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Feds commit $305M in additional funds for Indigenous communities during COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced an additional $305 million to help Indigenous Peoples combat COVID-19. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the money is meant to help Indigenous...
Aug 12, 2020
Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centres experience surge in demand
Sun West School Division's superintendent of technology knew he'd see an increase in demand for student online learning options this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic.What he didn't know, was how ...
Aug 12, 2020
‘Busiest time in our history’: SARCAN sees record numbers in July
July was a record-breaking month for SARCAN, obliterating its previous record of containers being taken in by more than 10 million."It's been the busiest time in our history," said Sean Homenick, SARC...
Aug 12, 2020
RCMP seeking public assistance in property theft near Glaslyn
On August 12, Glaslyn RCMP received a complaint about the theft of flat deck trailer from rural land in the R.M. of Parkdale. The trailer has been described as a black 2013 trailtech trailer, Saskatch...
Aug 12, 2020
Canadian MLS teams back training but still awaiting word on what lies ahead
TORONTO - Back home training following quarantine in the wake of the MLS is Back Tournament, Canada's three teams await word on where and when they will play next. It's just the latest step in a ...
Aug 12, 2020
Prosecutors charge 3 with threatening women in R. Kelly case
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspecte...
Aug 12, 2020
Mother calls for strict sentence in son's 2016 death in Halifax jail cell
HALIFAX - The mother of a man who died in a Halifax police jail cell in June 2016 has asked a judge to impose the "strictest penalty possible" on two special police constables found guilty of cri...
Aug 12, 2020
Innu Nation files human rights complaint over Ottawa's child protection funding
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Innu Nation has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission alleging the federal government spends more money removing children from their homes as opposed ...
Aug 12, 2020
Carleton ends student placements with police over failures to address racism
OTTAWA - Carleton University's criminology school says it will no longer place students to work with police forces and prisons as a show of solidarity with the movement to address ...
Aug 12, 2020
Doghide River Rods and Relics
Get ready for the First Annual Doghide River Rods and Relics Car Show Sunday August 30th fro 1 -4:00 p.m. at the Tisdale and District Museum grounds! Bring your hot rod, rat rod, truck, bike and cars....
Aug 12, 2020