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Police seize crack cocaine, meth, several weapons from home on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation
The Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team has arrested and charged four individuals after a search warrant led to a large seizure of drugs, weapons, and ammunition. The search warrant was executed yester...
Sep 10, 2020

Going the Distance: Raptors and Celtics ready to cap dramatic series with Game 7
Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has worked his top players hard in their second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. Don't expect that to change in the decisive Game 7 on F...
Sep 10, 2020

New Horizon lead singer remembered as passionate, humble and a great mentor
Tributes are pouring in for Ken Pederson Jr., the lead singer of the popular Saskatchewan group New Horizon.The 45-year-old, father of two, passed away last Friday. In order to give fans and friends a...
Sep 10, 2020

Canadian athletes hopeful Tokyo Games can still happen if no vaccine
Some Canadian athletes feel confident the Tokyo Games can happen next summer without a COVID-19 vaccine, but not necessarily because the head of the organizing committee and the Internationa...
Sep 10, 2020

B.C. report projects economic decline of 6.7 per cent, deficit near $13 billion
VICTORIA - British Columbia's financial outlook is being hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the provincial government says a partial recovery is on the horizon next year. A Finance Ministry report...
Sep 10, 2020

Tour de France rookie Hirschi wins longest stage
SARRAN, France - Tour de France rookie Marc Hirschi won the longest stage of this year's race with a bold solo breakaway Thursday on a previously unused sharp ascent, making up for two previous near m...
Sep 10, 2020

Humboldt Big Brothers Big Sisters looking for Big Believers
September is Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) month and the Humboldt chapter is launching their Big Believers monthly donor program.The program is a planned long-term approach to ensure youth continue ...
Sep 10, 2020

Edwards Co-op Student Program offers unique opportunity for local businesses
For the last 13 years, the Edwards School of Business Co-op Student Program has been offering a helping hand to local businesses around the region, including the Battlefords. Designed as a mutually be...
Sep 10, 2020

Former Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller on the job in his native Denmark
While Canada continues its search for his replacement as women's soccer coach, Kenneth Heiner-Moller is back at work in his native Denmark. His home in Fredensborg, just north of Copenhagen, is availa...
Sep 10, 2020

Taliban say peace talks with Afghan team to start Saturday
ISLAMABAD - The long-awaited peace talks with the negotiating team selected by the Afghan government are to begin on Saturday in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, the Taliban said in a statement on Thursd...
Sep 10, 2020