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Trevor Harris and the Saskatchewan Roughriders seem to be catching fire at the right time. Saskatchewan (8-7-1) chases a fourth straight win Saturday when it hosts B.C. (8-8) in the battle for second in the West Division.

EMERSON, MAN. — Mounties in Manitoba say they have charged a man with human smuggling and arrested six others near the Canada-United States border. RCMP say investigators became aware of an incursion happening near Emerson, Man.

A national bird conservation organization says grassland habitat loss on the Prairies has created a "conservation crisis" for dozens of species of birds.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has apologized in the legislature for clawing back federal benefit payments to kids in the child welfare system.

TORONTO — Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been denied bail as he appeals his sexual assault convictions in Toronto and an 11-year prison sentence.

TORONTO — Deatrick Nichols of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Nathan Rourke of the B.C. Lions were named the CFL's top performers Tuesday. Nichols, a veteran defensive back, earned top defensive honours with a grade of 92.3.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is putting up $10 million for a new fund aimed at getting more affordable housing units on the market.

WINNIPEG — A tentative agreement was reached in the early morning hours Tuesday to avert a strike by 25,000 health-care support workers in Manitoba. The workers were set to walk off the job at 6 a.m.

The setting sun backlights a pristine panoply of pines of different sizes and species. Far northern Canadian countryside rolls by at a leisurely pace of a train ride, viewed through an upper deck glass-enclosed of a special observation car.

The setting sun backlights a pristine panoply of pines of different sizes and species. Far northern Canadian countryside rolls by at a leisurely pace of a train ride, viewed through an upper deck glass-enclosed of a special observation car.