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Children's festival could be cancelled due to lack of volunteers
The La Ronge Children's Festival is in danger of being cancelled due to a lack of volunteers. Sean Stares is the only remaining member on the committee after several others left in recent years. He ex...
Jan 19, 2023

Saskatoon mom brings son’s murder back into public eye two years after his death
Susan Charlton has spent the past two years wondering what happened to her son after his remains were discovered in a fire outside of North Battleford.Jordon Daniel Boire's death has been ruled a homi...
Jan 19, 2023

Canada to repatriate six women, 13 children from Syrian detention, lawyer says
OTTAWA - The lawyer for six Canadian women and 13 children being held in Syrian camps says the federal government has agreed to help bring them home. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says a "mutually accepta...
Jan 19, 2023

Retired senator 'stunned' by reports about Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's heritage
Retired senator Lillian Dyck says she was "stunned" to hear questions about the Indigenous heritage of former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose career she had recognized as barrier-breaking. Dyck,...
Jan 19, 2023

No pharmacare bill this year would be a deal-breaker, says NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Liberal government does not introduce a pharmacare bill in the House of Commons this year, he will consider it a deal-breaker. Both parties signe...
Jan 19, 2023

Supreme Court says it hasn't found abortion opinion leaker
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues. Eight months after ...
Jan 19, 2023

Priestley's 'Offside' paints a complex portrait of former Leafs owner Harold Ballard
TORONTO - Jason Priestley wants Canadians to draw their own conclusions about Harold Ballard, the controversial former owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Priestley is the narrator and director of "Offs...
Jan 19, 2023

Ice Wolves lose in overtime against North Stars
The La Ronge Ice Wolves clawed their way back from a two-goal deficit, but it was not enough as the SJHL's top-ranked Battlefords North Stars beat La Ronge 4-3 in overtime Tuesday at the Mel Hegland U...
Jan 19, 2023

Île-à-la-Crosse man identified as person shot during confrontation with Prince Albert police
paNOW has learned the person shot this week during a confrontation with police in Prince Albert was a 34-year-old man from le--la-Crosse.Johnathon Gardiner's (Daigneault) funeral is scheduled for Satu...
Jan 19, 2023

Two men arrested after threatening occupants with weapons in Beauval bar
Two men have been arrested and charged in an investigation that ended up with police seizing a plastic egg filled with Crack Cocaine.RCMP made the arrests following a December incident in a Beauval ba...
Jan 19, 2023