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In South Africa, child homicides show violence 'entrenched'
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - At night, Amanda Zitho worries her little boy is shivering and cold in his coffin and yearns to take him a blanket. She knows Wandi's dead and gone and it's senseless, but th...
Dec 22, 2020

Performing in the pandemic, by zoom, drive-in and doorstep
NEW YORK - A good way to hear what we've missed this year is to listen to Sam Cooke's landmark live album, "Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963." On a warm January night in downtown Miami, Cooke was ...
Dec 22, 2020

Trump pardons 15, including Republican allies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2...
Dec 22, 2020

Alberta government says no parks to close after partnerships found
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it won't be closing any provincial parks, whether it can find someone to run them or not. "I am grateful for the hard work of our parks partners and look forward...
Dec 22, 2020

CJNB to air mass on Christmas Eve
Residents missing mass during the COVID-19 pandemic will have an opportunity to listen in on Christmas Eve.1050 CJNB will broadcast the Midnight Mass for St. Paul's Anglican Church in North Battleford...
Dec 22, 2020

Liberals post call-out for candidates for next federal election
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are looking for candidates seeking to run for them in the next election, focusing on people who have been working to help their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic....
Dec 22, 2020

Three Hamilton Police Service officers stabbed, suffer serious injuries: police
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Police Service says three of its officers are being treated in hospital for stab wounds after responding to reports of an armed man in crisis on a city street.Const. Krista-Lee...
Dec 22, 2020

Active COVID-19 outbreak at École Vickers Public School
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has identified two positive COVID-19 cases associated with Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD). An individual at cole Vickers Public School has t...
Dec 22, 2020

What'sHappeningNOW Dec. 22, 2020
Senior reporter Nigel Maxwell talks about how employees at the Sask. Penitentiary were told to self-isolate through Christmas.
Dec 22, 2020

Prince Albert to receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine week of Jan. 4
Nearly 4,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are expected to be delivered to Prince Albert the week of Jan. 4, Health Minister Paul Merriman said in a press conference Tuesday. It was not immedia...
Dec 22, 2020