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Preliminary inquiry set for case involving child pornography charges
The case for a Marshall, Sask., man facing charges that include sexual assault and distribution of child pornography is now scheduled for a preliminary inquiry.Joseph Sproull, 41, is charged with one ...
Apr 18, 2022
Corey O’Soup fired by FSIN for calling a First Nation hockey team the ‘Beerhawks’
Corey O'Soup says he made a mistake by referring to an Indigenous hockey team as the "Beerhawks."The speech error made twice this month during a large First Nations hockey tournament in the province w...
Apr 18, 2022
Cases of bird flu confirmed in Sask.
The brutal wave of bird flu that has devastated commercial poultry farms across North America has spread further in Saskatchewan.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said it detected the highly ...
Apr 18, 2022
Van Dyke avoids federal charges in Laquan McDonald's death
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal authorities on Monday said they will not criminally charge Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer convicted of murder in the 2014 shooting death of Black teenager Laq...
Apr 18, 2022
City of NB offering free skating, shinny this week
The City of North Battleford is offering free public skating and family shinny this week at the Access Communications Centre.Offered each day from Monday April 18 to Thursday, April 21, the public ska...
Apr 18, 2022
Another family from Ukraine welcomed in Battlefords
Another Battlefords family recently welcomed relatives from Ukraine escaping the ongoing attacks in their home country. Maryna Shkarupa, originally from Ukraine, helped her mother, Uliana Kavitska, an...
Apr 18, 2022
Connor Bedard to lead Canada's defence of under-18 hockey championship
CALGARY - Regina Pats star Connor Bedard has been named to Canada's roster for the upcoming world under-18 men's hockey championship in Germany. The 16-year-old Bedard, from North Vancouver, B.C., is ...
Apr 18, 2022
Second arrest made in South Carolina mall shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Police in South Carolina have announced the arrest of a second person in a shootout inside a busy shopping mall in the state's capital, one of two mass shootings that rocked the ...
Apr 18, 2022
Veterans group winding down work helping Afghan interpreters get to Canada
OTTAWA - What began as a 30-day fundraising campaign to help Afghan interpreters flee the Taliban turned into a harrowing, chaotic and deeply frustrating eight-month effort for the Veterans Transition...
Apr 18, 2022
Live Updates | UN humanitarian: Cease fire not quite ripe
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations' humanitarian chief said it seems "the time is not quite ripe yet" to establish a cease fire to get humanitarian aid into Ukraine, but he held out hope as the Ortho...
Apr 18, 2022