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City, town hope to see more support in new provincial budget
With the new 2023-24 provincial budget expected to be released on March 22, leadership in the Battlefords would like to see more commitment from the province to help local municipalities. Town of Batt...
Mar 16, 2023
‘A big thing for our community’: Documentary film highlights the Red Pheasant Arena
An arena in Red Pheasant Cree Nation was front and centre in a new documentary from a Saskatchewan filmmaker.The First Nation south of North Battleford recently made upgrades to its arena which hasn't...
Mar 16, 2023
Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison
VANCOUVER - A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by inmates to smuggle drugs. The...
Mar 16, 2023
Saskatchewan police respond to Edmonton officer deaths
Local police and those from further afield are responding to the deaths of two fellow officers in Edmonton Thursday morning. Prince Albert Police Chief Jonathan Bergen said the loss of others in unifo...
Mar 16, 2023
Vancouver councillor supports foreign interference probe at municipal level
Vancouver Coun. Lenny Zhou says he is in full support of a foreign interference probe for elections at all levels of Canada's governments after he was named in a newspaper report on the issue. Zhou sa...
Mar 16, 2023
Government finds discrimination at Canadian Human Rights Commission, union says
OTTAWA - A union representing public service lawyers says the government has found there was discrimination and systemic racism in an institution specifically designed to root it out. The Association ...
Mar 16, 2023
Quebec government to spend millions to move residents affected by smelter pollution
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. - The Quebec government will provide $88.3 million to support the city of Rouyn-Noranda in the creation of a new neighbourhood and the relocation of nearly 200 families living in a...
Mar 16, 2023
No. 1 seed Kansas cruises past Howard with Self still absent
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Jalen Wilson had 20 points and seven rebounds for No. 1 seed and defending national champion Kansas, which allowed absent and recovering coach Bill Self to rest during an easy ...
Mar 16, 2023
Pegues' 3 gives No. 13 seed Furman 68-67 win over Virginia
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - JP Pegues made a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining, and No. 13 seed Furman completed a rally from a 12-point second-half deficit to hand fourth-seeded Virginia another first-ro...
Mar 16, 2023
'Constant' fear in my house, U.S. woman testifies about impact of Quebec abduction
MONTREAL - A U.S. woman who was kidnapped along with her husband and smuggled into Quebec in October 2020 says she lives in constant fear she will fall victim to another crime. Sandra Helm delivered a...
Mar 16, 2023