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Library, scholarships, art committee, discussed topics at Melfort Council meeting
The City of Melfort held its regular monthly council meeting Monday night to discuss issues affecting the community.Some of the matters at hand included the library feasibility study, scholarships for...
Jul 12, 2022
A&W to open in La Ronge by end of 2022
A fast-food chain that once had a presence in La Ronge exceeding two decades is set to return. "We're building a new A&W for the northern communities of Saskatchewan," said local businessman Dalla...
Jul 12, 2022
Man who threatened store clerk with imitation gun, receives two year sentence
A man responsible for an armed robbery in Prince Albert, and who also pointed his imitation gun at a woman and her child, has received a two year jail sentence.Brandon Ross, 23, has entered guilty ple...
Jul 12, 2022
End of June busy for Nipawin law enforcement
Nipawin RCMP had a busy two days at the end of June as they dealt with multiple incidentsPolice said that on June 28, they saw a man on a bicycle who was out of jail on the condition he not be in Nipa...
Jul 12, 2022
'The season that matters': Highway 3 Baseball League readies for playoffs
The boys of summer are back will be back on the diamonds soon as playoff season starts for a Saskatchewan baseball league.The regular season for the Highway 3 Baseball League wrapped up this past week...
Jul 12, 2022
Mexico agrees to invest $1.5B in 'smart' border technology
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lpez Obrador agreed to spend $1.5 billion to improve "smart" border technology during meetings Tuesday with President Joe Biden - a move the White Hou...
Jul 12, 2022
Former neighbour stands by story RCMP did 'nothing' on N.S. killer's spousal abuse
HALIFAX - A former neighbour of the man who carried out the 2020 Nova Scotia mass killing stood by her story on Tuesday that RCMP did "nothing" when she reported a violent domestic assault years befor...
Jul 12, 2022
Blue Jays reinstate catcher Jansen from injured list, option Moreno to Triple-A
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays reinstated Danny Jansen from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday and optioned fellow catcher Gabriel Moreno to Triple-A Buffalo. Jansen missed five weeks due to a fractu...
Jul 12, 2022
Deadline tight to implement dental care, but Duclos confident the feds will meet it
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he's confident the federal government will be able to set up its proposed dental-care program by the end of the year, though his department has not yet s...
Jul 12, 2022
Senate report says government must implement rights-based Indigenous fisheries
OTTAWA - A new report from the Senate is calling on the federal government to implement Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkati rights-based fisheries on Canada's East Coast and overhaul its approach...
Jul 12, 2022