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COVID vaccine policy for Arctic Winter Games not due to Alberta influence: official
YELLOWKNIFE - An official with the Arctic Winter Games says its decision to revoke a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for the upcoming event had nothing to do with pressure from the Alberta governmen...
Nov 30, 2022

'Reuniting was indescribable:' Communities share stories of searching unmarked graves
WINNIPEG - On a clear summer day in August, Rebecca Blake found herself standing in a cemetery outside Edmonton searching for the graves of Inuvialuit who died in the South during a tuberculosis epide...
Nov 30, 2022

Northlands College signs MOU aimed at enhancing access to education
Northlands College and Ontario-based Northern College have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase access to education in northern and remote communities. That's according to a media release ...
Nov 30, 2022

Supreme Court orders new trial in 2016 Christopher Lake killing
A Paddockwood man jailed for life in the killing of Christopher Durocher in 2016 will have a new trial, following a hearing at the Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday morning. Ryan Clark's applicatio...
Nov 30, 2022

COVID vaccine policy for Arctic Winter Games not due to Alberta influence: official
YELLOWKNIFE - An official with the Arctic Winter Games says its decision to revoke a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for the upcoming event had nothing to do with pressure from the Alberta governmen...
Nov 30, 2022

Alberta premier rejects accusations her sovereignty bill is undemocratic power grab
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting Opposition accusations that a bill granting her and her cabinet sweeping powers to rewrite laws behind closed doors is an undemocratic, dangerous...
Nov 30, 2022

Trudeau says nothing is off the table when it comes to Smith's new sovereignty act
OTTAWA, ON - Nothing is off the table when it comes to responding to newly proposed legislation that would give Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government "exceptional powers," Prime Minister Justin ...
Nov 30, 2022

'A different time:' Stoumbos remembers Canadas first-ever World Cup goal
LORI EWING - Helen Stoumbos lined up for what would be a historic Canadian corner kick, all but swallowed up by a jersey that looked more like a red and white parachute. "We got hand-me-downs, our uni...
Nov 30, 2022

Cause of church rectory garage fire still under investigation
UPDATE: On Dec. 13, the city reported the North Battleford Fire Department wrapped up its investigation into the cause of the Nov. 28 fire at the Notre Dame church rectory garage. The cause was determ...
Nov 30, 2022

Cumberland College currently housing record number of international students
Cumberland College, known for providing education to students in northeast Saskatchewan, has vastly increased its educational reach.Instead of limiting its student pool to Melfort, Tisdale, and Nipawi...
Nov 30, 2022