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NBCHS celebrate best of school year at Awards Nights
North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) held its Senior Awards Night on Tuesday, celebrating the best from the past year in the arts, athletics and academics.Just over 190 students were giv...
Jun 15, 2022

PAACF awards over $140,000 at granting ceremony
A number of community organizations had June 15 circled on their calendars as that was the day of the granting ceremony for the Prince Albert and Area Community Foundation (PAACF). About 13 of those c...
Jun 15, 2022

John Hinkley Jr. freed from court oversight after decades
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court oversight Wednesday, officially concluding decades of supervision by legal and mental ...
Jun 15, 2022

Michigan cop charged with murder in Lyoya's death is fired
DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan police officer charged with murder after shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head has been fired, officials said Wednesday. Christopher Schurr, a Grand Rapids officer f...
Jun 15, 2022

Some highlight quotes from the B.C. money-laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER - The final report from the money laundering inquiry looking into cash from organized crime being filtered through British Columbia casinos and the real estate industry says the provincial g...
Jun 15, 2022

Raiders' Guard going back to coaching with Hockey Canada for another tournament
Prince Albert Raiders goaltending coach Kelly Guard is getting some more time with the red maple leaf. Guard is joining Hockey Canada's U18 men's team that will compete in the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup ...
Jun 15, 2022

Dominant second set leads Auger-Aliassime over McDonald in Halle
HALLE, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY - Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime rode a dominant second set to a 7-6 (7), 6-1 victory over American Mackenzie McDonald on Wednesday at the Halle Open...
Jun 15, 2022

Hockey Canada names coaches for under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
CALGARY - Hockey Canada has announced Stephane Julien will lead its men's under-18 team at the upcoming Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Head coach and general manager of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Sh...
Jun 15, 2022

Melfort Food Bank talks about the realities of inflation
With inflation rising, local food banks and grocery stores are doing their best to help those in need. As we all notice a jump in our grocery bills, some families are struggling to make ends meet.Secr...
Jun 15, 2022

Rainfall, wind warnings in place in some areas of Saskatchewan
Areas of northern Saskatchewan remained under rainfall warnings Wednesday morning, while a wind warning was in place for the southwest corner of the province.According to Environment Canada, heavy rai...
Jun 15, 2022