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Manitoba won't shut door on oil pipeline to Churchill: premier
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he is open to discussing a possible oil pipeline to the Port of Churchill as a way of getting western energy to ocean tankers. The idea has b...
Feb 13, 2020

Limbaugh draws bipartisan condemnation for Buttigieg remarks
WASHINGTON - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh drew bipartisan condemnation Thursday for saying the country won't elect Pete Buttigieg president because he's been "kissing his husband" on stag...
Feb 13, 2020

SaskPower, electrical workers agree to new labour contract
Unionized electrical workers at SaskPower have a new contract with the company that takes them through to the end of 2022 and gives them a seven per cent wage increase spread out over six years.The Cr...
Feb 13, 2020 (Evan Radford/CJME News)

Venezuelan opposition leader Guaidó returns home after tour
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaid returned home Tuesday, arriving on a commercial flight to the nation's main airport near Caracas without any major incidents after a risky ...
Feb 13, 2020

Barr: Trump tweets on cases make it 'impossible' to do job
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr took a public swipe at President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying that the president's tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and cases "make it impossi...
Feb 13, 2020

Conciliation report urges teachers, government to meet on classroom issues
Teachers and the government are not on the same page in terms of writing classroom size and composition into a contract, but both sides agree on the urgency of meeting to address those issues beyond t...
Feb 13, 2020 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes exchange kickers
The Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes swapped kickers Thursday. Toronto acquired kicker/punter Boris Bede from Montreal for kicker Tyler Crapigna. Bede hit 31-of-35 field goals last s...
Feb 13, 2020

Canada Soccer schedules news conference amidst speculation of international game
Canada Soccer has called a news conference for Friday in Langford, B.C., with the expectation that is to announce a men's international in March. Men's coach John Herdman is due to address the media a...
Feb 13, 2020

High-tech companies eyeing supply chains as coronavirus outbreak continues
OTTAWA - High-tech companies in Canada and around the world are eyeing their supply chains as the impact of the novel coronavirus in China on manufacturing plants is starting to be felt. The...
Feb 13, 2020

Trump nominates new ambassador to Canada to fill post vacant since August
WASHINGTON - Aldona Z. Wos, a former Manhattan physician, Republican fundraiser and North Carolina lawmaker who once was George W. Bush's ambassador to Estonia, has been nominated by Preside...
Feb 13, 2020