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Bells Point
RCMP warn public to avoid Bell's Point, shots fired
People are being asked for avoid going near Bell's Point, Jack Bell Place as officers have surrounded a home and the SWAT team is on scene. RCMP say that there will be an increased police presence in the area while officers investigate. Officers are ordering a person to come out of the home and a gunshot has been heard...
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sjhl
Ice Wolves shut out of playoffs, ends season with awards banquet
With the regular season finished and without a spot in the playoffs, the Ice Wolves held its annual awards banquet Saturday at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre. "It went very good," Head Coach Kevin Kaminski said about the event, noting there were about 160 attendees. "It was a packed crowd an...
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self-care
Women's Conference attracts nearly 200 attendees
An annual Women's Conference organized by the Piwapan Woman's Centre and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band's Health Services came to an end on Friday.The two-day event began March 14 at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre and this year's theme was self-care. It began with opening remarks by Piwapan executive directo...
Mar 15, 2024
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FIlm Festival
Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School documentary wins award
A new documentary released about the Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School is being called powerful and eye opening. The Indigenous Geographic documentary Waiting for Justice chronicles the lives and struggles of Île-à-la-Crosse (ILEX) Residential School survivors. The short film has been named t...
Mar 15, 2024
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STF bargaining
Teachers pull noon hour supervision Monday and Tuesday
With the failure of the province and STF to resume bargaining talks, teachers will continue job action next week.On Monday and Tuesday, teachers in the North East School Division, Île-à-la-Crosse School Division, Northern Lights and all schools in the Living Sky and Light of Christ Catholic Division along ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Court proceedings
Accused in Black Lake manslaughter case, receives jail sentence for separate gun incident in Prince Albert
A man awaiting trial for manslaughter has received a 90-day jail sentence for a separate gun-related incident that happened in Prince Albert while he was out on bail.Jerrick Stalthanee appeared by video when his case was discussed Thursday morning at provincial court.The offence dates back to the early morning hours of...
Mar 14, 2024
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Saskatchewan

TAKING A STAND
P.A. High School basketball team to hold silent protest to save HOOPLA
Members of a Prince Albert High School Basketball team are taking matters into their own hands to hopefully save the 2024 HOOPLA Tournament.The Carlton Boys Senior Boys basketball team qualified for the 5A Provincial Championships happening this weekend. However, that tournament is in jeopardy due to new sanctions anno...
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HOOPLA
Fate of HOOPLA now up to teachers and the province says SHSAA
The fate of the province's largest high school basketball tournament is still up in the air after more teacher sanctions were announced this week. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) announced a one-day, province-wide strike for Wednesday, followed by the cancellation of extracurricular activities on ...
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Sex offender at centre of Sask. Amber Alert sentenced to 52 months by U.S. judge
A convicted sex offender who was at the centre of an Amber Alert in Saskatchewan in 2022 has been sentenced in the United States.Benjamin Martin Moore illegally entered the U.S. in August of 2022 along with his common-law partner and her two children by cutting through a fence.After the two children - then aged seven a...
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Ongoing job action
One-day strike coming Wednesday, withdrawal of extracurricular activities later this week for Sask. Teachers
Saskatchewan teachers will have a one-day strike and withdraw from extracurricular activities for two days this week. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) gave the 48-hour notice Monday morning that there will be a one-day province-wide strike on Wednesday, March 20 and a two-day withdrawal from extracurricular ...
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MORE JOB ACTION
Lunch-hour supervision withdrawn in several divisions over next two days
The latest round of teacher sanctions takes place Monday and Tuesday as lunch-hour supervision is being cancelled.On Monday, three school divisions are affected including the North East School Division, which means many schools will likely end 40-50 minutes earlier.On Tuesday, a handful of other divisions will be impac...
21h ago
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CAMRYN DREVER AMONG HUSKIE GRADUATING PLAYERS
T-Birds defeat Huskies in consolation final
The Huskie women's hockey team's season came to an end on Sunday morning. The UBC Thunderbirds downed the U of S 4-1 in the consolation final of the 2024 GFL U SPORTS women's hockey championships, presented by Connect Energy at Merlis Belsher Place.Saskatchewan's graduating captain, Kennedy Brown, tied the game at one ...
22h ago
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Local Sports

sjhl
Ice Wolves shut out of playoffs, ends season with awards banquet
With the regular season finished and without a spot in the playoffs, the Ice Wolves held its annual awards banquet Saturday at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre. "It went very good," Head Coach Kevin Kaminski said about the event, noting there were about 160 attendees. "It was a packed crowd an...
14h ago
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Riders
Former Rider CEO Jim Hopson honoured by CFL team
The Saskatchewan Roughriders recently honoured former president-CEO Jim Hopson.The CFL team renamed the auditorium at Mosaic Stadium the Jim Hopson Auditorium.Hopson, who's battling colon cancer, joined the Green Zone to talk about the honour and his hope of a long-lasting legacy with the Riders.He said the Riders and ...
Mar 16, 2024
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CONCORDIA DEFEATS HOSTS
Huskies slide to consolation side after loss to Concordia
The top-seeded Concordia Stingers defeated the U of S Huskies 4-0 in the second quarter-final of the 2024 GFL USPORTS women's hockey championships, presented by Connect Energy, on Thursday night at Merlis Belsher Place. Concordia opened the scoring on an Emmy Fecteau shot that hit a stick and fluttered over goaltender ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Calgary Stampeders add former Roughriders coach Craig Dickenson as senior consultant
Dave and Craig Dickenson are together again with the Calgary Stampeders.The Stampeders appointed Craig Dickenson as a senior consultant Tuesday. His younger brother Dave Dickenson is Calgary's head coach and GM.This marks the elder Dickenson's third stint with Calgary. He served as a receivers coach in 2002, then joine...
Mar 13, 2024
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Riders add former fifth-round NFL draft pick R.J. McIntosh
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have added a former NFL draft pick to their defensive line.The CFL club announced Tuesday that lineman R.J. McIntosh has signed a contract with the team.The 6-foot-4, 291-pounder was taken in the fifth round (139th 0verall) of the 2018 NFL draft by the New York Giants. He played 18 games fo...
Mar 12, 2024
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Veteran CFL linebacker Larry Dean retires to join Roughriders' front office
Larry Dean is transitioning from the football field to the front office.The veteran linebacker retired Thursday after seven CFL seasons. But Dean will be remaining with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as the club's player-personnel co-ordinator.Dean, 35, is currently participating in the CFL mentorship program. The joint ...
Mar 07, 2024
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Canada

In the news today: Public tribute to Mulroney in Ottawa, February inflation report
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Public to pay tribute to Mulroney in Ottawa Members of the public who wish to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney can visit his casket in Ottawa starting this afternoon. The former prime minister's casket ...
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As former prime minister Mulroney lies in state, public tributes in Ottawa begin
OTTAWA - Members of the public who wish to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney can visit his casket in Ottawa starting this afternoon. The former prime minister's casket is being brought to the Sir John A. Macdonald building opposite Parliament Hill this morning. Dignitaries including the Governor General and Prime Minister...
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'The lost season': Winter comes to a close as Canada's warmest on record
The warmest winter on record could have far-reaching effects on everything from wildfire season to erosion, climatologists say, while offering a preview of what the season could resemble in the not-so-distant future unless steps are taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Winter comes to a close on Tuesday night - earl...
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B.C. auditor to release reports on overdose prevention, safer-supply programs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office has conducted reports on the government's overdose prevention and supervised consumption services and the first phase of...
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Quebec anti-corruption police arrest retired judge, say he inflated hours worked
MONTREAL - Quebec anti-corruption police say they have arrested a retired municipal court judge for fraud. Police say Jean Herbert, who sat on the municipal court in Longueuil, Que., south of Montreal, created fake records to inflate the time he claimed to have spent hearing cases. He is alleged to have billed the City...
12h ago
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'This tragedy has shaken me': Ottawa father of slain family thanks public for support
OTTAWA - The surviving father of an attack that Ottawa's mayor has called one of the city's worst cases of mass violence is thanking the public for its support. Dhanushka Wickramasinghe released his first public statement though police after hundreds gathered at a convention centre Sunday to mourn his family. Police ...
13h ago
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World

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents
An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating co...
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Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is expected to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for ...
12h ago
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Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. Opponents have called the law, known as Senate Bill 4, the most dramatic...
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Ohio mom who left toddler alone 10 days when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder
CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole. Kristel Candelario, 32, had pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and child endangerment ...
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Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month as tension grows over food crisis, war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month as the divide has grown between allies over food crisis in Gaza, conduct of war, according to the White House. The call comes after Republicans in Washington and Israeli offi...
18h ago
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Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to national political fame by e...
20h ago
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