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Conditions favourable for tornadoes continue
Environment Canada issued a critical alert for a tornado Wednesday evening.Shortly after 7 p.m. alerts were sent for the R.M. of Paynton including Paynton, and the areas around Turtleford, Mervin, Spr...
Jun 25, 2025

Toronto Raptors select Collin Murray-Boyles ninth overall in NBA Draft
Collin Murray-Boyles has been selected ninth overall by the Toronto Raptors. Murray-Boyles was a forward for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Duke University forward Cooper Flagg was taken first overall ...
Jun 25, 2025

Canadian men swept 3-0 by Brazil in Volleyball Nations League action
CHICAGO - Canada's men fell 3-0 (22-25, 17-25, 17-25) to Brazil on Wednesday in Volleyball Nations League action. The Canadians held the advantage in attack points at 36-35. However, Brazil dominated ...
Jun 25, 2025

Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his prison escape
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian Pr...
Jun 25, 2025

Canada brings seven citizens out of Israel, West Bank as most find their own way out
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it brought just seven Canadians out of Israel and the West Bank to Jordan on buses offered Wednesday. Ottawa started offering evacuations from both regions later th...
Jun 25, 2025

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for 1976 killing
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - The longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom schem...
Jun 25, 2025

MN-S elected directors excluded from swearing in ceremony
Political unrest is coming to a head within the Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan.During Tuesday's swearing in ceremony at the Dakota Dunes casino, a number of elected directors were excluded and not allowed e...
Jun 25, 2025

Lloydminster to spend $150K planning housing solutions for residents
Lloydminster city council has approved a $150,000 plan to help bring emergency, transitional, social and affordable housing projects to a shovel-ready state.Council unanimously passed the measure June...
Jun 25, 2025

Four arrested in Lloydminster on drug; firearm offenses
Multiple drugs and weapons charges have been laid after Lloydminster RCMP were informed of suspicious people near a downtown business last Wednesday at 9 p.m. After an investigation, police discovered...
Jun 25, 2025

FSIN wants answers in RCMP assistant commissioner removal
Multiple member Chiefs of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the removal of Rhonda Blackmore as the Assistant Commissioner of th...
Jun 25, 2025