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North Stars kick off parent/billet weekend, as Mustangs come to town
Coming off a statement 4-0 win over league-leading Humboldt, the Battlefords North Stars will return to action Friday, when they welcome the Melfort Mustangs to North Battleford to open their billet a...
Feb 04, 2022

Tennessee gov, GOP push more scrutiny of school libraries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Less than a week after a local Tennessee school board attracted national attention for banning a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Gov. Bill Lee went pu...
Feb 04, 2022

Views from the front lines: The stories of those inside an Ontario hospital
SARNIA, Ont. - Behind the daily statistics of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are grieving families, exhausted nurses and frightened patients. Here's a look at some of their stories. SISTERS ...
Feb 04, 2022

Northwest Territories defeats Manitoba 8-6 in Scotties tiebreaker game
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories defeated Manitoba's Mackenzie Zacharias 8-6 in a tiebreaker game Friday morning at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's cur...
Feb 04, 2022

GOP censures Cheney, Kinzinger, moves to pull out of debates
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Republican Party officials on Friday voted to punish GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their work on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection and advan...
Feb 04, 2022

Krista Fox leaves Battlefords for cross-Canada walk for MMIW
Long-time Battlefords advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Krista Fox headed out Thursday evening to embark on her Krista's Kilometres for MMIW walk across Canada to raise awarene...
Feb 04, 2022

'With a heavy heart,' N.B. judge temporarily suspends unvaccinated father's custody
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has temporarily suspended an unvaccinated father's in-person parenting time with his three children and ruled that their mother can have the children vaccinated des...
Feb 04, 2022

Feds to press ahead with anti-hate bill, including online speech: minister
OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government is preparing to press ahead with a law to combat racial and religious hatred, including online hate. In an interview, the minister condemne...
Feb 04, 2022

Locked out MLB players reject offer of federal mediation
NEW YORK (AP) - Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball's request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time sta...
Feb 04, 2022

Quebec City ready for demonstration against COVID-19 health orders, premier says
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he's confident a trucker protest planned in Quebec City this weekend against COVID-19 public health orders won't be a repeat of what's happening in Ottawa. Legault ...
Feb 04, 2022