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Sabres down Maple Leafs 5-2 in top pick Owen Power's NHL debut
TORONTO - Tage Thompson scored the winner and added an assist as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Tuesday night. Kyle Okposo, Jeff Skinner, Rasmus Dahlin and Rasmus Asplund, ...
Apr 12, 2022

STF calls on government to reinstate public health measures in schools
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation wants the provincial government to learn a lesson from the latest wastewater data.One day after the University of Saskatchewan's latest data showed a 742 per cent...
Apr 12, 2022

City honoured with GFOA award for quality financial reporting
Two times a winner. The City of North Battleford announced at this week's council meeting, the city has been honoured with a Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Award that recognizes high q...
Apr 12, 2022

Looming Prairie blizzard prompts school closures, cancelled flights, NHL game
WINNIPEG - School, flights and even an NHL hockey game have been cancelled in part of the Prairies as people prepare for a storm that Environment Canada says could be the "worst blizzard in decades." ...
Apr 12, 2022

Tiger Woods' return to Masters a winner for TV networks
NEW YORK (AP) - Tiger Woods may not have won the Masters golf tournament, but his stirring return from injury was certainly a winner for the television networks following him. CBS' final round coverag...
Apr 12, 2022

Biden: Russia war a 'genocide,' trying to 'wipe out' Ukraine
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Russia's war in Ukraine amounted to genocide," accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to "wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian."...
Apr 12, 2022

California woman admits she faked 2016 kidnapping
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Sherri Papini, the Northern California woman charged last month with faking her kidnapping in 2016, accepted a plea bargain with prosecutors Tuesday and acknowledged she made...
Apr 12, 2022

FIFA warned court of World Cup chaos if Russia played
GENEVA (AP) - Letting Russia try to qualify for the World Cup risked doing "irreparable and chaotic" harm to the competition, FIFA successfully argued at sport's highest court. The legal debate betwee...
Apr 12, 2022

Shelters for abuse victims report effects of COVID-19 on operations to StatCan
VANCOUVER - A new report from Statistics Canada says one in three shelters for people fleeing abuse reported they were greatly affected in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report used data...
Apr 12, 2022

Battlefords RCMP sees high vehicle thefts total during winter
Stolen vehicles remained an issue in the Battlefords this winter, especially in cars and trucks left unattended.The Battlefords RCMP detachment recently did an analysis of stolen vehicles in the area ...
Apr 12, 2022