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Vancouver Canucks eager for return to home arena packed with fans
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have missed their fans. It's been nearly 600 days since the club has played a regular-season game in front of a home crowd, a stretch that's set to end Tuesday when V...
Oct 25, 2021
GoFundMe created to help Cochin couple who lost home in fire
A Gofundme account has been set up to help a couple whose house was badly damaged in a fire in Cochin recently.Marcel Caplette and and his wife Gloria lost their home located off Highway 4 on Oct. 20....
Oct 25, 2021
JPII senior boys take volleyball gold in Moose Jaw
It was a weekend of dominance for the John Paul II Collegiate (JPII) senior boys volleyball team, who took home a gold medal in Moose Jaw.Suiting up for eight matches on the weekend, the team posted a...
Oct 25, 2021
Judge says Oklahoma can proceed with 5 lethal injections
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Monday the state can move forward with scheduled lethal injections for five death row inmates, including Julius Jones, whose case has drawn inter...
Oct 25, 2021
Linda Machniak honoured for 20 years of service with Battlefords Chamber of Commerce
Linda Machniak, chief operating officer with the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce, is celebrating 20 years of service this year.She was one of the Saskatchewan chambers representatives honoured with th...
Oct 25, 2021
Police: 6 injured, including officer, in Idaho mall shooting
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police in Boise, Idaho, said Monday that five people and a police officer have been injured in a shooting at a shopping mall. They say one person is in custody. Police on Twitter s...
Oct 25, 2021
COVID Rapid testing kits now available across northern Saskatchewan
Rapid testing kits for COVID-19 are finally available for the public across northern Saskatchewan.The provincial government previously stated they would be handing out over 1.3 million kits to differe...
Oct 25, 2021
CurlSask Club Championships coming to North Battleford this weekend
North Battleford's Twin Rivers Curling Club will host the 2021 CurlSask Curling Club Championships this weekend, Oct. 29 to Nov. 1.This will be the 12th year of the provincial Curling Club Championshi...
Oct 25, 2021
Judge agrees to 'terrorism enhancement' in case of ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist
GREENBELT, Md. - The ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist convicted of gun charges linked to what the FBI called a neo-Nazi plot to attack a gun-rights rally in Virginia is facing up to 25 years behind ...
Oct 25, 2021
Online criteria for Afghan refugee program changes, applies to only those who've fled
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has quietly changed the criteria on its website for a special program for vulnerable Afghan refugees so that only those who have already managed to escape to other cou...
Oct 25, 2021