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New York woman kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in 2020 testifies about ordeal
MONTREAL - A woman from Upstate New York who was kidnapped, smuggled into Quebec and held at a cottage for two days told a jury Tuesday she still lives with the consequences of the September 2020 abdu...
Jan 17, 2023

'Never seen a mess this bad': Sunwing cancellations causing headaches for local travel agent
It's been over three weeks since Christmas but Mike Bayda, the owner of Lobstick Travel in Prince Albert, has been practically working non-stop."Dec. 24, that's the last time I've gotten to spend time...
Jan 17, 2023

DOJ won't seek death penalty for El Paso Walmart shooter
Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a West Texas Walmart in 2019. The U.S. Department of Justice dis...
Jan 17, 2023

Prince Albert police chief responds to officer-involved shooting, death of man
Update: Story was updated Wednesday morning to include a statement from the Prince Albert Police Association.Prince Albert's police chief says the organization will assist independent investigators an...
Jan 17, 2023

Search uncovers 171 'plausible burials' near Ontario residential school
KENORA, Ont. - Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school have uncovered 171 "plausible burials," the Wauzhushk Onigum Nation said Tuesday, with other sit...
Jan 17, 2023

French protesters call for extradition of retired priest to Canada
LYON, FRANCE - Activists are calling on France to extradite a retired priest to Canada to face allegations that he sexually abused Inuit children in Nunavut decades ago. Nearly a dozen members of BeBr...
Jan 17, 2023

Nipawin appoints new CAO
The Town of Nipawin has a new Chief Administrative Officer.During last week's town council meeting, Joel Cardinal was officially appointed as the community's new CAO.Cardinal comes to Nipawin from Sas...
Jan 17, 2023

Mentally disabled woman jailed at Pine Grove just needed support: NDP
A woman with a disability that has the mental development of a six-year-old spent 36 days at Pine Grove simply needed better help from the provincial government, says the Sask. NDP party. Social Servi...
Jan 17, 2023

Abandoned kitten rescued from cold but loses leg from frostbite
Some folks in Humboldt are taking care of a special little Doodlebug.Alexis Cummins, an animal care worker with the Humboldt and District SPCA, said the organization received a call Jan. 2 about an ab...
Jan 17, 2023

Premiers want Ottawa to fix the bail system, but are provinces doing enough?
OTTAWA - Premiers are calling on Ottawa to make it harder for some accused people to get bail, but some say that provinces could also do more to hold those who violate their bail conditions accountabl...
Jan 17, 2023