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Ex-Texas cop charged for shooting teen eating hamburger
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A now-former San Antonio police officer was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer for shooting and gravely wounding a teen who was eating a hambur...
Oct 11, 2022
Winnipeg wants to host Grey Cup championship, Manitoba offers $5.5M to help bid
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are bidding to host the Canadian Football League Grey Cup championship in either 2024 or 2025, and the Manitoba government is offering up to $5.5 million to help t...
Oct 11, 2022
Small Yukon First Nation bans sex offender using its COVID emergency law
WHITEHORSE - A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon's north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community. The Vuntu...
Oct 11, 2022
Fernandez bounced in opening round at WTA San Diego Open
SAN DIEGO - Daria Kasatkina took less than an hour on Tuesday to end Leylah Fernandez's experience at the WTA San Diego Open. The eighth-seeded Russian bounced the Montreal athlete 6-2, 6-2 in the fir...
Oct 11, 2022
Football, dramas lead Nielsen's weekly top 20 list
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's the Nielsen company's list of the 20 most-watched prime-time television programs for the week of Oct. 3-9: 1. NFL Football: Cincinnati at Baltimore, NBC, 15.88 million. 2. "NFL ...
Oct 11, 2022
Melfort Fire Department to host Open House, once again
For the first time since 2019, the Melfort Fire Department will be hosting its annual Open House.This Thursday, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., the department will be celebrating fire prevention week and ...
Oct 11, 2022
RCMP Release video of a knifepoint robbery attempt in Battlefords
Editor's note: Some readers may find the video in this article disturbing.--Battlefords RCMP has released a disturbing video of an assault and robbery attempt that occurred last Friday.Police said a m...
Oct 11, 2022
New book by late author explores power in story
"This is his last words to us in this world."That's what Joan Johnson said about the release of her late husband Harold Johnson's 12th book The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fiction...
Oct 11, 2022
Cameco part of group buying Westinghouse Electric
The company that owns and operates uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan has announced a major step into the nuclear value chain.Cameco Corporation has announced it is forming a strategic partnership...
Oct 11, 2022
Premier Scott Moe discusses White Paper report during Battlefords visit
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe stopped in North Battleford Tuesday to discuss the new White Paper report the province released. The document looks at the federal government's nine different climate-ch...
Oct 11, 2022