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N.S. woman says sex assault charge shouldn't stall probe of police conduct
HALIFAX - A Halifax woman who alleges investigators mishandled her sexual assault case says a charge laid this week shouldn't delay probes into police conduct. Carrie Low said in an interview Friday s...
Feb 04, 2022

P.A. & northern Saskatchewan seeing worst job growth in province to start 2022
Prince Albert and the rest of northern Saskatchewan aren't having the best start to 2022 when it comes to job growth.According to Statistics Canada, the region lost around 1,100 jobs in January.Unsurp...
Feb 04, 2022

Lower Canadian dollar results in skyrocketing gas prices
Saskatchewan residents should get used to paying more when they need to fill up their gas tanks.Gas prices shot up by 10 cents per litre around the province Friday to $1.48 per litre in both Saskatoon...
Feb 04, 2022

Pence says Trump wrong in saying VP could overturn election
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday directly rebutted Donald Trump's false claims that Pence somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was...
Feb 04, 2022

Ottawa files court brief supporting Enbridge Inc. in Line 5 dispute with Michigan
WASHINGTON - The federal government is once again urging a Michigan judge to keep Line 5 operating while it works with the United States on negotiating an end to the impasse over the controversial cro...
Feb 04, 2022

How the truckers' convoy might show where the Conservative party is headed next
OTTAWA - A convoy of protesters against COVID-19 restrictions that has settled into downtown Ottawa has provided a test for the Conservative party as it rolls into a leadership race. "I spent the week...
Feb 04, 2022

Active cases drop below 10,000 for first time in since Jan. 14
After three weeks of active case numbers exceeding 10,000 cases, Saskatchewan's total number of active cases has dropped to 9,981 for the first time in the last three weeks. This is a drop of 290 case...
Feb 04, 2022

North Stars kick off parent/billet weekend, as Mustangs come to town
Coming off a statement 4-0 win over league-leading Humboldt, the Battlefords North Stars will return to action Friday, when they welcome the Melfort Mustangs to North Battleford to open their billet a...
Feb 04, 2022

On the air: volunteer run radio station opens at Red Earth Cree Nation
The community of Red Earth Cree Nation has a new tool at their disposal for updates on COVID-19 numbers, or even wildfires during the summer months.A grand opening ceremony was held on Wednesday for t...
Feb 04, 2022

Tennessee gov, GOP push more scrutiny of school libraries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Less than a week after a local Tennessee school board attracted national attention for banning a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Gov. Bill Lee went pu...
Feb 04, 2022