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California voters pass proposition requiring counties to spend on programs to tackle homelessness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California voters have passed a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state's homelessness cr...
Mar 20, 2024
P.A. Police searching for wanted man with violent history
Update: Aubichon was arrested in Saskatoon on March 26 and facing new charges in connection to an armed robbery in Rosthern. ---Prince Albert police are issuing a public safety advisory as they search...
Mar 20, 2024
North Stars Bell, Olsen headline SJHL Award winners
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) announced its year-end award winners Wednesday, with a pair of Battlefords North Stars taking centre stage, and making history.Kian Bell became the first p...
Mar 20, 2024
Melfort Trade Alliance Chamber of Commerce weighs in on provincial budget
The provincial government has tabled their budget for 2024, and it's in the red.The province forecasts a $273 million deficit for the coming fiscal year, with no new taxes or tax increases while not o...
Mar 20, 2024
Crown wants 25 years for Manitoba football coach who sexually assaulted students
WINNIPEG - A disgraced former high school football coach apologized during a sentencing hearing for the "grief and shame" he caused to the nine students he sexually assaulted. However, the Crown prose...
Mar 20, 2024
Canadian woman identified as victim in Mexico shooting
QUERTARO CITY, Mexico - The son of a Canadian woman killed in Queretaro, Mexico, says she was on her way back to Canada to look after her elderly mother. Mexican police put out a release on Tuesday id...
Mar 20, 2024
Shohei Ohtani's interpreter fired by Dodgers after allegations of illegal gambling, theft
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and close friend has been fired from the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star. Interpr...
Mar 20, 2024
Mayor pleased with what provincial budget means for Prince Albert
Mayor Greg Dionne said he is happy with the provincial budget announced this afternoon, which included increased revenue sharing for municipalities although details are still scarce. "I've been please...
Mar 20, 2024
Shohei Ohtani's interpreter fired by Dodgers after allegations of illegal gambling, theft
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani's interpreter and close friend has been fired from the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball star. Interpr...
Mar 20, 2024
China-based Canadian man accused of selling trade secrets of electric vehicle company
American prosecutors say a Canadian national living in China stole trade secrets from a leading U.S.-based electric vehicle company to set up a competing battery business. The U.S. Attorney's Office i...
Mar 20, 2024