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Territorial Youth Services announce huge support for expansion project
The Battlefords community stepped up in a big way Tuesday to show its support for Territorial Youth Services (TYS), and help cover costs for the program expansion to build a new facility. Director Per...
Apr 12, 2022

Villarreal stuns Bayern to reach Champions League semis
MUNICH (AP) - Villarreal stunned six-time European champion Bayern Munich to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time in 16 years on Tuesday thanks to Samuel Chukwueze's 88th-minute go...
Apr 12, 2022

Sean White named assistant coach of Canadian men's rugby sevens team
Former Canadian international Sean White has been named assistant coach of the Canadian men's rugby sevens team. White will work with head coach Henry Paul and Phil Mack, a former Canadian internation...
Apr 12, 2022

Quebec premier warns Ottawa against unilateral action to protect province's caribou
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says an ultimatum from federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault on caribou protection is interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction. In April 8 to Quebec's...
Apr 12, 2022

Prince Albert powerlifter raises the bar, sets new provincial record
Prince Albert's Cameron Preymack can now lay claim to holding a Saskatchewan squat record.The 27-year-old was among several members of the Prince Albert Powerlifting team to compete last weekend at a ...
Apr 12, 2022

Zack Collins brings defensive depth to Toronto Blue Jays' catching corps
Getting up to speed with the Toronto Blue Jays has meant a lot of talking and a lot of bullpen sessions for catcher Zack Collins. The 27-year-old Collins was acquired by Toronto in a trade with the Ch...
Apr 12, 2022

Manitoba budget highlights: Tax rebates and credits, more intensive care capacity
WINNIPEG - Highlights of Tuesday's Manitoba budget: - The education tax rebate for residential and farm properties is to rise to 37.5 per cent from 25 per cent, which would saving the average homeowne...
Apr 12, 2022

La Ronge artist secures $36,000 grant to pursue upcoming painting series
A $36,000 grant from the Canada Council for the Arts will enable La Ronge artist Donna Langhorne to create a painting series that she says will be something nobody has ever seen before. "It's like a d...
Apr 12, 2022

ALUMARINE – 3 YEARS LATER
January 2022 marks the 3-year anniversary that Alumarine Boats was purchased and its operations moved from the existing base in Manitoba to Prince Albert. "The move to Prince Albert was the key to our...
Apr 12, 2022

Women's hockey and chronic disease philanthropist Joan Snyder dead at 90
CALGARY - Joan Snyder, a driving force behind women's hockey and the treatment of chronic disease, has died at age 90. Snyder died April 7, the University of Calgary said in a statement on the school'...
Apr 12, 2022