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Outdoors/sporting goods retailors respond to pandemic challenges
Spring is here and as the weather continues to warm, many retailors of outdoor sporting, camping and fishing equipment are hoping for a strong turnout this season, as they continue to face a number of...
Mar 22, 2021

Family of Filipina woman wants accounting of her death in Montreal hospital
MONTREAL - The family of a woman who died in a Montreal-area hospital last month is calling on the coroner's office to investigate after troubling circumstances of her death came to light in a publish...
Mar 22, 2021

NESD Director of Education weighs in on rapid testing kits being shipped to Sask. schools
The Saskatchewan government announced on Monday that 100,000 rapid test kits were being shipped to Saskatchewan K-12 schools.North East School Division director of education Don Rempel told northeastN...
Mar 22, 2021

Shellbrook explores options for historic school
An old one room country school that was considered state-of-the-art back in its glory days, may be receiving a new lease on life.Shellbrook town council is actively exploring the idea of moving Raysid...
Mar 22, 2021

Police responding to active shooter at Colorado supermarket
BOULDER, Colo. - Authorities in Colorado responded to what they said was an active shooter at a supermarket Monday. It's unclear if anyone has been injured, but a shirtless man with blood running down...
Mar 22, 2021

RCMP looking for information regarding a stolen generator in Wakaw
The RCMP are asking the public for some help after a generator was stolen in the Town of Wakaw.The generator is described as a large blue 855NT Cummins MP855 Genset brand with lights on top of it.It c...
Mar 22, 2021

Elgin Baylor, Lakers great and aerialist pioneer, dies at 86
LOS ANGELES - Elgin Baylor changed the very direction of basketball when he joined the NBA and brought his vertical feats of athletic brilliance to a largely horizontal game. He filled scoresheets and...
Mar 22, 2021

Rapid COVID testing heading to Sask. schools
The Government of Saskatchewan says K-12 schools across the province are currently being shipped 100,000 rapid test kits which could start being put to use later this week. The Health ministry says it...
Mar 22, 2021

Meadow Lake RCMP arrest heavily armed male suspect
The Meadow Lake RCMP have taken a man into custody after discovering the suspect was in possession of several illegal and illegally-owned firearms. During the morning of March 19, Meadow Lake RCMP res...
Mar 22, 2021

Two more vehicles stolen in the Battlefords
Battlefords RCMP have two more stolen vehicles for the public to be on the lookout for.This comes after police sent out three separate advisories of vehicles that were stolen in the region over the we...
Mar 22, 2021