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Oklahoma beats Texas, repeats as softball national champs
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Kinzie Hansen and Grace Lyons hit three-run homers, Jayda Coleman made two spectacular defensive plays and No. 1 seed Oklahoma defeated unseeded Texas 10-5 on Thursday night to wi...
Jun 09, 2022

EXPLAINER: A look at far-right extremists in Jan. 6 riot
The first public hearing of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack put a spotlight on two far-right extremist groups whose members are accused of plotting for weeks to stop t...
Jun 09, 2022

Canada's Rogers wins NCAA title with ninth-best hammer throw in history
EUGENE, Ore. - Canada's Camryn Rogers won her third NCAA women's hammer throw title in stunning fashion on Thursday. The 23-year-old from Richmond, B.C., shattered her own Canadian and U.S. collegiate...
Jun 09, 2022

HMCS Halifax commanding officer under investigation, removed from post: military
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says Cmdr. Dale St. Croix has been temporarily removed from his position as commanding officer of HMCS Halifax and is under investigation. In a statement re...
Jun 09, 2022

Ryan Zinke wins GOP nod in race for new Montana House seat
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke won an unexpectedly tight race Thursday to become the Republican nominee in the race for a new U.S. House seat representing western Montana, a...
Jun 09, 2022

Irvine awarded honourary membership to national health society
Two decades of volunteer work with the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) has landed La Ronge's Dr. James Irvine an honourary membership. "I'm very honoured and a bit humbled because there have been so...
Jun 09, 2022

P.A. currently housing several Ukrainian families fleeing home country
Several Ukrainian families have left their home country and are now living in Prince Albert.According to Sonya Jahn, who's looking after all the refugees, a total of 13 families are expected to be com...
Jun 09, 2022

A fond farewell: duck launch makes big splash with return
After nearly a month of being in the care of some young students in Prince Albert, a dozen young ducklings are now ready to graduate.The 22nd Annual Duck Launch was held Thursday afternoon at Memorial...
Jun 09, 2022

Digital investigator with Dutch police testifies at B.C. harassment trial
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The first police witness from the Netherlands has appeared at the jury trial for the Dutch man accused of extorting British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd. Wybren van der Meer a...
Jun 09, 2022

Businesses snap up properties in The Yard
The new development on the south side of Prince Albert is being bought up with car dealerships, restaurants and a 120-room hotel already in the works. The Yard is the land currently under development ...
Jun 09, 2022