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Amendments made to revenge porn legislation in Sask.
The Saskatchewan government is taking further steps to stop revenge porn.On Monday, the provincial government introduced The Privacy (Intimate images - Additional Remedies) Amendment Act, which is to ...
Nov 15, 2021

Comets escape La Ronge with provincial berth, finish third at regionals
The Melfort Comets girl's volleyball team made sure to make the last game at regionals suspenseful, as they beat Nipawin in straight sets and took home the third and final spot for a birth at the upco...
Nov 15, 2021

Sask. government aims to raise up province’s helium industry
The helium industry appears to be entering a new boom time and the Saskatchewan government wants to help it along.On Monday, the province unveiled its Helium Action Plan. The plan includes a handful o...
Nov 15, 2021

Alberta premier faces renewed call from 22 party boards for early leadership review
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is facing a renewed push from within the ranks of his United Conservative Party to move up a vote on his leadership. Representatives of 22 UCP constituencies ha...
Nov 15, 2021

6 teens injured in drive-by shooting near Denver area school
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Six teenagers were shot in a drive-by shooting in a park near a high school in suburban Denver Monday, but all were expected to survive, police said. The victims, who range in age...
Nov 15, 2021

'We have to do some thing': Prince Albert business owner stands up to vandals
Frustrated by ongoing vandalism and property damage, and what he calls a lack of response from city officials and the police service, a Prince Albert business owner is taking matters into his own hand...
Nov 15, 2021

Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation launch campaign
With the Christmas holidays right around the corner, the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation's eighth annual Making Spirits Bright Campaign began today.According to a media release, the campai...
Nov 15, 2021

Canada's Kira Gupta-Baltazar fast-tracking in women's triathlon
Winning a U.S. women's collegiate title with bags under eyes and a depleted fuel tank has Canada's Kira Gupta-Baltazar feeling bold about her triathlon future. The 19-year-old from Kleinburg, Ont., cl...
Nov 15, 2021

Woman who won freedom from prison in 2011 dies of COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A woman who won freedom from prison a decade ago after being convicted with her sister in a 1993 armed robbery in Mississippi, then went on to become an advocate for justice, has...
Nov 15, 2021

City administration reports street inlaid line work not tendered
North Battleford city administration gave an update to council on some work that went ahead inadvertently that should have been tendered out instead.City manager Randy Patrick presented the informatio...
Nov 15, 2021