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RCMP informant's decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book

As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books.But he also had tasks his party comrades could k...

Dec 30, 2024

2024 top stories in Meadow Lake and the Battlefords

It was a busy year in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake. As this year quickly gives way for the new, here are some of the news making moments of the as we bid farewell to 2024.Loon Lake residents frustr...

Dec 30, 2024

Raised in Sask. after his family fled Hungary, this man spent decades spying on communists for the RCMP

As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books.But he also had tasks his party comrades could k...

Dec 29, 2024

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White H...

Dec 29, 2024

A plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179

A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport Sunday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy. All but two of th...

Dec 29, 2024

Chief of Saskatchewan Marshals Service ‘excited’ for early launch

The head of Saskatchewan's newest police force credits good timing and good luck for its early launch.Chief Marshal Rob Cameron of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS) told CKOM News on Friday that...

Dec 29, 2024

'Let's not panic': Canada picks up the pieces after ugly Latvia loss at World Juniors

Peter Anholt tried to keep things light as he emerged from one of the elevators at Canada's hotel.The temperature had been turned way up on the veteran hockey executive and the country's under-20 prog...

Dec 29, 2024

Putin apologizes for ‘tragic incident’ but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 3...

Dec 28, 2024

Canadian defenceman Matthew Schaefer out for rest of World Juniors due to injury

Matthew Schaefer has dealt with adversity and heartache throughout his young life.One of the top prospects for the 2025 NHL draft must now overcome yet another hurdle.The 17-year-old defenceman will m...

Dec 28, 2024

Trudeau, Carney push back over Trump's ongoing 51st state comments

Two senior members of the federal cabinet were in Florida Friday pushing Canada's new $1.3 billion border plan with members of Donald Trump's transition team, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

Dec 28, 2024