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Local municipalities preparing to open rinks for season
Rinks in Saskatchewan have been permitted to open since July 6 and local municipalities are getting their facilities ready.In Melfort, City Manager Ryan Danberg confirmed to northeastNOW they are tent...
Jul 16, 2020
Burris, Brock, Childress and Hufnagel among 2020 Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Four members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have ties to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.Offensive linemen Clyde Brock and Freddie Childress, quarterback Henry Burris and builder J...
Jul 16, 2020
Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening, Trudeau announces
OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 16, 2020
Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening from COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 16, 2020
SHA warns of increased risk of COVID-19 in southwest, central areas
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is calling the COVID-19 outbreak in the southwest and west-central areas of the province "an emergent situation."Through contact tracing and testing, the SHA sa...
Jul 16, 2020
Trash talk part of soundtrack of competitive Raptors practices at Disney
Trash talk has become the soundtrack of Toronto Raptors practices at Walt Disney World. Four months after the NBA was forced to shut down due to COVID-19, the Raptors are making up for lost time with ...
Jul 16, 2020
New fitness facility calls Meadow Lake home
A new fitness facility has recently opened for business in Meadow Lake. Fitness Lair has been operating in Unity since 2013 and wants to guide local residents into looking better, feeling better, havi...
Jul 16, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets another record with monthly overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia. The BC Coroners Service says 175 fatalities in June surpassed the previous high o...
Jul 16, 2020
Murder suspect's court appearance adjourned to August 13
A man charged in connection to the homicide investigation of Todd Levi Stone had his bail hearing adjourned to August 13 in North Battleford provincial court.Michael Jordan White appeared in court Thu...
Jul 16, 2020
Local school division getting ready for fall reopening
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division is preparing for students to return this fall. Director of Education Lorel Trumier said when students return to class, the division will be asking them to br...
Jul 16, 2020