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Canadiens keep Nick Suzuki, Cale Fleury while sending Ryan Poehling to AHL
BROSSARD, Que. - Highly-regarded Montreal Canadiens prospects Nick Suzuki and Cale Fleury have made the club's opening-night roster, while young forward Ryan Poehling will start the season i...
Oct 01, 2019

Viard's debut at Chanel ready-to-wear is crashed by comedian
PARIS - In her first solo ready-to-wear show since Karl Lagerfeld's death, Chanel designer Virginie Viard had a lot to prove. And by recreating a sprawling Parisian roofscape inside the Grand Palais w...
Oct 01, 2019

Increase to Saskatchewan minimum wage effective today
Saskatchewan's minimum wage increased by 26 cents to an hourly rate of $11.32 on Tuesday.The change was announced back in June, making it the 11th time the wage has been increased since 2007.According...
Oct 01, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

NDP promises money for youth programs to help prevent organized crime
SURREY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised a $100-million fund Sunday dedicated to helping keep young people out of gangs, but the head of a parent-led group that has called for a...
Oct 01, 2019

NDP would allow new parents to receive full benefit over shortened leave: Singh
VANCOUVER - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a New Democrat government would allow new parents to condense their employment insurance benefits so they can take shorter parental leaves while still re...
Oct 01, 2019

A walk against gang violence today in Loon Lake
A walk to show a united front against gang violence is set for today in Loon Lake.The Loon Lake RCMP and the Makwa First Nation have organized an anti-gang walk as a public display against gang violen...
Oct 01, 2019 A walk against gang violence starts at 10 a.m. at the MSFN School. (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)

Trudeau says Liberal government would allow cities to ban handguns
TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he will give municipalities the authority to ban handguns in their communities. The plan stops short of a national ban on handguns - something that mayors,...
Oct 01, 2019

Canadian man's sculpture of refugees unveiled by Pope Francis in Vatican City
VATICAN CITY - A Canadian artist's sculpture has been unveiled in St. Peter's Square by Pope Francis as part of a Mass for the World Day for Migrants and Refugees. "I wanted this artistic work he...
Oct 01, 2019

US court: FCC had the right to dump net-neutrality rules
WASHINGTON - A federal court is ruling that the Federal Communications Commission had the right to dump net-neutrality rules, but couldn't bar states like California from passing their own. The ruling...
Oct 01, 2019

Scheer would cut foreign aid by 25%, re-invest savings in tax cuts
TORONTO - A Conservative government would cut foreign aid spending by 25 per cent, Andrew Scheer promised Tuesday as he laid out proposals for Canada's relations with the rest...
Oct 01, 2019