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Battleford bands among 2021 Telemiracle performers
Two bands from Battleford will be featured on Telemiracle 45 in February.Afterglow and Gypsy Moonbird are among the overnight bands scheduled for the annual 20-hour telethon, which is supporting the K...
Dec 07, 2020
Police testify at coroner's inquest into 2018 murder of Quebec toddler
QUEBEC - A coroner's inquest into the brutal 2018 murder of a two-year-old girl whose body was found dumped in a garbage can opened Monday with the testimony of the Quebec City police officers who inv...
Dec 07, 2020
Northern Ontario to use previous results to determine entries for nationals
The weekend did little to settle the uneasiness that executive director Bobby Ray was feeling after the Northern Ontario Curling Association cancelled its playdowns and announced it would invite last ...
Dec 07, 2020
Canada's Olympic, Paralympic swim trials will be invitation only
TORONTO - Canada's Olympic and Paralympic swim trials will be contracted to reduce the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Canada's Olympic and Paralympic swim teams for this summer's Tokyo Games ...
Dec 07, 2020
Local author Speer receiving praise for new book Saint Lazarus Day And Other Stories
Battlefords resident Robin Conrad Speer is garnering words of praise from readers on Good Reads.com for his new book Saint Lazarus Day And Other Stories.Speer received the award for the best author an...
Dec 07, 2020
Lions name head coach Rick Campbell, football operations director Neil McEvoy co-GMs
VANCOUVER - Rick Campbell's list of job duties grew once again on Monday as the B.C. Lions named the head coach and defensive coordinator a co-general manager. Campbell will share the role with the cl...
Dec 07, 2020
RCMP end manhunt following highway pursuit
Battlefords RCMP arrested Jonathan Swiftwolfe, after a coordinated effort with multiple police units over the weekend.On December 4, local RCMP, the North Battleford Gang Task Force and Municipal Gene...
Dec 07, 2020
Edmonton Football Team GM Brock Sunderland receives contract extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Football Team has extended the contract of general manager and vice president of football operations Brock Sunderland through the 2023 season. The CFL team said Monday the exte...
Dec 07, 2020
Gary Oldman on finding the frequency of 'Mank'
NEW YORK - The first time Gary Oldman and David Fincher met was in London 1990, when Fincher was looking to cast him in "Alien 3." "And he had the sense to say no," Fincher recalls. In the 30 years si...
Dec 07, 2020
Lawmakers who met with Giuliani scramble after COVID news
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was "doing very well" after being hospitalized with the coronavirus as lawmakers in battleground states that Giulian...
Dec 07, 2020