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Canada formally initiates challenge of 'unfair' U.S. duties on softwood lumber
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge of "unwarranted and unfair" U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber. The Canadian government filed notice o...
Aug 29, 2022

Man found dead following highway crash
A 71-year-old man from Onion Lake Cree Nation was declared deceased last week following a rollover on Highway 17.Maidstone RCMP responded to the incident early in the evening on Aug. 22, which took pl...
Aug 29, 2022

Woman located deceased inside submerged truck
A 20-year-old woman from the Dillon area was located inside a truck that became submerged in the Beaver River last week.Meadow Lake General Investigation Services (GIS) and RCMP Collision Reconstructi...
Aug 29, 2022

Dawn Walker to remain in jail until bail hearing on Friday
A 48-year-old woman charged with abduction and public mischief in Saskatoon will have a bail hearing on Friday.Dawn Walker disappeared from Saskatoon on July 24 with a minor. The two were found on Aug...
Aug 29, 2022

Moe defends proximity of $500 cheques, byelection call
On Monday, Premier Scott Moe called the byelection for the Saskatoon Meewasin seat, which has been officially vacant for nearly two months.The call also came exactly one week after Moe announced on Tw...
Aug 29, 2022

Canada's Jessie Eldridge earns her world hockey championship chance
HERNING, Denmark - Jessie Eldridge's journey to wearing the Maple Leaf at her first women's world hockey championship took a few twists and turns. The detours the COVID-19 pandemic imposed on her spor...
Aug 29, 2022

Police: Heroic Safeway employee confronted gunman in store
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An employee who was killed in a shooting at a Safeway supermarket in Bend, Oregon, attacked the gunman in the produce section and tried to disarm him, likely preventing more deat...
Aug 29, 2022

Use of facial recognition as security tool on Parliament Hill would pose risks: study
OTTAWA - The use of facial recognition technology as a security tool on Parliament Hill would pose substantial legal, privacy and human rights risks - and might even be unlawful, says a study prepared...
Aug 29, 2022

'Still a good day for Canada' despite delay of Artemis moon rocket launch: minister
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says today was "still a good day for Canada" even though the test launch of NASA's new moon rocket was postponed this morning. Champagne, who is...
Aug 29, 2022

Andreescu advances to second round at US Open with three-set win over Tan
NEW YORK - Bianca Andreescu advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 win over France's Harmony Tan on Monday. Andreescu, ranked 50th in the world heading into the final Grand...
Aug 29, 2022