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AAA Stars roll into weekend looking to stay hot in Tisdale
Heading into back-to-back games Saturday and Sunday on the road in Tisdale, the Battlefords AAA Stars enter the weekend series red-hot.Following a bit of a middling first two months of the season that...
Dec 02, 2023
Melfort Rotary Carol Festival continuing to support Salvation Army
The Melfort Rotary Club Carol Festival is back for its second year in a row and its 73rd time overall.This Sunday at the Melfort United Church, a total of 16 groups will belt their favourite Christmas...
Dec 02, 2023
Could this P.A. entrepreneur be named The Greatest Baker?
A Prince Albert baker and business owner could soon be known as "The Greatest Baker."Christel Hill, the owner of Sweet Stells Cakes & More recently entered The Greatest Baker Competition, presente...
Dec 02, 2023
At UN Climate talks, oil companies pledge to combat methane; Environmentalists call it "smokescreen"
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 20...
Dec 02, 2023
Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says fatalities surpassed 15,200, 70% of them women and children
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll has surpassed 15,200 and that 70% of those killed were women and children. The figure was announced Saturday by...
Dec 02, 2023
Amid housing crisis, decrepit N.L. jail seen as preferable to living on the street
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Michael Keough has to pause in the middle of his phone call from Newfoundland and Labrador's largest jail to cough and wipe his eyes - there's black mould on the wall where the phon...
Dec 02, 2023
Thousands of trees will be felled in Vancouver's Stanley Park due to moth infestation
VANCOUVER - The quiet of Stanley Park's forests has been splintered as chainsaws roar in a multi-year project to remove about one quarter of the trees that make up what's considered a Vancouver jewel....
Dec 02, 2023
North Stars’ comeback falls just short in OT loss to Bruins
The Battlefords North Stars battled back from down 3-0 at the end of the first and 4-3 late in regulation time, to take the Estevan Bruins to overtime, coming away just shy of completing the comeback,...
Dec 02, 2023
Prince scores twice as Canada thumps Australia 5-0 in Sinclair's penultimate game
LANGFORD, B.C. - Nichelle Prince scored twice as Canada thumped an experimental Australia lineup 5-0 Friday in Christine Sinclair's penultimate international game. The 10th-ranked Canadians had their ...
Dec 01, 2023
Raiders snap three game skid with shootout win over Broncos
The Prince Albert Raiders got their three-in-three weekend off on the right foot on Friday night, toppling the Swift Current Broncos 4-3 at the InnovationPlex.The win comes after falling in their last...
Dec 01, 2023