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South Korea star Son needs facial surgery ahead of World Cup
LONDON (AP) - South Korea captain Son Heung-min will undergo surgery on a facial injury, jeopardizing his availability for the World Cup. Son was helped off the field during the first half of Tottenha...
Nov 02, 2022
School divisions to get $15.5M in additional funding to support enrolment growth
Saskatchewan school divisions will get $15.5 million in additional funding from the provincial government to support the largest enrolment growth in the past two decades.According to the Ministry of E...
Nov 02, 2022
Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life in prison
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as ev...
Nov 02, 2022
Stampeders, Lions kick off '22 CFL playoffs in West Division semifinal matchup
Home field wasn't an advantage this season when the B.C. Lions and Calgary Stampeders squared off. In each of the three regular-season meetings, the road team emerged victorious as B.C. won the season...
Nov 02, 2022
The Craig Family to be inducted into Business Hall of Fame
A long-standing North Battleford business will be honoured with a special award at the upcoming Battlefords Business Excellence (BBEX) Awards Gala.The Battlefords and District Chamber of Commerce and ...
Nov 02, 2022
Local teams take centre stage at NBCHS volleyball tourney
It was a big weekend for senior boys' volleyball at North Battleford Comprehensive High School.The NBCHS Vikings hosted their annual home tournament, inviting 16 teams from across the region to take p...
Nov 02, 2022
Trudeau says Canadians 'have to intervene' somehow in Haiti, convenes incident group
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet today with key cabinet ministers about the situation in Haiti. The collection of cabinet ministers known as the Incident Response Group meets only when...
Nov 02, 2022
Emergency alert cancelled after shooting death in Melville
The dangerous person alert issued Wednesday morning after a shooting in Melville was cancelled just after 1:30 p.m.The RCMP said in a release that one man was dead and another man had suffered life-th...
Nov 02, 2022
Clinching berth early will pay off in the road to the 2024 Paris Olympics
After barely squeaking into the world championship final as the eighth and last qualifier, Canada's women's gymnastics team knew there was only one way to go from there - up. "All we said was, 'We can...
Nov 02, 2022
Battlefords RCMP reporting a busy week
Battlefords RCMP responded to 534 calls for service between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1. Among the calls, police are investigating 27 assaults, including three stemming from Halloween.The first happened around...
Nov 02, 2022