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Sweetgrass F.N. and N.B. sign 'historic' Urban Reserve Services Agreement
As members of Sweetgrass First Nation and the City of North Battleford leadership sat at a table to sign an historic Urban Reserve Services Agreement, gasps and sighs from attendees could be heard. Th...
Sep 28, 2024
At least 52 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across southeastern US
PERRY, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Helene has caused at least 52 deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeast U.S., and more than 3 million customers were without any p...
Sep 28, 2024
17 people have been killed in 2 mass shootings in the same town in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, police said Saturday. A se...
Sep 28, 2024
Iran Revolutionary Guard general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A prominent general in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media re...
Sep 28, 2024
RCMP seek missing person from Flying Dust First Nation
UPDATE - Sept. 28 at 9:57 a.m.: RCMP advised Dakota Rooney has been located safe and his family has been updated.---Meadow Lake RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a missing man.Dakota R...
Sep 28, 2024
Iran Revolutionary Guard general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A prominent general in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media re...
Sep 28, 2024
Critics see drug debate tainted by politicization in B.C. election campaign
VANCOUVER - When NDP Leader David Eby announced this month that the province would open "secure facilities" to provide involuntary care for people with severe drug addiction or mental health problems,...
Sep 28, 2024
Counting the cost of British Columbia's toxic drug crisis
The toxic drug crisis is one of the most contentious and widely debated issues ahead of British Columbia's provincial election on Oct. 19. Here's a look at the provincial statistics on toxic drug deat...
Sep 28, 2024
LGBTQ minister Pascale St-Onge to make history with parental leave
OTTAWA - Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the first openly lesbian cabinet minister to take parental leave when her wife gives birth in the coming weeks. "...
Sep 28, 2024
La Ronge, Meadow Lake talent involved in new film shot in Regina
Four former residents from La Ronge and an actress from Meadow Lake were involved in a horror-thriller feature film recently shot in Regina. The movie, which is called #Vanlife and was written and dir...
Sep 28, 2024