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Slow start for voting in tri-communities
It's been a slow day so far at the polls in the tri-communities, but the number of voters is expected to increase throughout noon hour and after work.That's according to Elections Saskatchewan Senior ...
Oct 26, 2020

PA EX Postponed Due to COVID19 Concerns
The PA EX board has decided to postpone the PAEX AGM scheduled for November 18th due to covid-19 concerns. The Board will decide the date in the November board meeting.
Oct 26, 2020

Scientists remove 98 'murder hornets' in Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. - Scientists removed 98 so-called murder hornets from a nest discovered near the Canadian border in Washington state over the weekend, including 13 that were captured live in a net, the...
Oct 26, 2020

Saskatchewan election day: Voters go to the polls after four-week pandemic campaign
REGINA - Saskatchewan voters choose today which leader will steer the province through the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic, and whatever unforeseen challenges lie ahead following election day. Pol...
Oct 26, 2020

Election watchers take an interest in battleground ridings
Several political scientists have said the overall results of Monday's provincial election aren't likely to surprise - they say the Saskatchewan Party will most likely form government.But zooming in o...
Oct 26, 2020

Highway 693 will close Tuesday to replace culvert
The RM of Shellbrook is informing the public Highway 693 between Highway 3 and the old highway north of Holbein will be temporarily closed on Tuesday, Oct. 27.From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., crews will be work...
Oct 26, 2020

Compassion not conversion needed for those struggling with sexuality: Tory MP Duncan
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Eric Duncan says as a proud gay man who lives in rural Ontario, he needs to speak up against a practice of trying to force someone to change their sexuality. Duncan led ...
Oct 26, 2020

GOP US Senate candidate Jason Lewis rushed into surgery
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis was rushed into emergency surgery Monday for a severe internal hernia, just eight days before the election, his campaign announced....
Oct 26, 2020

Canada rugby coach takes emotional journey to New Zealand for father's funeral
Two quarantines and a 22,550-kilometre round-trip to New Zealand. Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones has been on an emotional journey of late. Just getting the green light to attend his father's funera...
Oct 26, 2020

NDP's Meili visits North Battleford Sunday
Sunday evening, NDP leader Ryan Meili made one last stop before heading home, visiting with supporters of Amber Stewart.The Battlefords NDP candidate and NDP leader attracted a crowd in the evening, w...
Oct 26, 2020