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Quarterback Cody Fajardo signs contract extension with Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have locked up quarterback Cody Fajardo. The Riders signed their starter to a two-year contract extension Monday, keeping him with the CFL club through the 2...
Oct 23, 2019
May sees room for consensus on climate action, pharmacare in new Parliament
OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May hopes to use whatever influence her three-member caucus has to ensure bolder climate action, a pharmacare plan and a promise of lower cellphone rates make thei...
Oct 23, 2019
Curling community grieves after Saskatchewan lead Aly Jenkins' death
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's curling community is in mourning after the sudden death of a prominent lead. Aly Jenkins, a member of Sherry Anderson's rink, died Sunday during childbirth. J...
Oct 23, 2019
Finance minister forgoes new shoes and selects cowboy boots to present Alberta's next budget
EDMONTON -- It's a decades old tradition for finance ministers to purchase a new pair of shoes to present a new budget. Spending money on new footwear tends to offer a foretaste of what is to come in ...
Oct 23, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN
'This isn't about me:' Rookie Nunavut MP wants focus on problems of the North
Few newly elected members of Parliament get to enjoy a parade in their honour after an election victory. But to Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, the freshly minted 25-year-old NDP MP from Nunavut, the line of trucks ...
Oct 23, 2019
NHL Notebook: Krueger's Sabres taking hot start in stride, TO troubles
Joe Thornton's eyes lit up when the conversation pivoted to Ralph Krueger. "Just a fantastic guy," said the veteran centre. "Just a phenomenal guy to be around." The two go back 15...
Oct 23, 2019
Quebec premier hopes U.S. lawsuit doesn't force California out of joint carbon market
MONTREAL - Quebec says it will go it alone if California is forced out of their current partnership aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Premier Francois Legault was reacting today to...
Oct 23, 2019
Alberta finance minister says first budget to attack spending, not services
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the first budget of the new United Conservative government will surgically attack spending but not at the expense of essential services. Toews say...
Oct 23, 2019
Judge to rule on whether rights of mom accused of abducting her child were violated
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge woman, accused of abducting her child in 2014 and taking him to Belize, will find out in about a month, whether a judge agrees with the argument that her Charter rights w...
Oct 23, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Whoop-Up Drive construction to be finished by the weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - By this weekend, Whoop-Up Drive will be construction-less.The City says crews are expected to finish up bridge coating along Whoop-Up by the end of this week.Contractors will reduce w...
Oct 23, 2019 Construction on Whoop-Up Drive will be completed by Oct. 26 (Lethbridge News Now)