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U11 Battlefords Sharks' Successful Season
The U11 Battlefords Sharks has clinched the top spot in the league heading into playoffs that were held in Swift Current March 15 -17th. They had a near perfect season, with 39 of a possible 40 points...
Mar 21, 2024

Canadians in NCAA Women's Frozen Four focused on national title, eye PWHL future
Jennifer Gardiner used to get asked about plans for the future. Her answer was simple - become a professional hockey player. "But that wasn't really an option," she recalled. "So it became, 'What do y...
Mar 21, 2024

Quebec Court of Appeal upholds requirement for minors seeking sex designation change
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a rule that requires minors applying to change their official sex designation to obtain a letter from a health professional or social worker declaring ...
Mar 21, 2024

'She was always laughing': Friend remembers Canadian killed in Mexico robbery
The friend of a Canadian killed in Mexico says she spoke to Gabriele Schart on the phone just moments before the woman was shot in a gas station robbery. Raquel Shulman says Schart was making the long...
Mar 21, 2024

U11 Battlefords Sharks win SFHL championship
The U11 Battlefords Sharks are coming off a season for the ages, proving themselves at the top of the food chain in the Sask Female Hockey League (SFHL).After clinching first place in the league stand...
Mar 21, 2024

Canadian Auger-Aliassime advances to second round of men's singles at Miami Open.
MIAMI - Canadian Flix Auger-Aliassime is through to the second round of men's singles at the Miami Open. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-r...
Mar 21, 2024

Canadian forward Liam Millar rejuvenated by loan move back to England with Preston
On loan from Switzerland's FC Basel to England's Preston North End, Canadian forward Liam Millar is back on familiar turf. Preston is a 50-kilometre drive from Liverpool, where a teenage Millar starte...
Mar 21, 2024

Northwest Sask. leaders react to provincial budget
The 2024-25 Saskatchewan budget has been tabled and the Battlefords and Meadow Lake communities are reacting to the Classrooms, Care and Communities. According to NDP Battlefords candidate Tom Kroczyn...
Mar 21, 2024

Halt defence counter-intelligence searches of workplace computers, spy watchdog urges
OTTAWA - The national spy watchdog is calling on the military's counter-intelligence unit to suspend investigative searches of a workplace computer system over concerns about employee privacy. A Natio...
Mar 21, 2024

'This was a close call': Tisdale man finally leaves gangs, gunfire behind in Haiti
A harrowing ordeal is over for a Tisdale man who was trapped in Haiti.Richard Phillips was in Haiti for work when a gang uprising led to mass chaos and violence across the country, leading to the clos...
Mar 21, 2024