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Local SADD chapter plans for billboards, additional RCMP checkstops
The Students Against Drinking and Driving (SADD) club at La Ronge's Churchill Community High School want to remind residents to report impaired drivers. That's according to club advisor Joslynn Thedor...
Oct 16, 2019 Members of the SADD group from Churchill Community High School. (submitted photo/Joslynn Thedorf)

NHL Notebook: Youngsters interested in CBA, Ottawa attendance, desperate Devils
Matt Duchene remembers feeling like he was in way over his head. Having just completed his third NHL season and not yet 22 years old, Duchene could see the ominous labour clouds as the league and its ...
Oct 16, 2019

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh trying to capitalize on newfound momentum
VANCOUVER - Jagmeet Singh likes to dance. The NDP leader often breaks into a groove if the mood strikes and there's music playing, both in public and when he criss-crosses the country by bus or p...
Oct 16, 2019

British family decries treatment by U.S. after border crossing near Vancouver
Seven members of an extended British family who made an unauthorized crossing into the United States from British Columbia are being held in federal custody at a Pennsylvania detention centr...
Oct 16, 2019

Man charged with attempted murder in shooting of RCMP officer near Turtleford
A 27-year-old man is charged with attempted murder in connection to the shooting of an RCMP officer near Turtleford last month.Justin Davis Yakimchuk was arrested by Regina Police Service (RPS) office...
Oct 16, 2019 (file photo/NOW News Staff)

Allan selected to World Under-17 Challenge
Raider rookie Nolan Allan will be donning the maple leaf this fall.The standout defencemen from Davidson, Sask. was among the 66 players selected by Hockey Canada to represent the country at the 2019 ...
Oct 16, 2019 Raiders defenceman Nolan Allan takes a shot against the Vancouver Giants at the Art Hauser Centre. [Lucas Chudleigh/Apollo Multimedia]

U.S. rocker returns home
The 1990s were the height of the post-grunge, alternative rock scene in Los Angeles, and Shellbrook native, Trevor Kustiak and his band Cool for August were at the center of it. "Everything happened q...
Oct 16, 2019 Trevor Kustiak (on guitar) performs at Music Midtown festival in Atlanta in 1997. (Facebook/Cool for August)

Sutter Health, California settle massive antitrust case
SAN FRANCISCO - One of California's largest hospital systems has reached an agreement to settle a massive class-action lawsuit over allegations that it abused its market power and has been overchargin...
Oct 16, 2019

Red-hot North Stars take 12-1 record to La Ronge to battle Ice Wolves
While the temperature may be getting cooler, the Battlefords North Stars have remained red-hot. The team enters play Wednesday with a league-best 12-1 record through their opening 13 games. Back on th...
Oct 16, 2019 Stars’ forward Kaden Boser, pictured here digging in on the faceoff with defending SJHL Rookie of the Week, Kyle Ford. The Stars and Ice Wolves have had a heated opening two games of the season-series, s trend likely to continue Wednesday between the two blue collar clubs. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Green Leader Elizabeth May predicts minority government, warns against majority
VICTORIA - Green Leader Elizabeth May says it appears Canadians are about to elect a minority government. She says minority Parliaments ensure co-operation between parties and the Greens can play lead...
Oct 16, 2019