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Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said. The derailment occurred in the downtown C...
Dec 22, 2020
P.A. church group to contest big COVID fine
A Prince Albert church will contest in court the large fine it received from government authorities in October for violating public health orders and provincial COVID-19 guidelines. The Alberta lawyer...
Dec 22, 2020
Cloud 'deeply honoured' to accept position as regional fire chief
Keaton Cloud has been promoted to the role of chief of the La Ronge Regional Fire Department. "I'm deeply honoured to be have been offered this position and serve for my tri-Communities for hopefully ...
Dec 22, 2020
Lay of the land: new rec centre site taking shape
Work on the site of Prince Albert's future $60 million recreation complex is well on track, reports the developer. Signature Developments Co., the company that sold the 18-acre parcel to the city in J...
Dec 22, 2020
Police arrest one of two suspects involved in assault on Sturgeon Lake First Nation
The Prince Albert RCMP have located one of two suspects involved in an aggravated assault at a home and theft of vehicle on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.According to a media release, on Sunday the p...
Dec 22, 2020
Judge who visited protest teepee on Regina legislature grounds faces judicial review
REGINA - A judge who visited a Metis man at his protest camp on Saskatchewan's legislature grounds after ruling he was entitled to stay there is facing a review by his fellow judges. The Canadian Judi...
Dec 22, 2020
Anger, suspicion after Pakistani dissident Karima Mehrab found dead in Toronto
TORONTO - The apparent drowning death of an internationally prominent Pakistani dissident whose body was pulled from the water near downtown Toronto sparked anger, grief and suspicion on Tuesday.Polic...
Dec 22, 2020
Melfort filled with Christmas spirit for Christmas Lights contest
The City of Melfort has no shortage of Christmas spirit this year.The four awards have been distributed in the community Christmas lights contest that had 86 entries.Recreation Programmer Shannon Mars...
Dec 22, 2020
"Tampa Bay Raptaneers" set to tip off bizarre regular season against Pelicans
Before team president Masai Ujiri placed the lucky toonie in the Raptors' new practice floor, the team president held it aloft and said: "This is for the Tampa Bay Raptaneers." The joke was a referenc...
Dec 22, 2020
Louis Vuitton yoga mat made of leather draws Hindu complaint
BOSTON - A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga mat made partly from cowhide leather, calling it "hugely insensitive." Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Soc...
Dec 22, 2020