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Town's Legion Branch planning Remembrance Day ceremony, banquet
Royal Canadian Legion Battleford Branch No. 9 will hold a service to mark Remembrance Day on Friday to honour all veterans. During Town of Battleford council's meeting Monday, Mayor Ames Leslie gave a...
Nov 08, 2022

Remains identified as Megan Gallagher
The human remains found in the river near St. Louis in September have been confirmed as missing woman Megan Gallagher. She was the victim of a homicide, Saskatoon Police Service said in a news release...
Nov 08, 2022

World Series, football dominate week's TV ratings
NEW YORK (AP) - Here are the 20 most-watched programs in prime-time television for the week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, according to the Nielsen company. 1. NFL Football: Tennessee at Kansas City, NBC, 17.69 m...
Nov 08, 2022

First Nations and Inuit Policing Program expanding into Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A national policing program aimed at serving Indigenous communities is expanding to Nunavut. Through the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program, new RCMP officers are to be hired ...
Nov 08, 2022

Residents on the hook to replace garbage bins destroyed by overnight vandalism
North Battleford city officials and community safety officers received multiple calls Tuesday morning, about damaged garbage bins. The city believes the damage is the result of an unknown number of in...
Nov 08, 2022

Canadian moguls king Mikael Kingsbury gears up to add to his records
The smell of competition in the air still gets Mikael Kingsbury's adrenalin pumping, even after years of winning everything there is to win in his sport. The world's most accomplished moguls skier is ...
Nov 08, 2022

Quebec religious symbols ban violates equality right that can't be overridden: lawyer
MONTREAL - Lawyers for groups opposing Quebec's religious symbols ban told the province's Appeal Court today that the law violates a constitutional gender equality provision that can't be overridden b...
Nov 08, 2022

LGBTQ students allege mistreatment, want change at Saskatchewan Bible college
Jordan McGillicky says she was devoted to sports and her studies at a private Saskatchewan college but eventually felt driven away from the school because of her sexuality. She enrolled two years ago ...
Nov 08, 2022

Sex assault trial of ex-PQ member Harold LeBel begins
QUEBEC - The sex assault trial involving former Quebec politician Harold LeBel is underway at the courthouse in Rimouski, Que. LeBel, a former Parti Qubcois member of the legislature, has pleaded not ...
Nov 08, 2022

This year's World Series is 2nd-least watched on TV
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Houston Astros' six-game victory over the Philadelphia Phillies finished as the second least-watched World Series on television. The six games averaged 11,784,000 on Fox, down 1.3...
Nov 08, 2022