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City parts ways with Finance Director
The City has parted ways with its Director of Finance, Cheryl Tkachuk. Mayor Greg Dionne confirmed that they are looking for a new person to take Tkachuk's place. "Yes, we decided to make a change wit...
Mar 08, 2022

Sherwood Division up for grabs as Mustangs battle Bombers to end regular season
The Sherwood Division is the only division left to decide in the SJHL as just a week remains in the regular season.The Estevan Bruins and Humboldt Broncos have already clinched their respective divisi...
Mar 08, 2022

Canada's Arendz collects 10th Paralympic medal, a gold in 10K biathlon
Mark Arendz set the bar impossibly high by climbing the medal podium in every one of his six races at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in 2018. It was a Canadian record for a medals won in a winter Paralym...
Mar 08, 2022

Battleford raises Ukrainian flag outside Town Hall
The Town of Battleford is also now flying the vivid blue and yellow Ukrainian flag outside its municipal building. This follows the City of North Battleford raising it's own Ukrainian flag last week. ...
Mar 08, 2022

Chainmail, milk soaps and aromatherapy part of annual Focus on Women trade show
There will be something for every type of woman at this year's Focus on Women Tradeshow running March 12 and 13. Vendors will be selling a range of wares such as chain mail jewelry, baking, aromathera...
Mar 08, 2022

Trudeau in Latvia, new Trans Mountain expansion conditions : In The News for March 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 08, 2022

B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion, ministers say concerns remain
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansionand told the federal government it still has concerns about...
Mar 08, 2022

Trudeau meeting today with NATO secretary-general in Latvia
RIGA, Latvia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Latvia today for talks with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg as Russia's invasion in Ukraine nears the two-week mark. Trudeau says the ongoing...
Mar 08, 2022

Report: Iran's Revolutionary Guard launches 2nd satellite
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched a second satellite into space. IRNA said the Guard launched the Noor 2 into a low...
Mar 08, 2022

Judge set to question juror who convicted Ghislaine Maxwell
NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. judge was set Tuesday to question one of the jurors who convicted the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of helping the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls...
Mar 08, 2022