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Kenney says 'reasonable effort' made to follow COVID rules at whiskey dinner
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he and his ministers made every reasonable effort to comply with health rules during a surreptitiously photographed whiskey-drinks dinner on the patio of t...
Jun 03, 2021

Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey dead at 87
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two stat...
Jun 03, 2021

Local golf course receives special cart for those with mobility issues
The North Battleford Golf and Country Club received a gift from Golf Saskatchewan this week. A special single-rider adaptive golf cart, known as the SoloRider, is now available for those with mobility...
Jun 03, 2021

Battlefords Regional Community Coalition mourns loss of 215 children
The Battlefords Regional Community Coalition (BRCC) leaders are mourning for the 215 children found buried at the site of the former Kamloops residential school recently.Chief Wayne Semaganis, of Litt...
Jun 03, 2021

100,000 Saskatchewan residents now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
The Saskatchewan government reported today that over 100,000 Saskatchewan residents have been fully vaccinated and an additional 14,579 vaccines have been administered. This brings the total numbers v...
Jun 03, 2021

Jonathan David, Christine Sinclair named Canada Soccer's players of the month
TORONTO - Jonathan David and Christine Sinclair have been named Canada Soccer's players of the month for May. David became the first Canadian to win the Ligue 1 championship in France, scoring the ope...
Jun 03, 2021

Canada beats Russia in overtime in world hockey championship quarterfinal
RIGA, Latvia - Andrew Mangiapane scored in overtime as Canada beat Russia 2-1 in quarterfinal action at the world hockey championship on Thursday. The Calgary Flames forward's goal, on a pass from Tro...
Jun 03, 2021

Federal government hiking fines for hotel quarantine violators
OTTAWA - The federal government is increasing the fine for air travellers who refuse to quarantine in a designated hotel for three days after arriving in Canada. Travellers who had faced a $3,000 fine...
Jun 03, 2021

A look at the residential-school system in Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in an unmarked burial site on...
Jun 03, 2021

What people are saying about the MMIWG national action plan
A national action plan to implement the calls to justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was released on Thursday. Here is what people are saying: "For dec...
Jun 03, 2021