Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Co-op, Unifor trade barbs as labour dispute carries on
The wall between Unifor and Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is still up, figuratively and literally, and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. After a week of arrests, a $100,000 fine, continued...
Jan 24, 2020 Unifor members put up a barricade of layers of fencing and vehicles overnight Monday at Gate 7 of the Co-op refinery. Jan. 21, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Leadership race or no, Tories will hold Liberal government to account: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer sought Friday to put the Liberals on notice that despite the Tory leadership race, the Official Opposition won't back down. But though Scheer may wish to foc...
Jan 24, 2020 Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer delivers remarks to caucus colleagues during the Conservative caucus retreat on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Hockey PEI warns of season suspensions for players for online trash talk
CHARLOTTETOWN - The governing body for organized hockey in Prince Edward Island is taking a tough stance on the issue of online harassment. Hockey PEI has sent a letter to several minor leagues warnin...
Jan 24, 2020 On Tuesday it was announced that the SJHL's Board of Governors have "conditionally approved the location of the Notre Dame Hounds to the community of Warman. (The Canadian Press)
Environment Canada says fog could remain into Saturday
Some Saskatchewan residents should prepare for a foggy couple of days. Environment Canada issued a fog advisory Friday for Regina, as well as other centres across southeastern and central Saskatchewan...
Jan 24, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Former Mountie, sports coach convicted of sex abuse granted day parole
A former Mountie and sports coach convicted of sexually abusing young boys in British Columbia and Saskatchewan has been granted day parole. The Parole Board of Canada denied Alan Davidson full parole...
Jan 24, 2020 A photo Sask. RCMP provided of former RCMP officer Alan Davidson. (RCMP handout)
‘I would not go’ to China, says B.C. resident concerned about coronavirus
VANCOUVER - A woman who has regularly visited China from her home in Delta, B.C., says she would not travel there over concerns about a new coronavirus that is spreading beyond the city that officials...
Jan 24, 2020
NDP to put forward private member’s bill on making national pharmacare a reality
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program. NDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill at his...
Jan 23, 2020 NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Province lays out strategy to reduce landfill waste
Roughly 60 garbage bags per person per year wind up in Saskatchewan landfills. The province has a new plan to cut that number in half in the next 20 years. Saskatchewan's Solid Waste Management Strate...
Jan 23, 2020 (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Unifor wants help from the provincial government to get back to the table
Unifor's national president is calling for Saskatchewan's premier to step in and get the Co-op refinery back to the bargaining table. "This is a time for leadership, Premier (Scott) Moe," Jerry Dias s...
Jan 23, 2020 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (980 CJME)
In St. John’s, N.L., hopes rise of return to normalcy in daily life — and death
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There's hope in St. John's, N.L., that the daily concerns of life - and death - will slowly begin returning to normal over the weekend. Thursday marked the provincial capital's seve...
Jan 23, 2020 A Westjet aircraft prepares to depart the airport in St. John’s on Jan. 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be.
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