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Melfort Multi-K participating in Virtual run/walk on Canada Day
The Melfort Multi-K committee is encouraging residents to get out and active on Canada Day.In partnership with the Queen City Marathon and the Provincial Capital Commission, a free run, walk, or roll ...
Jun 29, 2020
École St. Mary High School graduates thrive through pandemic
Graduates from the class of 2020 at cole St. Mary High School gathered virtually to celebrate their accomplishments over the last 13 years.A pre-recorded video captured the moment each student walked ...
Jun 29, 2020
Alberta cuts business tax, boosts infrastructure spending to reboot economy
EDMONTON - Alberta is cutting business taxes and pumping $10 billion into infrastructure projects to springboard its economy out of the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prem...
Jun 29, 2020
Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick's path to activism
LOS ANGELES - Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player's activism. "Colin in Black & White" w...
Jun 29, 2020
Using 'face doubles,' a new doc captures an anti-LGBTQ purge
Anonymous sources in documentaries have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure - or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Tuesday on HBO has, with the aid of advan...
Jun 29, 2020
Ejection seat tangled with parachute in Snowbirds crash: Investigators
OTTAWA - A military investigation has found the ejection seat of one of its iconic Snowbirds planes tangled with the pilot's parachute as he tried to escape from the aircraft before it crashed in the ...
Jun 29, 2020
Save-On-Foods raises over $3K for P.A. Food Bank
The shelves at the Prince Albert Food Bank will be filled up, thanks to a $3,200 donation from Save-On-Foods.The money was raised during the company's second annual Share it Forward campaign.From June...
Jun 29, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic impacting television host Izumi's business and personal lives
The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on TV fishing host Bob Izumi's professional and personal life. The affable Izumi resumed filming for his Real Fishing television show about&...
Jun 29, 2020
Buzzing through air and space: New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut
REGINA - A Saskatchewan scientist has named a new species of bee after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Cory Sheffield says he came across a unique looking female bee while cataloguing insect s...
Jun 29, 2020
Planned power outage in Nipawin and area
SaskPower is alerting some local residents of a planned power outage.The power will be off Tuesday, June 30 from 4:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. for customers north of Nipawin Road E. in the town of Nipawin, incl...
Jun 29, 2020