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Mark Carney secures four key cabinet endorsements in race to become prime minister
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney has secured the endorsements of four more current and former cabinet ministers. On Tuesday, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, Crown-Indigenous R...
Jan 21, 2025

City changes third shelter meeting location due to high attendance
High attendance at the first two of the four planned public meetings on a permanent emergency shelter location have led to the moving of the third meeting back to the Ches Leach Lounge. The meeting th...
Jan 21, 2025

Volleyball Canada names Giovanni Guidetti as new coach of women's national team
OTTAWA - Giovanni Guidetti has been named the new head coach of the Canadian women's volleyball team, Volleyball Canada announced Tuesday. The 52-year-old Italian has been the head coach of Turkish cl...
Jan 21, 2025

Fluctuating weather causes icy conditions on local streets
The City of Melfort and other local municipalities are facing the challenges fluctuating weather brings. Director of Public Works Kalyna Cipywnyk said ice build-up on roads is always a challenge durin...
Jan 21, 2025

Break-ins in Lanigan under investigation
Humboldt/Lanigan RCMP are investigating a pair of break-and-enters in the town of Lanigan a couple of weeks ago. RCMP say the incidents happened between 10 p.m. Jan. 7 and 7 a.m. Jan. 8 on Downing Str...
Jan 21, 2025

Canada should focus on larger vision in talks with Trump administration: ambassador
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's return to the White House brought with it an executive order launching a study of the United States' trade relationship with Canada, pushing the threat of devasta...
Jan 21, 2025

Hawks host Humboldt Tuesday at ‘Cage’
The Humboldt Broncos will make their first visit to Nipawin to take on the Hawks in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action Tuesday.The Hawks and Broncos split the two games they have met this...
Jan 21, 2025

Lions veteran linebacker Lokombo announces his CFL retirement
VANCOUVER - Bo Lokombo is calling it a career. The B.C. Lions veteran Canadian linebacker announced his retirement Tuesday. The six-foot-one, 230-pound Lokombo had 30 tackles, one special-teams tackle...
Jan 21, 2025

Cutting energy to U.S. in response to Trump tariffs is 'absurd,' says Bloc leader
OTTAWA - The leader of the Bloc Qubcois says Canada is playing with fire by suggesting it could cut oil or electricity exports to the United States if President Donald Trump makes good on his promise ...
Jan 21, 2025

Oath Keepers' Rhodes and Proud Boys' Tarrio released from prison after Trump Jan. 6 clemency
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy ...
Jan 21, 2025