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Wintertainment receives positive response in community
Wintertainment was held all last week with a number of community activities taking place from Monday to Saturday in the City of North Battleford. While the week started off very frigid, with temperatu...
Feb 22, 2021

Lee Daniels and Andra Day take on Billie Holiday’s legacy
Lee Daniels didn't want to touch the story of Billie Holiday. "Lady Sings the Blues" already existed after all. The 1972 film with Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams showed him Black romance and a Harl...
Feb 22, 2021

Living Sky School Division meets with MLAs for update on successes, financial needs
Living Sky School Division met online with some of the area MLAs for the district recently, to give them an update on the division's accomplishments as well as a number of its financial needs in the m...
Feb 22, 2021

Investigation of Wyoming toddler found dead continues
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Police in Wyoming continued Monday to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster at an apartment complex. Athian Rivera was found several hours after...
Feb 22, 2021

177 new cases of COVID-19 and 195 recoveries reported
The province has reported 177 new cases of COVID-19 and 195 recoveries for Feb. 22 bringing the total up to 27,797 cases with 1,652 cases reported as active.COVID-19 map of Saskatchewan. (Submitted ph...
Feb 22, 2021

Court won't revive porn star’s defamation suit against Trump
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from porn star Stormy Daniels, who sought to revive a defamation lawsuit she filed against former President Donald Trump. The justices did n...
Feb 22, 2021

Curlers drawn to diversions in bubble life
CALGARY - Plans to curl in a bubble had to include how relax and recharge between draws, since the athletes in the Canadian women's curling championship are confined to the arena and their hotel. With...
Feb 22, 2021

Leafs' Muzzin out with broken facial bone; Hyman, Thornton also injured
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Muzzin has suffered a broken facial bone and will be out an undetermined amount of time. Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters on Monday that Muzzin is awa...
Feb 22, 2021

Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash
MADRID - Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain's two small territories in North Africa. So he pulled a knife, cut the bag open an...
Feb 22, 2021

Canada Post worksite hit by major virus outbreak excluded from provincial inspections
TORONTO - Ontario labour inspectors are homing in on warehouses and distribution centres, but the site of a major workplace COVID-19 outbreak isn't included in the ongoing inspections: Canada Post. Mo...
Feb 22, 2021