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A generous donation for P.A.’s Rendalyn Home
A local home for new and expectant mothers recently received a generous donation from members of the community.Last week, the Prince Albert chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW...
Dec 21, 2021
Battlefords COVID-19 clinics add availability ahead of 2022
Battlefords residents who missed vaccination availability on Monday have several opportunities left before the end of 2021.The Finning Cat Drive Thru clinic off of Highway 16 has supplies of the Pfize...
Dec 21, 2021
Federal Liberals slash criminal pardon application fee to $50 as of new year
OTTAWA - The federal fee to apply for a criminal pardon will drop to $50 from almost $658 as of the new year. The move announced today fulfils one element of a promise by the Liberals to improve the s...
Dec 21, 2021
New COVID restrictions, Tories boycott security committee : In The News for Dec. 21
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 21, 2021
Small businesses again struggling amid capacity limits
Surging COVID-19 cases brought on by the spread of the Omicron variant have put a damper on the "most wonderful time of year" for small business owners, as multiple provinces reinstate tough public he...
Dec 21, 2021
Tories boycott security committee over refusal to release docs on fired scientists
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole is refusing to name Conservative members to the national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians. The Conservative leader pulled his party's MPs from the committe...
Dec 21, 2021
Canada, allies must confront China challenge united after two Michaels: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canada owes no debts to its allies, including the United States, for their help in standing up to China and bringing the Meng Wanzhou-two Michaels affair to a close, says Prime Minister Justi...
Dec 21, 2021
Quebec looks beyond hydroelectricity as last planned megaproject set to wrap
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro dams have long provided its residents cheap electricity and bragging rights in the race to reduce global carbon emissions, with Premier Franois Legault suggesting the provinc...
Dec 21, 2021
'The sound of home': Indigenous radio station celebrates 50 years of programming
WINNIPEG - It's 6 p.m. on a Friday night and the call lines at one of Canada's largest Indigenous radio stations are all flashing. That will be the case for the next four hours as hundreds of listener...
Dec 21, 2021
Osaka fire suspect might have copied Kyoto Animation attack
TOKYO (AP) - The suspect in a deadly fire at a mental health clinic in Osaka last week might have studied the fatal 2019 Kyoto Animation studio arson while preparing his own attack that killed 25 peop...
Dec 21, 2021