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CAMP launches survey to gauge local perception about alcohol
Members of the Lac La Ronge Regional Community Alcohol Management Plan (CAMP) committee want to know if alcohol should be prohibited at youth events like the annual Elks Fair. It's one of about 20 que...
Feb 06, 2019

Legion's Saskatchewan Command cautions against scams
Members of the Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command want to ensure public donations toward the Legion's Military Service Recognition Book are going to the real thing.The Legion is collecting inf...
Feb 06, 2019

Cannabis outlet to give update at Chamber On Tap
It should be an engaging evening for business people attending the next Battlefords Chamber of Commerce networking event called Chamber On Tap - new business Fire and Flower Cannabis Co. is set to giv...
Feb 06, 2019

Senators forward Matt Duchene ignores trade talk as deadline approaches
TORONTO - Every time Matt Duchene enters an NHL arena, he leaves all the trade talk buzzing around him at the door. The 28-year-old Senators forward has been the subject of trade speculation as Ottawa...
Feb 06, 2019

AP Explains: Racist history of blackface began in the 1830s
WASHINGTON - A racist photo from a 1984 yearbook threatens to end Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's political career. The photo shows two people: one in blackface and one wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and r...
Feb 06, 2019
Federal bill would make Sept. 30 holiday for Indigenous reconciliation
OTTAWA - Sept. 30 might become a new statutory holiday commemorating victims of residential schools. The House of Commons heritage committee approved a measure Tuesday to make the last day of Septembe...
Feb 06, 2019

UCP leader Kenney criticized for response to hate letter at Edmonton mosque
EDMONTON - A hate letter bearing a United Conservative logo and dropped off at an Edmonton mosque has Muslim advocates and Premier Rachel Notley demanding party leader Jason Kenney take a stronger sta...
Feb 06, 2019
Cold weather records broken across province as mercury dips
From Uranium City to the U.S. border, Saskatchewan was entirely enveloped Wednesday morning in extreme cold warnings. A number of communities broke cold weather records, as some were colder than place...
Feb 06, 2019

Raptors make minor deal ahead of deadline, sending Richardson to Sixers
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors traded guard Malachi Richardson to the Philadelphia 76ers on the eve of the NBA trade deadline Thursday. The Sixers also get the draft rights to forward Emir Preldzic and...
Feb 06, 2019

Vegas artist sues Ariana Grande over 'God is a Woman' image
LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas artist is suing pop music star Ariana Grande, alleging federal copyright infringement over an image of a woman in a candle flame in the pop star's widely-viewed "God is a Woman...
Feb 06, 2019