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Motion to borrow $30 million passes third reading
With two councillors voting against it, Prince Albert city council voted this afternoon to borrow $30 million dollars. The money is to pay for the city's portion of the building costs of the new aquat...
Mar 29, 2023

Vancouver Canucks to wear themed warm-up jerseys for annual Pride night
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks will wear themed warm-up jerseys when they host the Calgary Flames for their annual Pride celebration game Friday. The team announced Wednesday that the jerseys will ...
Mar 29, 2023

Stony Rapids business charged for selling off-sale liquor
RCMP seized a sizeable amount of illegally purchased liquor earlier this month in Saskatchewan's Far North.On March 17, officers with the North District Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) w...
Mar 29, 2023

Controlled burns being considered for rejuvenating wildlife habitats & populations
Indigenous people across Saskatchewan are hoping to see controlled fires used in the Saskatchewan River Delta to help restore wildlife habitats and populations.While many believe fires would destroy e...
Mar 29, 2023

P.A. woman calls for change after denied service for her tattoo
A Prince Albert woman said she is filing a human rights complaint after she was asked to leave a local restaurant because of her facial tattoo.Sara Carriere-Burns said she recently visited the Prince ...
Mar 29, 2023

Nipawin Fire Department responds to Village of Love house fire
The Nipawin Fire Department is currently dealing with a structure fire in the Village of Love.Crews arrived shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, for what appeared to be a house fire and car fire.(Photo...
Mar 29, 2023

Northern MP calls Liberal budget 'reckless'
Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal is calling the 2023-2024 federal budget reckless. "Just simply the amount of spending," he said. "If you go back to 2015, when the Liberals came to pow...
Mar 29, 2023

N.B. local, Wilkinson reflects on National Championship with VIU
It was a fairytale first season on the hardcourt for North Battleford's Jadyn Wilkinson with the Vancouver Island University Mariners. The Mariners women's basketball team took home their first Nation...
Mar 29, 2023

World record continues McIntosh's rapid rise into swimming stardom
TORONTO - It took a couple of splits before John Atkinson realized Summer McIntosh's 400-metre freestyle swim at the Canadian trials might be something special. The 16-year-old from Toronto continued ...
Mar 29, 2023

Five things to know about Canada's electricity overhaul as budget spurs clean tech
OTTAWA - Clean electricity was one of the stars of Tuesday's federal budget, with almost $1 in every $8 of new spending the budget anticipates in the next five years targeting Canada's electricity dre...
Mar 29, 2023