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People living in Saskatchewan will get smaller carbon tax rebates in 2020
As the Saskatchewan government vows to continue fighting the carbon tax, the federal government has decreased carbon tax rebates to the province and two others who have not adopted carbon pricing mode...
Dec 17, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Canada's show jumping team dropped from Tokyo 2020 for anti-doping violation
Canada's show jumping team has been dropped from next summer's Tokyo Olympics because of an anti-doping violation at the Pan American Games. Nicole Walker of Aurora, Ont., is appealing her disqua...
Dec 17, 2019
RCMP secrets case 'dragging on,' disappointed defence lawyer says
OTTAWA - The lawyer for an RCMP intelligence official accused of violating secrecy laws expressed concern in court today about the pace of the legal proceedings. Lawyer Ian Carter, who represents the ...
Dec 17, 2019
Canada argues in court: National measures needed to address climate crisis
EDMONTON - Lawyers for the federal government are defending Canada's carbon tax by saying the climate crisis requires national measures. The law that brought in the federal levy is being cha...
Dec 17, 2019
Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital launches no baby unhugged program
The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital launched their new no baby unhugged program on Monday.The program connects vulnerable babies with volunteer huggers who provide the skin to skin contact babies nee...
Dec 17, 2019 One of the new no baby unhugged program's volunteer huggers, Nellie Koethler, talks about the benefits that holding babies has for the babies and the volunteers during a press conference at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Babe Ruth's 500th homer bat sells for more than $1 million
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark. The bat used by the legendary baseball player to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million. S...
Dec 17, 2019
Babe Ruth's 500th homer bat sells for more than $1 million
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark. The bat used by the legendary baseball player to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million. S...
Dec 17, 2019
The Grim Reaper: Former tough guy details unconventional path in new book
The worst beating of Stu Grimson's career turned into a moment of clarity for one of hockey's premier tough guys. Playing in just his fourth NHL game, Grimson and the Calgary Flames wer...
Dec 17, 2019
No bond for ex-Mexico security official charged with bribery
DALLAS - A judge on Tuesday ordered Mexico's former top security official to remain held without bond in a Texas jail as he awaits trial for allegedly accepting a fortune in drug-money bribes for lett...
Dec 17, 2019
Quinn the service dog settling into his new home
Quinn the support dog is settling in nicely to one of his on-the-road homes at Gateway Victim Services in Meadow Lake. The dog is based in Prince Albert but makes visits to Meadow Lake. Jillian Doucet...
Dec 17, 2019 (submitted photo/Gateway Victim Services)