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Tough decisions loom on draft day
The National Hockey League (NHL) entry draft class of 2020 has spent a long time waiting but will finally get to find out if and where they get selected tonight and tomorrow.Originally scheduled for l...
Oct 06, 2020

Drive-by shooting suspects make first court appearance
A man and woman, charged in connection to Sunday's drive-by shooting in Prince Albert, are facing a combined total of 42 charges.D.J. Royden Montgrand, 20, and Matilda Keenatch-Yellowhead, 18, appeare...
Oct 06, 2020

Outdoor rink taking shape on Flying Dust First Nation
Hockey players and skaters will soon have another option when it comes to ice surfaces in the Meadow Lake area. The Flying Dust First Nation is in the midst of building an outdoor rink that should be ...
Oct 06, 2020

Candidate wants to bring Ward 2 issues to the fore
Ward 2 candidate Kim Conarroe says she wants to be a voice for her ward."I will work for the residents of Ward 2 by listening to their concerns and building partnerships to help move their issues forw...
Oct 06, 2020

Man who was subject of wife's appeal in Nova Scotia assisted death case dies
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man whose wife tried to stop his medically assisted death in court has died in hospital. According to his obituary posted on a funeral home website, 83-year-old Jack Eugene Sor...
Oct 06, 2020

Mayor Kennedy Stewart proposes $30-million recommendation to help Vancouver homeless
VANCOUVER - Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants councillors to support a multimillion-dollar proposal to help those who are homeless in Vancouver during the pandemic. Stewart has released a recommendation to ...
Oct 06, 2020

Community volunteer hoping for spot on Humboldt city council
For the second municipal election in a row, the name Amanda Klitch will appear on the Humboldt city council ballot.Ten years of volunteering with the JCI's, the Onstage Dance Festival committee, and P...
Oct 06, 2020

Scott Moe apologizes on campaign trail to family of woman killed in his 1997 crash
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has publicly apologized to the family of a woman killed in a 1997 highway crash he was involved in. The apology came during a campaign stop in Saskatoon...
Oct 06, 2020

Quebec Premier Francois Legault to formally apologize to Joyce Echaquan's family
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he will present an official apology today to the family of an Indigenous woman who filmed staff insulting her as she lay dying in a hospital northeast of Montreal ...
Oct 06, 2020

Liberals, NDP block Conservative effort to have prorogation study include WE affair
OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP have blocked an effort by the Conservatives to get the WE Charity affair probed ahead of a study into why the Liberals prorogued Parliament. The government must provi...
Oct 06, 2020