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Battlefords Pride gears up for summer celebrations
Battlefords Pride is starting to make plans for this year's Pride Week activities.The group currently has arranged to run an online auction fundraiser that will begin taking bids for items on June 10....
Jun 06, 2023
Canada in a hole after 43-21 loss in first leg of World Rugby U20 Trophy qualifier
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Canadian under-20 rugby team has a mountain to climb after suffering a 43-21 loss to the U.S. in Tuesday's opening leg of a two-match qualifier for the World Rugby U20 Trophy. ...
Jun 06, 2023
Industry, conservationists welcome Ottawa's delay on B.C. salmon farm transition plan
VICTORIA - The federal government's decision to delay its ruling on a planned transition away from open-net salmon farms from British Columbia coastal waters is being welcomed by opponents on both sid...
Jun 06, 2023
Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers during failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man who shot and killed two jailers nearly 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an acquaintance escape from a rural jail was executed Tuesday evening. Michael Ti...
Jun 06, 2023
Florida official says migrants flown to California went willingly, refutes claims of coercion
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration said Tuesday that three dozen migrants whom the state flew from the U.S. southern border to California on private planes all went wi...
Jun 06, 2023
Man arrested in connection with Mooswa suspicious death
Police have arrested a 31-year-old man and charged him with one count of first degree murder in connection to the death of 35-year-old Tyler Mooswa at Moosomin First Nation.Wade Frenchman will make hi...
Jun 06, 2023
Wildfire roundup: A look at what's burning across the country and who's affected
Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair has said images of wildfires burning across Canada are some of the most severe ever witnessed in the country and the forecast for the next few months...
Jun 06, 2023
Man faces drug charges after arrest in Loon Lake
A 19-year-old man is facing multiple drug charges after being arrested in Loon Lake.On June 4, members of Saskatchewan RCMP's Meadow Lake Crime Reduction Team and Loon Lake's detachment were conductin...
Jun 06, 2023
Cenovus fined after wastewater release from former Husky-owned pipeline
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy is facing a fine over a release of wastewater into a wetland. In 2020, a pipeline then belonging to Husky Oil released about 206 cubic metres of produced water through a break...
Jun 06, 2023
Basketball standout, Hannah looking forward to next chapter with Concordia
Battlefords local Tayla Hannah is Alberta-bound for the next stage in her schooling and her basketball journey.Hannah recently committed to the Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder women's basketb...
Jun 06, 2023