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Northern Indigenous leadership responds to extra funding from Feds for enhanced mental health support
Minister of Indigenous Services, Marc Miller announced $82.5 million in federal funding for mental health and wellness supports to assist Indigenous communities adapt and expand mental wellness servic...
Aug 25, 2020
Amputee fashion show in Japan features Paralympic athletes
TOKYO - Paralympic athletes took to the catwalk in Tokyo on Tuesday for the "Amputee Venus Show." The event marked the date when the Paralympic Games would have opened. The Olympics and Paralympics we...
Aug 25, 2020
Antetokounmpo voted NBA's Defensive Player of the Year
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Giannis Antetokounmpo was voted NBA Defensive Player of the Year on Tuesday, becoming the fifth player to win that award and MVP in a career. The Milwaukee Bucks All-Star, who...
Aug 25, 2020
Reels on Wheels tour hits North Battleford
Rainbow Toyota is all set to host the Reels on Wheels drive-in movie tour this evening.Organized in conjunction with Fresh Air Cinema, the Western Canadian tour of outdoor movie screenings will kick o...
Aug 25, 2020
P.A. cashier targeted by scam
A Prince Albert woman is warning others to beware of phone fraud after she lost the bulk of her retirement savings when she took a scammer's request as legitimate. Charly Charles, 64, is well known in...
Aug 25, 2020
Downtown property owners opposed to relocation of Scattered Site
Several downtown business owners, landlords and a councillor do not want to see the Scattered Site Outreach Program relocated to a building along La Ronge Avenue. At an upcoming regular council meetin...
Aug 25, 2020
Alaska attorney general quits after texts with woman surface
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson resigned Tuesday, shortly after details of text messages that the state's married and socially conservative top law enforcement officer sent ...
Aug 25, 2020
'Nothing's really changing:' VanVleet, Powell speak out against Blake shooting
Their raw emotion evident, their frustration palpable, Fred VanVleet and Norman Powell found themselves once again addressing the media in the aftermath of another shooting of a Black man by poli...
Aug 25, 2020
Melfort RCMP arrest, charge man for second dangerous driving incident
Melfort RCMP have arrested and charged a 45-year-old Melfort man after a dangerous driving incident on Saturday, Aug. 22.RCMP received numerous complaints that night shortly before 8 p.m. of someone d...
Aug 25, 2020
Wadena RCMP looking to identify suspects in string of break, enter and thefts
Wadena RCMP are asking the public to help identify two individuals believed to be connected to a string of break, enter, and thefts in the area.On July 20, around 1 a.m., two suspects broke into an Ag...
Aug 25, 2020