Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) - Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their l...
May 16, 2024
Repeal of a dead law to use public funds for private school tuition won't be on Nebraska's ballot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A measure to repeal a now-defunct law passed last year that would use public money to fund private school tuition has been pulled from Nebraska's November ballot, the secretary of s...
May 16, 2024
Former Connecticut budget official arrested, pleads not guilty to bribery and extortion charges
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's budget office allegedly extorted private contractors into paying him thousands of dollars in bribes as he oversaw large bl...
May 16, 2024
''Illegal, destructive, dangerous': UVic president cites complaints about encampment
VICTORIA - The president of the University of Victoria says a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on its campus is drawing an increasing number of complaints about harassment and intimidation, but also...
May 16, 2024
Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another sort lingers
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The lesson on diversity started slowly in a first-grade classroom in Topeka, where schools were at the center of the case that struck down segregated education. "I like broccoli. D...
May 15, 2024
Biden's upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture
ATLANTA (AP) - When he gives the commencement address at Morehouse College, President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war at a ...
May 15, 2024
Dispute with teachers could hurt government in fall election, professor says
Negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation resume this week, but it could be some time before the contract dispute is settled. A political science profess...
May 15, 2024 Daniel Westlake, a political science professor, says the dispute with teachers could be in the minds of voters this fall, which could hurt Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party. (650 CKOM file photo)
Judge refuses McGill's bid for injunction to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused McGill University's request for an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown Montreal campus. Justice Marc St-Pierre s...
May 15, 2024
Teachers begin voting on extending STF mandate as contract talks resume
It's another decision day for Saskatchewan teachers as negotiations with the province resume. On Wednesday and Thursday, members of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation will vote on whether to give t...
May 15, 2024 Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill says he hopes a deal will be reached at the bargaining table sooner rather than later. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Minister defends pronoun law after government MLAs barred from Pride parades
Saskatchewan's education minister says it's disappointing that he and his government colleagues have been barred from several Pride parades in the province, but it hasn't changed his mind on his gover...
May 14, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Let's hope lessons are learned this construction season
Major projects in Saskatoon and Regina must get done, but Sarah Mills says changes are needed to lessen the impact on tr...
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