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Tribes turn to musicians to raise kids' awareness of COVID
PABLO, Mont. - The scene is the pedestrian bridge over U.S. Highway 93 in Pablo. In the midst of a gaggle of dancing children, a young hip-hop artist raps out a serious message: "I pull my mask up to ...
Jun 19, 2020

Untapped podcast returns with new host
Battlefords Untapped has a new front man, though he's familiar to those who followed the local podcast last year.After assisting during its first season in 2019, photographer Matt Jacques is taking ov...
Jun 19, 2020

Trailer becomes stage: local country singer back on the road
A year after he underwent open-heart surgery, Paddockwood musician Elmer Lamadee was ready to get back on the stage - then COVID-19 happened. "All the shows that we had booked with the Country Music A...
Jun 19, 2020

Renewed call for needle safety now that parks, playgrounds open
Parks and playgrounds across Saskatchewan opened up to the public again on Friday, June 12 which opens up the possibility for needles to be found in those areas.Melfort Fire Chief Shaun Stewart said l...
Jun 19, 2020

Juneteenth in Tulsa: freedom still a distant, delayed dream for Black America
TULSA, Okla. - Black Americans are gathering today to mark the anniversary of an emancipation that came two and a half years late - liberty that many say feels like it never came at all. It's bee...
Jun 19, 2020

Mouths to feed, no money coming in; rodeo stock contractors feel pandemic pain
CALGARY - Canada's rodeo stock contractors are caught between bulls and broncs and an empty bank account. Rodeos cancelled or postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic means bucking stock isn't bring...
Jun 19, 2020

'Two Michaels' charged in China and policing the police; In The News for June 19
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 19 ... What...
Jun 19, 2020

O'Toole sidesteps clear definition, acknowledgment of systemic racism
TORONTO - As three Conservative leadership candidates acknowledged the need to address systemic racism in Canada, a fourth, Erin O'Toole, wouldn't say whether he believes it exists. A party member ask...
Jun 19, 2020

Trudeau pushes wage subsidy as another small business aid program is delayed
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit a gourmet cafe in Quebec today to underline his plea to small business owners to use the federal wage subsidy program to rehire wo...
Jun 19, 2020

'Totally unacceptable:' Most independent investigators white, former officers
The majority of independent investigators delving into alleged police misconduct in Canada are white men who are former police officers. Seven provincial independent investigation units...
Jun 19, 2020