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Interior B.C. library adds radon detector kits to its borrowing options
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Residents in parts of British Columbia's southern Interior will only need a valid library card if they want access to a tool that could help make their homes safer. The Thompson-Nicol...
Feb 09, 2022

Mayor, MP react to provincial Re-Opening Plan
Meadow Lake faces a similar adjustment to the rest of the province as the lifting of proof of vaccination nears.City council's next Monday meeting will undoubtedly address this topic in order to provi...
Feb 09, 2022

Experienced winger Fraser Aird makes third CPL stop, this time with Cavalry FC
Cavalry FC added experience and versatility on Wednesday by signing winger Fraser Aird. Calgary will be the third Canadian Premier League stop for the 27-year-old, who has also played for Valour FC an...
Feb 09, 2022

Hundreds to be hired at Key Lake and McArthur River
Cameco is planning on hiring hundreds of workers for its McArthur River mine site and Key Lake mill.The announcement that the sites would be returning to production was made Wednesday in a quarterly r...
Feb 09, 2022

School divisions react to provincial mandates being lifted, decision on student masking yet to be decided
On Tuesday Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced the proof of vaccination mandate will be lifted on Monday and the remaining public health orders - mandatory masking and mandatory self-isolation - ...
Feb 09, 2022

Mixed reaction from Saskatchewan teachers over health orders ending
Come March 1, schools in Saskatchewan will start looking a lot more like they did two years ago, with students and staff no longer required by provincial mandate to wear masks indoors.All of Saskatche...
Feb 09, 2022

Barge grounded at Vancouver's English Bay in November storms to be disassembled
VANCOUVER - A barge that had been the subject of jokes and the star of many photos after becoming stuck on a popular Vancouver beach during a severe storm in November is on its way out. The City of Va...
Feb 09, 2022

Dentist in N.L. let correctional officer pull 'one or more' teeth from sedated inmate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A dentist with practices across Atlantic Canada has been sanctioned in Newfoundland and Labrador for allowing a correctional officer to extract "one or more" teeth from a sedated in...
Feb 09, 2022

Snow artist readies Prince Albert for winter festival
One of two artists responsible for the various snow sculptures taking shape around Prince Albert admits he is in a competition this week with mother nature.On Wednesday, Gary Natomagan, 55, was expect...
Feb 09, 2022

La Ronge council supports increasing severity of punishable crimes for young offenders
"If you take a life, it's a life for a life."Those are the words of La Ronge Mayor Colin Ratushniak who made the statement to larongeNOW in an interview regarding a resolution town council would like ...
Feb 09, 2022