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Pint-sized driver surprises Utah trooper during traffic stop
OGDEN, Utah - A Utah Highway Patrol trooper got a pint-sized surprise when he pulled over a 5-year-old driver who was swerving so badly he thought the driver needed medical attention. Trooper Rick Mor...
May 05, 2020
Imperial Oil reports deaths of birds that landed on Alberta tailings ponds
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Imperial Oil Ltd. is reporting the deaths of 50 birds that landed on tailings areas near its Kearl oilsands project in northern Alberta. Imperial says more than 100 birds per da...
May 05, 2020
Justice Ginsburg in hospital with infection, court says
WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, the Supreme Court said. The 87-year-old justice underwent non-surgical treatment for what the...
May 05, 2020
Virtual sittings has MPs doing things not allowed in House of Commons
OTTAWA - A stuffed deer head made a cameo appearance Tuesday during a virtual gathering of members of Parliament. The deer head, replete with antlers, was mounted on the wall behind Conserva...
May 05, 2020
$3.8 million line for city's expanding sewer needs
Construction on a $3.8 million infrastructure project is set to start this spring in Prince Albert. The new West Hill trunk sewer main is needed to take pressure off a nearby line that's at capacity a...
May 05, 2020 The new trunk sewer main will begin near the Victoria Hospital, run down the hill, then run under 18th Avenue W. until it reaches another sewer main at 2nd Avenue West. (Agenda Package/City of P.A.)
What'sHappeningNOW May 5, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell about a Facebook post that put the city of P.A. on alert.
May 05, 2020
RCMP ask for public's help after man injured from an allegedly discharged firearm
Police are asking for the public's help after a man was injured early Tuesday morning in North Battleford allegedly from a discharged firearm.Police report Battlefords RCMP were called to a home at ab...
May 05, 2020 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Conservative campaigns weave tangled webs of allegations as race intensifies
OTTAWA - With 10 days to go to sign up voters for the federal Conservative leadership race, all four contenders are intensifying efforts to shore up support. Erin O'Toole and Peter MacKay appear locke...
May 05, 2020
Sombre event held at Muskeg Lake to honour MMIW
The fifth day of May marks the National Day of Remembrance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and a number of events were held across the country including one at Muskeg Lake Cree Na...
May 05, 2020 The families who took part in Tuesday's special memorial walk for MMIW, made sure to respect social distancing. (Submitted photo/ Jordan Rekve)
Mustang graduate, Austin Nault commits to St. Thomas University
A Melfort Mustangs graduate has chosen to go south of the border for post-secondary hockey.Forward Austin Nault has committed to St. Thomas University in the NCAA Division III ranks. Nault said he had...
May 05, 2020 Austin Nault played in a total of 16 regular season and playoff games with the Mustangs during the 2019/2020 season. (Facebook/Broad Leaf Media)