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Ottawa pledges to spend $15 million to restore Ontario's tree-planting program
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to spend $15 million to save a tree-planting program in Ontario. Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government cancelled the 50 million tree...
Jun 5, 2019
'Heartland' actress Amber Marshall to lead Calgary Stampede parade
CALGARY - Canadian actress Amber Marshall has been chosen to lead the Calgary Stampede parade this year. Marshall, 31, is best known for starring as horse-whisperer Amy Fleming, whose family...
Jun 5, 2019
Winnipeg to host NFL pre-season game between Raiders and Packers
WINNIPEG - The NFL is coming to Winnipeg. A pre-season game between the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers will be played at IG Field - home of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers - in the th...
Jun 5, 2019
Meadow Lake U13 Sox undefeated in Saskatoon tournament
The Meadow Lake Sox are starting the 2019 season with an impressive tournament win.The U13 boys provincial team went undefeated at the Saskatoon AA tournament over the weekend of May 31 to June 2. The...
Jun 5, 2019 The U13 Provincial Sox went undefeated in a tournament in Saskatoon. (Front row: L to R (kneeling): Noah Pigott, Ash Svandrlik, Parker Gerwing (batboy), Brandt Spencer, Quinn Soulsby. Second Row: L to R: Ryder Ellis, Caleb Pockrant, Reid Beck, Dawson Gerwing. Third Row: L to R: Josh Kirilenko, Camron Soulsby. Back Row: L to R: Trevor Gerwing, Chris Ellis, Regan Beck, Clint Pigott.) (Facebook/Meadow Lake Minor Baseball)
Kool & The Gang to be honoured with Marian Anderson Award
PHILADELPHIA - Funk-soul band Kool & The Gang is being honoured with an award named for pioneering opera singer Marian Anderson. Kool & The Gang, known for hits like "Get Down on It," ''Celebr...
Jun 5, 2019
RCMP, CBSA say they never searched Meng Wanzhou's phones or electronic devices
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the RCMP and Canadian Border Services Agency deny allegations their officers searched Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's phones and electronic devices after a borde...
Jun 5, 2019
After Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. aims to clean up the earth
LAS VEGAS - After playing Iron Man for more than a decade, Robert Downey Jr. has found a real-life villain he wants to defeat: pollution. The movie star says he plans to start an organization next yea...
Jun 5, 2019
Northern Alberta residents start returning home after evacuation due to fires
Some residents in northern Alberta have started to return home after wildfires forced them to leave their communities two weeks ago. An evacuation order was lifted for residents of High Level, the sur...
Jun 5, 2019
Saskatchewan taxpayers sinking millions into uranium mine cleanup
Saskatchewan taxpayers are looking at a massive bill as the provincial and federal governments battle it out over who is responsible for cleaning up an abandoned uranium mine.The Gunnar mine and mill ...
Jun 5, 2019 The Gunnar Mine near Uranium City was once the largest uranium mine in the world. (Chris Carr/CKOM)
‘You get what you put in’: Cannabis consumers greet first outdoor growing season
Moe Brondum lifts the rope that holds the gate to his backyard closed. He gingerly walks through and heads over to a patio table where two chairs sit ready for guests.Birds chirp as he leans back, don...
Jun 5, 2019 Moe Brondum shows off one of his four legal cannabis plants in his backyard in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)