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Current event: Boat launched by US students lands in Norway
RYE, N.H. (AP) - A small boat launched in October 2020 by some New Hampshire middle school students and containing photos, fall leaves, acorns and state quarters has been found 462 days later - by a s...
Feb 14, 2022

‘Longer and more severe’: Doctors expecting hospital numbers to rise
Saskatchewan hospitals are getting close to full if they're not already, according to a presentation from last week's physicians' town hall.The town hall is a virtual presentation put on every other w...
Feb 14, 2022

Canada to give $500M loan, send $7.8M in lethal weapons to Ukraine: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will provide a $500-million loan and $7.8 million worth of lethal equipment and ammunition to Ukraine as the threat of a Russian invasion grows. He s...
Feb 14, 2022

Teen who recorded Floyd's killing cries on witness stand
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The teenager who recorded the widely seen video of George Floyd's killing began crying Monday as she started testifying in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police o...
Feb 14, 2022

Canada sets ambitious immigration targets for post-pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to keep ramping up the record number of new permanent residents in Canada over the next three years as it works through a massive backlog of applications that hav...
Feb 14, 2022

RCMP looking for individuals responsible for shots fired near Lashburn
Maidstone RCMP are investigating a reported incident of gunfire west of Lashburn, roughly 20 minutes east of Lloydminster.Around 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, officers responded to a call of shots fired at ...
Feb 14, 2022

Feds move up timeline to repay benefit clawbacks for low-income seniors
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to hand out millions in benefits in April to low-income seniors who saw their income top-ups reduced because they received emergency pandemic aid. The gov...
Feb 14, 2022

Navy engineer pleads guilty to selling submarine secrets
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Navy nuclear engineer pleaded guilty Monday to trying to pass information about American nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country. Jonathan Toebbe, 43, pleaded guilty in feder...
Feb 14, 2022

French Education Week wraps up a success
A number of Battlefords schools took the opportunity to celebrate French-Second-Language Education Week in the province that just wrapped up recently.Tracie Harty, a vice-principal with John Paul II C...
Feb 14, 2022

Former Speaker of B.C. legislature doesn't recall retirement payout documents: trial
VANCOUVER - A former Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says he doesn't remember seeing many of the documents outlining retirement and financial benefits linked to a breach-of-trust trial. Bill...
Feb 14, 2022