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Maxwell’s new digs: Fla. prison known for yoga, music, abuse
NEW YORK (AP) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite turned convicted sex trafficker, is off to Florida to serve a 20-year federal prison sentence for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexuall...
Jul 25, 2022

Part of Riverside Drive to close for pavement, railway maintenance
The City of Prince Albert is reminding drivers and residents of Hazeldell and Nordale that a part of Riverside Drive will be closed Tuesday.Starting at 7:00 a.m., and running for the next two days, th...
Jul 25, 2022

Lawyers make closing submissions in sex assault trial for former Vancouver Canuck
VANCOUVER - A defence lawyer for former Vancouver Canuck Jake Virtanen says the woman who claims he sexually assaulted her nearly five years ago wasn't a reliable or trustworthy witness. Brock Martlan...
Jul 25, 2022

Pope Francis issues long-awaited apology for church’s role in residential schools
The apology thousands of Indigenous people in Canada have been waiting for was delivered Monday.During a ceremony at the site of a former residential school in Maskwacis, Alta., Pope Francis apologize...
Jul 25, 2022

Mountie says holding back gun details was 'no-brainer' in N.S. mass shooting
HALIFAX - The Mountie in charge of the investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting says it was a "no-brainer" for him to withhold details of the killer's guns nine days after the rampage. Chief S...
Jul 25, 2022

Sheep producers flock to Humboldt for return of annual show
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The Elgar Petersen Arena was a real barn over the weekend.While it's usually full of Broncos, it was full of sheep as producers from across the province flocked to Humboldt over the ...
Jul 25, 2022

SK Representative and Deligation Join In Events with Vatican in Edmonton, Maskwacis and lac Ste. Anne
The Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan welcomes Pope Francis to Canada and hopes this trip will represent another step forward on the shared path of reconciliation for Mtis Survivors of the residential school s...
Jul 25, 2022

Local Cadet Pursues Flight Dreams in Brandon
The thrill of flight is something that interests many, and local cadet Samuel Benjamin of 624 Tisdale, Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, is spending his summer pursuing his dreams of flight at Brando...
Jul 25, 2022

Beavers/Brewers Game 1 highlights opening night of NSRBL semis
The senior baseball playoffs continue Monday around the North Sask River Baseball League (NSRBL), as the final four open their semi-finals series. The second-seeded North Battleford Beavers will host ...
Jul 25, 2022

They did it for love: Harlequin rocks EARCandy
The name EARCandy may have stemmed from a nice little play-on-words revolving around the name of the EA Rawlinson Centre, but it also served as an apt description for the weekend that was. The perform...
Jul 25, 2022