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Immigrant families threaten legal action over new directive limiting daycare access
MONTREAL - Two families are threatening legal action over the Quebec government's move to deny some immigrants access to subsidized daycare spots. The two sets of parents, from France and Ukraine, are...
Jul 23, 2025

Battlefords gets ready for 10th Annual PBR Classic
One of the biggest events of the summer is back in the Battlefords. The 10th Annual McDonald's Colby Cave Memorial PBR Classic goes down this Thursday, July 24, 7 p.m. at the Access Communications Cen...
Jul 23, 2025

Alleged drug traffickers enter not guilty pleas
A drug bust in Prince Albert last year that netted a kilogram of methamphetamine is proceeding to trial.The resulting court case was spoken to Wednesday morning at Prince Albert Provincial Court. By w...
Jul 23, 2025

Manhunt underway after assault leaves man seriously injured in North Battleford
RCMP are asking for the public's help after a man was seriously injured in an apparent assault Tuesday in North Battleford. Police said they found the man around 1 p.m. near 15th Avenue and 108th Stre...
Jul 23, 2025

Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison for murdering 4 Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Bryan Kohberger, the masked man who sneaked into a rental home near the University of Idaho campus and stabbed four students to death in late 2022, faced the families of his victim...
Jul 23, 2025

North Battleford man faces 16 charges after handgun seized from Carnduff hotel
A North Battleford man is facing a long list of charges after RCMP seized a handgun from a hotel room in Carnduff, a town located roughly 700 kilometres southeast of North Battleford, last week.Carndu...
Jul 23, 2025

CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looki...
Jul 23, 2025

PWHL's Boston Fleet sign Kris Sparre as second head coach in franchise history
WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) - The Boston Fleet have hired Kris Sparre as the second head coach in the PWHL franchise's history. Sparre, a 38-year-old veteran assistant with no experience in the women's game...
Jul 23, 2025

Three people trapped in B.C.'s Red Chris mine, Premier David Eby says
HUNTSVILLE, ONT. - Three miners have been trapped underground at British Columbia's Red Chris copper and gold mine. B.C. Premier David Eby released the news at the end of the premiers' gathering in On...
Jul 23, 2025

Conexus name, CEO to lead 2026 merger of three Sask. credit unions
Three Saskatchewan credit unions are joining forces under a single name and leader, forming the province's largest financial cooperative.Conexus, Synergy and Cornerstone credit unions announced Wednes...
Jul 23, 2025