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Crash claims young woman's life
RCMP say a 25-year-old woman was killed in a single vehicle rollover east of Shellbrook Thursday evening.The crash happened around 6 p.m. on Highway 3 near Airport Road.Sgt. Rob King told paNOW the wo...
Jun 12, 2020
Canadian international Alphonso Davies named Bundesliga rookie of the month
Canadian international Alphonso Davies has won the Bundesliga Rookie Award for May. The 19-year-old Bayern Munich fullback beat out Borussia Moenchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram and RB Leipzig midfi...
Jun 12, 2020
'Egregious' police tactics harming Black and Indigenous people: activist
Emerging evidence of violent police encounters shows some police tactics are "so egregious" that they're doing more harm than any possible good, says a Canadian activist. Sandy Hudson, a founder ...
Jun 12, 2020
Fire crews extinguish late morning garbage bin fire
There was lots of smoke coming from a west flat neighbourhood Friday morning.Shortly after 11a.m., the Prince Albert Fire Department responded to a garbage bin fire in a back alley. The flames were qu...
Jun 12, 2020
'Do they just honk if they like it?' - Comedian Kelly Taylor hosting drive-in show
With no comedy venues to perform at due to the coronavirus pandemic, local comedian Kelly Taylor is going to make it happen in his own backyard. After losing out on three months of shows, Taylor has d...
Jun 12, 2020
Pregnant doe shot and left near Weldon
Content Warning: Graphic image belowConservation officers are looking for your help to solve the shooting of a pregnant mule deer doe near Weldon.Melfort conservation officers received a Turn in Poach...
Jun 12, 2020
Frustration grows with no apparent end in sight for Canada-U.S. border ban
WASHINGTON - Business groups and border communities that depend on traffic across the Canada-U.S. border are growing impatient with travel restrictions that appear poised to stretch into a fourth stra...
Jun 12, 2020
Heat, thundershowers expected this weekend
The Battlefords region is going to have its first summer heat wave.Weather forecasts are calling for the first weekend of temperatures getting into the high 20's, peaking on Saturday at 30 Celsius. Me...
Jun 12, 2020
Playgrounds open in Melfort, summer ambassador program in the works
After nearly three months of being bound to homes and yards across Saskatchewan during the COVID-19 pandemic, children will once again be able to utilize playgrounds around Melfort.Recreation Programm...
Jun 12, 2020
Rugby league looking at forgoing scrums and changing rules to make game safer
Super League is looking at outlawing scrums for the rest of the 2020 season and introducing other rule changes "largely to make the sport of rugby league safer in the current public health situation."...
Jun 12, 2020