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Queen Mary students create rainbow crosswalk for Pride Month
Students at Queen Mary Public School kicked off Pride Month by giving a nearby crosswalk a rainbow makeover Tuesday. Around ten students who attended this year's Saskatchewan Gay Straight Alliance Sum...
Jun 01, 2021

Bombs in Afghan capital Kabul kill at least 10, wound 12
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Three bombs rattled the Afghan capital Kabul late Tuesday killing at least 10 people and plunging the city into darkness, an Afghan government spokesman said. Two bombs explo...
Jun 01, 2021

Baseball and Softball leagues in P.A. begin last night
Summer sports in Prince Albert have officially returned. Baseball and softball began playing competitive games last night with games in both leagues being a success."Everything has been going over ver...
Jun 01, 2021

A direction home: Bob Dylan album returned 48 years late
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) - After nearly five decades of blowin' in the wind, a double Bob Dylan album finally has a direction home: A man living in San Francisco has mailed the vinyl back to an O...
Jun 01, 2021

Quebec open to searching residential school sites for possible graves
Quebec's Indigenous Affairs Minister says the province is open to searching the grounds of former residential schools for graves if survivors and their families are in favour. Ian Lafrenire says his o...
Jun 01, 2021

Many join in walk to gravesite to honour children lost to residential schools
Tiny moccasins and teddy bears adorned the cairn at Battleford Industrial School children's graveyard Monday evening where people gathered to remember. They honoured the over 70 children buried there,...
Jun 01, 2021

Some increases, some decreases in SGI’s proposed rate change
Starting in January, vehicle insurance rates in Saskatchewan could be going up ... and down.On Tuesday, SGI announced it had asked the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel to examine a proposed zero per cen...
Jun 01, 2021

Search for unmarked graves to resume at former residential school in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A survivor of the largest residential school in the Maritimes says the search will continue for unmarked graves at the site north of Halifax. Dorene Bernard, a Mi'kmaq elder, confirmed today...
Jun 01, 2021

Discovery of Indigenous children's remains evidence of Canada's genocide: experts
OTTAWA - The discovery of 215 children's remains in an unmarked burial site in British Columbia has revived discussion about the residential school system, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commissio...
Jun 01, 2021

Temperatures expected in mid-30s as most of province under Special Weather Statement
As the calendar turns to June, Saskatchewan is heading into a bit of a heatwave with most of the province, including Prince Albert and the Northeast under a Special Weather Statement.Meteorologist wit...
Jun 01, 2021