A non-profit arts group based in Regina is touring the province to give a free show focusing on living with disabilities.Community Arts Organization "Listen to Dis" will be in the Battlefords on May 6 and 7 to raise awareness about the challenges people face living with disabilities, as part of their "Bi...

Just a year after hosting a special 50th Anniversary celebration, the Battlefords North Stars will again hold a special milestone event this summer, as hosts of the 2024 SJHL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.Coupling the Induction Banquet with their annual Alumni Golf Tournament for a two-day weekend celebration June 21...

People in North Battleford will see more fire trucks and firefighters this weekend as well as some more smoke. But they shouldn't be concerned, as the North Battleford Fire Dept. will be hosting the Saskatchewan Volunteer Firefighters Association's Spring Training events. All the activity will take place Friday to Sund...

Twin Rivers Curling Club is sweeping up accolades and turning heads thanks to being named CurlSask 2024 Club of the Year. "It feels good to work hard at something and then get paid off for that," said Brandon Hall, manager of Twin Rivers of their success. "As the manager, as the board, as the volunteers ...

Indigenous hockey teams from across the prairies are in Prince Albert this weekend for the eighth annual Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Senator's Cup. The 2024 edition of the tournament will feature 19 teams competing for the grand prize, three more than last year when they had 16. This year will feature three team...

Teaching people how much damage wildfires can cause and how people can prevent them is the target of a new campaign by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC).The PAGC is teaming up with the Sask. Public Safety Agency (SPSA) to run the educational campaign starting in May and finishing in June. "Human-caused fires ...

Phoenix the cat is only about three years old but has accomplished much in that short time and used up several of her nine lives. First, she survived being abandoned at a home where there had been a murder, then she fell into a turtle's tank full of water and then she accidentally became a famous internet cat with her ...

The fate of a former Saskatchewan RCMP officer, who shot and killed his young lover, now rests in the hands of a King's Bench Justice.A sentencing decision for Bernie Herman has been reserved to June 18.Thursday morning's hearing at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert lasted roughly two hours and included sentencing...

What's expected to be a lengthy and emotional sentencing hearing for a former Saskatchewan Mountie guilty of manslaughter, will begin today at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert.Bernie Herman, 55, has been in custody since last January's verdict.The morning proceedings are expected to include extensive arguments fr...

The country's most comprehensive study on the effects of radiation on 90,000 Canadian uranium workers is delayed.Originally expected to have its final study results released this year, the study has been pushed back to 2026 due to data-collecting complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada is the world's s...

Montreal's port authority says a man has died after an apparent accident at one of its wharves. Port of Montreal spokesperson Renée Larouche says the authority was notified of an accident involving a truck driver at the Viau shipping terminal northeast of downtown at around 2 p.m. on Friday. Police and emergency...

LACHUTE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early this morning. Police spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Quebec highway 50 en...

CALGARY - The lawyer for a residential school survivor leading a proposed class-action defamation lawsuit against the Catholic Church over residential schools says the court action is a last resort. Maxime Faille, the lawyer for Sphenia Jones, says the goal is understanding - not money. "Sphenia is 80 years-old. S...

Ottawa has plans to finally stop blocking Canadian development aid to Afghanistan this year. But by the time its new system is fully up and running, the Taliban will have been in control of the country for about three years. Humanitarian organizations say that's an interminable delay for those who need help, especiall...

MONTREAL - Tens of thousands of visitors flock to Quebec's Îles-de-la-Madeleine every summer to behold its cliff-framed seascapes and sandy beaches. But starting next month, those island sojourns will come with an added cost. The small archipelago northeast of Prince Edward Island is introducing a $30 visitor fee...

TORONTO - The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the National Newspaper Awards, which were handed out on Friday night. The Globe won nods in seven of the 23 regular categories. La Presse and the Toronto Star both won three awards, and the Brandon Sun and the Narwhal each had two. Thirteen other news outlets received ...

Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town.The Friday night tornadoes wreaked havoc in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse w...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, destroying homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Injuries were reported but it wasn't yet clear if anyone was killed in the storm. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebra...

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after his homicide conviction in the Black man's death, which helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests. Jeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison. He administered a dose o...

NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall - his most definitive comment yet on the issue. Trump said he was ready, though he questioned Bidens's willingness. Biden's comment came during an interview with the Sirius XM ...

LONDON (AP) - King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. Charles took a break from public appearances almost three months ago to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. The palace said Charles would make a public visit t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems as part of a massive $6 billion additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday. The missiles will be used to replenish previously supplied Patriot air defense systems and are part of a packag...