Still, the details of the report w...
Nov 15, 2019
Test shows low traces of lead in water in Meadow Lake
The results of water quality tests this week at Meadow Lake City Hall are in.A water quality examination was conducted this week for council to gauge the potential risk to the community that have home...
Nov 15, 2019 The new water treatment plant had its official opening on May 14, 1959. (Photo: City of Meadow Lake)
The Prince Albert Santa Clause Parade
Santa Claus is coming to townThe Prince Albert Downtown Business Improvement District and the Gateway Mall are excited to welcome Santa Claus to Prince Albert on Saturday, November 30th, 2019 as he ar...
Nov 15, 2019
N. Scott Momaday remembers 1969 Pulitzer, promises memoir
SANTA FE, N.M. - Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his groundbreaking novel "House Made of Dawn," said he's not done writing and vows to finish his long-anticipated m...
Nov 15, 2019
Don't count on me to support western demands: Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received support in his quest for national unity from an unlikely ally Wednesday when Yves-Francois Blanchet, the leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois, s...
Nov 15, 2019