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Guest speakers visit MGBHLM during Addictions Awareness Week
Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man (MGBHLM) First Nation is taking part in discussions around addictions education this week.During National Addictions Awareness Week, the First Nation is providi...
Nov 23, 2021

Schools in the northeast receive funding for renovations
Schools across Saskatchewan are getting renovations with the help of the provincial government.Updates to mechanical and structural components in schools will be funded through stimulus funding announ...
Nov 23, 2021

Anishinaabe artist outfits Canadian Olympic curlers in Indigenous-inspired uniforms
SASKATOON - Canada's curlers will wear both their Canadian pride and a celebration of Indigenous spirit when they compete at the Beijing Games. Curling Canada and their uniform partner Dynasty Curling...
Nov 23, 2021

Prince Albert schools prepare to host vaccine clinics
With the impending arrival of over 112,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) plans to offer immunizations in more than 100 schools.Within the Saskatchewan Rivers Sch...
Nov 23, 2021

Quebec long-term care homes 'forgotten' in COVID-19 planning, ombudswoman says
MONTREAL - Long-term care homes were almost totally forgotten in Quebec's early COVID-19 planning, the province's ombudswoman said Tuesday in a report that called for widespread changes to "humanize" ...
Nov 23, 2021

Respected Cree professor receives Saskatchewan's highest honour
Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Solomon Ratt has been invested into the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the province's highest honour.He officially received the award during a special ceremony Nov. 17 wi...
Nov 23, 2021

Woman back in Canada with young daughter after years in Syrian prison camps
OTTAWA - A Canadian woman who spent more than two years in Syrian prison camps is home from Iraq after fighting Ottawa to get an emergency travel document. The woman's lawyer, Paul Champ, says she arr...
Nov 23, 2021

Police ask for help in finding missing 14-year-old
Prince Albert police are asking for help to find a missing teenager.Police said 14-year-old Bailee Isbister has been reported missing. Police did not disclose details as to when and where she was last...
Nov 23, 2021

Lloyd Ex finds new CPCA Finals sponsor, three-year agreement
The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) and its year-end championship are staying in the Border City.Lloydminster Nissan and the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association (LAEA ...
Nov 23, 2021

Mayor reacts to Levesque resignation, by-election scheduled for 2022
The unexpected resignation of Councillor Richard Levesque has cast uncertainty as to how council will be formed in the new year.In his letter of resignation, Levesque cited a lack of direction and acc...
Nov 23, 2021