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Battlefords Minor Softball looking ahead to provincials as successful season wraps
As the spring season largely wraps up with the end of the month, Battlefords Minor Softball can look back at the 2021 campaign as a success in the community.President of the Battlefords Minor Softball...
Jun 30, 2021
Residents try to cool off amidst heat wave
Western Canada remains scorching hot, with heat warnings in almost every region, which has the Battlefords working to make sure everyone stays as cool and hydrated as possible.The city utilized fire d...
Jun 30, 2021
Ware, Abel, Fofana claim three-metre Olympic berths at Canadian diving trials
TORONTO - Pamela Ware and Jennifer Abel qualified for the women's three-metre competition at the Tokyo Olympics while Cdric Fofana qualified in the men's three-metre event Wednesday at the Canadian Ol...
Jun 30, 2021
P.A and District Chamber of Commerce creates online shopping portal for small businesses
A new shop local initiative is being announced by the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce thanks to community collaboration and grant funding from the federal government.The project will co...
Jun 30, 2021
UNC trustees OK Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted Wednesday to accept the tenure application of investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, following weeks...
Jun 30, 2021
Annamie Paul to face non-confidence vote by party brass in less than three weeks
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is facing a non-confidence vote from party executives next month as internal strife continues to roil the party ahead of a possible election this year. Liana Cusmano...
Jun 30, 2021
Athletes back IOC's decision to permit breastfeeding moms at Tokyo Games
American track star Nia Ali says she knows what it's like to balance being a breastfeeding mom and an elite athlete. Ali, partner of Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse, posted a photo of herself nursin...
Jun 30, 2021
Revised vote count shows Adams ahead in NYC mayoral primary
NEW YORK (AP) - Revised vote counts in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary show Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams maintaining a thin lead, a day after a first attempt to report results went...
Jun 30, 2021
Body of man found in septic tank in 1977 identified using genetic genealogy: RCMP
EDMONTON - RCMP say they have identified a man whose burned body was found in a septic tank on an abandoned Alberta farm 44 years ago. Staff Sgt. Jason Zazulak says the victim is Gordon (Gordie) Edwin...
Jun 30, 2021
Moe supports communities that choose not to celebrate Canada Day
Premier Scott Moe is urging Saskatchewanians to slow down a bit on Canada Day - to remember our past - and think about what we'd like to see or change in the future.As the country's 154th birthday loo...
Jun 30, 2021