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2 key UK Cabinet ministers quit Boris Johnson's government
LONDON (AP) - Two of Britain's most senior Cabinet ministers have quit, a move that could spell the end of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership after months of scandals. Treasury chief Rishi Suna...
Jul 05, 2022

$30 million gas line expansion planned between Choiceland and Smeaton
Construction on an expanded gas transmission line between Choiceland and Smeaton is planned to start next summer at a cost of $30 million. The new pipe will run for 23 kilometres and increase the amou...
Jul 05, 2022

Familiar outrage greets deadly Illinois shooting; weapon was legally purchased: mayor
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. - The mayor of the Chicago suburb scarred by America's latest mass shooting says she was once the alleged gunman's Cub Scout pack leader. Nancy Rotering tells CNN that she expects ...
Jul 05, 2022

Leask man identified in fatal crash
A 21-year-old Leask man has been identified as the lone death in a fatal collision that happened on Monday night. The crash happened five kilometres north of Martensville.Initial investigation determi...
Jul 05, 2022

More than half of Canada's AstraZeneca vaccine doses expired, will be thrown out
OTTAWA - Canada is about to toss more than half of its doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine because it couldn't find any takers for it either in or outside of Canada. A statement from Heal...
Jul 05, 2022

Vikings duo primed for U16 West Challenge championship game
A pair of North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) Vikings are a game away from a gold medal. Levi Koenig and Max Gubbe are each in their first year competing with Team Saskatchewan at the 2...
Jul 05, 2022

Snoezelen Room Dedication at BTEC
Mona Leece, Executive Director of BTEC was very pleased to show off our new state of the art Snoezelen Room which we are naming "the Corey and Jodi Chmelnyk Snoezelen Room" in appreciation of all the ...
Jul 05, 2022

‘They will be welcome here’: 230 Ukrainian citizens arrive in Sask.
It was mostly women, children and the elderly who got off a long flight from Poland to Regina on Monday evening - they were people fleeing the war in Ukraine.A couple of people waved Ukrainian flags o...
Jul 05, 2022

Wimbledon quarterfinalist Kyrgios due in court in Australia
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nick Kyrgios is due in court back home in Australia next month, and a lawyer representing him said Tuesday the "precise nature of" the allegations "...
Jul 05, 2022

Wickenheiser among three Maple Leafs promoted to assistant general manager
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have promoted Hayley Wickenheiser, Ryan Hardy and Darryl Metcalf to assistant general manager and hired Curtis Sanford as a goaltending coach. Wickenheiser, a four-ti...
Jul 05, 2022