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'Heartbreaking loss': B.C. agency looks into ambulance call after infant death report
BARRIRE, B.C. - British Columbia's emergency health service says it is reviewing the circumstances of the reported death of an infant last week while waiting for an ambulance in a small community in t...
Aug 29, 2022

COVID levels rising quickly in P.A. & slowly in North Battleford: study
COVID levels are continuing to rise in Prince Albert.According to the University of Saskatchewan which continues to study the virus through the community's wastewater to determine how prevalent it is,...
Aug 29, 2022

Flag raised on Parliament Hill to honour residential school survivors
OTTAWA - The federal government raised the Survivors' Flag on Parliament Hill today as a way to honour Indigenous Peoples forced to attend residential schools. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was joined...
Aug 29, 2022

College student wins Summer Free Ride
Grant McKee is starting the fall semester on quite a high note in a brand-new car.The University of Regina student was traveling south and decided to stop in the Battlefords on his way. Attending the ...
Aug 29, 2022

Calling All Women Who Love to Sing
The Watsonairs Fall Session is starting on Monday, September 12 at 7pm. Kathy Donahue - Treasurer of the Watsonairs, recalls her time with the choir."In 2018 I finally fulfilled my adult dream of sing...
Aug 29, 2022

A comforting, consoling gift for local children needing ambulance care
Over the summer, some of the younger patients being assessed by paramedics were given a special friend to help them in what can be a difficult time for them.Thanks to a non-profit known as Teddy Bears...
Aug 29, 2022

Minority owner Gary Stern stepping away from Montreal Alouettes
Once again, the CFL has an ownership issue with the Montreal Alouettes to deal with. Minority owner Gary Stern announced Monday he's stepping away from the club's day-to-day operations as well as his ...
Aug 29, 2022

Passengers stranded on cruise ship in Vancouver after tugboat workers strike
VANCOUVER - Passengers on an Alaska cruise ship are stranded aboard the vessel in Vancouver, with the cruise line blaming job action by British Columbia tugboat workers. Celebrity Cruises says the Cel...
Aug 29, 2022

Bulldogs hire former Canadian women's national team member Fortino as assistant coach
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Bulldogs have named Laura Fortino as the Ontario Hockey League's first-ever female assistant coach on Monday. Fortino, a Hamilton native and a former member of the Canadian wom...
Aug 29, 2022

Public safety minister adds new rules on prison 'dry cells' for suspected contraband
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino issued new directives today on the use of "dry cells" to keep inmates from bringing contraband into federal prisons. Prisoners who are suspected of conc...
Aug 29, 2022