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Local representatives react to agreement between feds and AFN
Local representatives are weighing in on the Assembly of First Nations and the Government of Canada agreeing to discuss funding for First Nation run child and family services.The agreement announced i...
Jul 07, 2020
Province reports 15th death from COVID-19
An individual from the North in their 20s has died from COVID-19, bringing the total amount of recorded deaths from the virus in the province to 15.There is one new case of COVID-19 reported today, br...
Jul 07, 2020
‘You’re going to have to adapt': Sask. Hockey working on complex return to play
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) is working to get the nation's game back onto the ice.On March 12, Hockey Canada announced that it cancelled all activities related to the sport, including ga...
Jul 07, 2020
Hollywood catches up to director Gina Prince-Bythewood
Gina Prince-Bythewood knows what good fighting looks like. The "Love & Basketball" director has been an athlete her entire life, but she also just loves action movies. So when she started dreaming...
Jul 07, 2020
Alberta Fish & Wildlife and Parkland RCMP patrol local waterways
STONY PLAIN - During the weekend of July 4 and 5, Parkland RCMP and local Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers teamed up to patrol the local waterways. The officers ran compliance checks, not only to ed...
Jul 07, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps missing five players at MLS is Back Tournament
The Vancouver Whitecaps will be missing five players at the MLS is Back Tournament, including forwards Lucas Cavallini, Fredy Montero and Tosaint Ricketts. The club said defender Andy Rose and defende...
Jul 07, 2020
MNS launches pilot project to strengthen Dene language
Strengthening Indigenous languages is the goal of a new Dene Early Learning Pilot Project announced Monday for La Loche by Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan. "All of our research would tell us the earlier we...
Jul 07, 2020
City of Meadow Lake invite public to special council meeting to discuss loan for NCLA fundraiser
The City of Meadow Lake will be holding a special council meeting Wednesday to consider a request from the Northland Community Lodge Association (NCLA) to provide a construction loan to build a home o...
Jul 07, 2020
Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds
TORONTO - When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules...
Jul 07, 2020
Promise of COVID-19 funds to support disabled Canadians remains in limbo
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to provide a $600 payment to disabled Canadians to help with additional costs in the COVID-19 pandemic remains in limbo. The measure was contained in a...
Jul 07, 2020