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Planned service interruption for local Access Communications customers Oct. 27
Access Communications has a planned maintenance upgrade next week for customers in Air Ronge and La Ronge. That's according to a notice from the cooperative, which states a brief interruption of servi...
Oct 22, 2020

'I cannot imagine two more innocent victims': impaired driver receives 9-month jail sentence
After a judge referred an impaired driving case as one of the most tragic he ever encountered, a 21-year-old man received a nine-month jail sentence and a four-year driving prohibition.August Ermine B...
Oct 22, 2020

'Opening up is not a bad thing': Canucks' Bo Horvat leading through uncertainty
VANCOUVER - It's been a "heck of a year" for Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat. When he was handed the jersey with a C stitched over the heart just over a year ago, Horvat had no idea he'd soo...
Oct 22, 2020

Sask. Elections provides info on voting deadlines amid COVID-19 and ballot counts
Due to the current pandemic, vote-by-mail has become a more viable option to the public. Vote-by-mail began in August, with 61,000 people across the province applying for the service. The deadline to ...
Oct 22, 2020

Town council candidate offers listening ear, focus on community
For over 40 years, Gordon Yarde has called the town of Battleford home. And for the last 35, he has found himself involved on and off as a member of Battleford town council.A lot may have changed in t...
Oct 22, 2020

Canadian receiver Jana's name missing from jersey to honour enslaved labourers
Canadian receiver Terrell Jana's last name doesn't appear on the back of his Virginia Cavaliers football jersey. And for good reason. The senior from Vancouver made that decision after visiting the me...
Oct 22, 2020

Promised path to residency for "Guardian Angel" asylum seekers yet to open
OTTAWA - A much-heralded program to grant permanent residency to some asylum seekers working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to accept a single application. Federal Immigrati...
Oct 22, 2020

Julien energized by Canadiens' busy off-season: 'I expect us to make the playoffs'
Claude Julien glanced down at some notes towards the end of his nearly hour-long video conference call with reporters Thursday. The Montreal Canadiens head coach was promptly asked - tongue firmly pla...
Oct 22, 2020

COVID-19 testing option to be tried at Calgary airport, U.S. border crossing
CALGARY - International travellers arriving in Alberta by air or land will have the option to take an expedited COVID-19 test to avoid quarantining for 14 days - a move the premier says would help the...
Oct 22, 2020

UPDATE: Special day of giving for the annual On Air for Healthcare Radiothon
UPDATE: The On Air for Healthcare Radiothon is still going as strong as ever today! People are coming by the CJNB radio station parking lot drive-through drop-off site, calling the Battlefords Union H...
Oct 22, 2020