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Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility
DONNA, Texas - The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure w...
Mar 30, 2021
City planning Community Clean Up Day for Earth Day
The City of North Battleford plans to hold a Community Clean Up Day April 22 to put a bit of a shine on the city after a long winter.Running from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the event will coincide with nationa...
Mar 30, 2021
Crews battling Black Hills wildfires gaining control
NEMO, S.D. - Firefighters on Tuesday began to gain control of wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota that have forced the evacuation of more than 400 homes and closed the Mount Rushmore National...
Mar 30, 2021
Alberta school curriculum out of tune with song by premier's grandfather: musicians
EDMONTON - Alberta jazz musicians and teachers are dropping their chops at the inclusion of a tune by Premier Jason Kenney's grandfather in the province's proposed Grade 6 school curriculum. "When I G...
Mar 30, 2021
Family of Weyakwin Lake man offers $100,000 for his safe return
A $100,000 reward has been offered for the safe return of a Weyakwin Lake man who went fishing Sept. 23, 2020 and has not been seen since. "He went out fishing at about 6 p.m. in the evening," James H...
Mar 30, 2021
Local bull rider Fennig receives full-ride to Howard College
Local bull rider, Chance Fennig is headed to Texas for the fall of 2021. The 17-year-old senior at North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) has signed a letter of intent to join Howard Colle...
Mar 30, 2021
Ontario doctor charged with first-degree murder has Saskatchewan connections
A doctor in Hawkesbury, Ont., who was charged with murder also spent time at the University of Saskatchewan as a medical resident specializing in general internal medicine.According to the College of ...
Mar 30, 2021
Bright lights in the sky: A look at some of the UFO sightings in Canada last year
WINNIPEG - A recent survey posted by Ufology Research in Winnipeg says there was a jump in UFO sightings in Canada last year. Here are some of the 1,243 sightings: Jan. 23, 2020 - Someone shovelling s...
Mar 30, 2021
Teachers, students sleep in Sask. schools because of spring storm
Many students and teachers around Saskatchewan had unusual sleeps Monday night, after a snowstorm forced them to sleep in school due to treacherous road conditions.Herbert School principal Chad Strike...
Mar 30, 2021
Battlefords avoid major storm damage
Despite blistering winds during Monday's winter storm, the Battlefords came away largely unscathed.According to both the City of North Battleford and the Town of Battleford, there were no reports of m...
Mar 30, 2021