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Additional $100,000 announced for projects addressing MMIWG
The application deadline to submit applications has been extended to Jan. 15, 2021 for projects that raise awareness and speak to violence of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).Ac...
Dec 15, 2020
Sundance Film Festival unveils slate for 1st virtual edition
A Questlove-directed documentary about the other major music event of the summer of 1969 and documentaries about the creators of Sesame Street and the coronavirus pandemic in China are among the 72 fe...
Dec 15, 2020
Province records 194 new cases of COVID-19, 51 deaths in December
Half of the province's deaths from COVID-19 complications have been in the first half of this month as Saskatchewan records a total of 98 deaths, 51 of which have been in December.Seven residents who ...
Dec 15, 2020
Council looks to create new winter recreation options
Faced with what could be a long lonely pandemic winter, Prince Albert city council is eager to create new outdoor recreation options, like additional skating rinks or sledding hills.Coun. Ted Zurakows...
Dec 15, 2020
La Ronge RCMP charge two individuals with break-and-enter
La Ronge RCMP have charged two individuals for break-and-enter and a number of other offences. According to an RCMP new release, on Dec. 14 at 8:47 a.m., the La Ronge RCMP received a call of a residen...
Dec 15, 2020
AP sources: Biden picks Buttigieg as transportation chief
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the transportation department, according to three people familiar with the plans. Bu...
Dec 15, 2020
Child care ‘challenging implication’ in move to remote learning
Many families are scrambling to find child care this week after both the separate and public school divisions in Prince Albert announced a move to remote learning. It means all students won't return t...
Dec 15, 2020
Giannis Antetokounmpo agrees to extension with Bucks
MILWAUKEE - Giannis Antetokounmpo says he's staying with the Milwaukee Bucks for at least five more seasons. "I'm blessed to be a part of the Milwaukee Bucks for the next 5 years," the two-time reigni...
Dec 15, 2020
High speed upgrade proposal receives poor signal from rate payers; council agrees to wait
A proposed plan which would offer high speed internet for the rate payers in the District of Lakeland, is facing further opposition from the people who would be forced to pay for it.A petition, with o...
Dec 15, 2020
Alberta ad man who created Mr. Covid campaign happy about response
EDMONTON - An ad man behind Alberta's much talked-about COVID-19 awareness campaign says he's happy about the attention it has receivedKurt Beaudoin of ZGM Modern Marketing Partners in Edmonton says m...
Dec 15, 2020