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Pride Week starts with flag raising at city hall
Pride Week festivities kicked off in the Battlefords this week with a flag-raising ceremony at city hall on Monday.The City of North Battleford officially proclaimed this as Pride Week.Deputy Mayor Bi...
Jul 18, 2022

Roughriders announce 'several' positive COVID tests following Touchdown Atlantic game
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders say "several members" of the team have recently tested positive for COVID-19. The Roughriders, who recently returned home after playing Toronto in the Touchdown A...
Jul 18, 2022

Former Juventus winger Federico Bernardeschi happy for new beginning with Toronto FC
TORONTO - While the existing product withers on the field, Toronto FC has assembled some considerable new firepower off it in recent days. The hope is the cavalry is ready to ride in. On Monday, the M...
Jul 18, 2022

Gorst, Laboucane big winners at North American Chuckwagon Championship
The North American Chuckwagon Championship wrapped up over the weekend, bringing an end to nine days of high-flying chucks action at the Lloydminster Exhibition grounds. Meadow Lake's Dustin Gorst too...
Jul 18, 2022

Ambrosie doesn't feel chippy game negatively impacted Touchdown Atlantic experience
TORONTO - CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie doesn't believe a chippy game between the Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders negatively impacted the 2022 Touchdown Atlantic experience. In fact, ...
Jul 18, 2022

Wolfe inquest rescheduled for 2023
The public inquest into the death of Randy Wolfe has been adjourned.This was scheduled to begin Monday at the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association, but was adjourned at the request of the ...
Jul 18, 2022

Gunfire, shootings and panic mar American weekend
A man firing a rifle killed shoppers at an Indiana mall's food court. A gunfight at a Houston home killed four people. A stand-up act by the comedian Craig Robinson in North Carolina didn't even begin...
Jul 18, 2022

Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) - The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee examining abuse and corruption in the beleaguered federal agency. Michael Carv...
Jul 18, 2022

Summer concert series on offer in the Battlefords
Sporting earth-toned cotton shorts and rolled-up shirt-sleeves to withstand the summer's heat, a mellow Cole Knutson took a deep breath, slowly arched his back and breathed a world of life and music i...
Jul 18, 2022

Ottawa to provide $870 million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts
VANCOUVER - Canada's emergency preparedness minister says Ottawa is providing $870 million to support recovery efforts after destructive flooding in British Columbia last fall. Bill Blair says the mon...
Jul 18, 2022