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UNESCO approves report outlining threats to Wood Buffalo National Park
The United Nations body that oversees World Heritage Sites is approving a report that finds Wood Buffalo National Park's place on that list is in danger. At a meeting in Saudi Arabia, UNESCO delegates...
Sep 13, 2023
Council strikes potential deal on 30-unit apartment development
La Ronge council has voted to move ahead with a deal with a land developer that could result in a 30-unit apartment complex being built in the coming years. If successful, the deal would see Harvest A...
Sep 13, 2023
Indigenous communities continue to benefit from mobile mental health buses
There is hope that a project providing much-needed mental health care to several Indigenous communities over the past two years will expand. In 2021, the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Mobile Mental H...
Sep 13, 2023
Details reveal clearer picture of snooping within immigration ministry
Details are trickling out about two incidents of snooping within the Ministry of Immigration and Career Training in Saskatchewan.The province's information and privacy commissioner, Ronald Kruzeniski,...
Sep 13, 2023
North Battleford home destroyed by fire, RCMP investigating possible arson
An investigation is underway to find the exact cause of a house fire in North Battleford.The blaze started early in the morning on Sept. 9 with the city's fire department stating the property, in the ...
Sep 13, 2023
John Tavares on the Maple Leafs' off-season of change: 'The page has been turned'
HENDERSON, Nev. - John Tavares could only watch and wait. The Toronto Maple Leafs captain was still processing his team's second-round playoff exit when Kyle Dubas took the stage for an emotional end-...
Sep 13, 2023
Wave of teacher absences forcing Vegas-area school closures deemed an illegal strike, judge finds
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A judge on Wednesday found that the teachers union in Las Vegas is behind a wave of absences and ordered an end to what she said is "very clearly a strike" during a bitter contract ba...
Sep 13, 2023
Delegation to honour Indigenous soldiers who died during Second World War
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Canada says there are plans to honour the graves of Indigenous soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands during the Second World War. The Indigenous Legacy Project, which ...
Sep 13, 2023
Federal judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public ordered by New Mexico governor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across New Mexico's largest metro area. The ruling Wednesday by U.S....
Sep 13, 2023
A timeline of the E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares and a central kitchen
CALGARY - More than 250 people, mostly children, have been infected in an E. coli outbreak linked to 11 daycares in Calgary. Twenty-five are in hospital. Six of those patients are on dialysis, which i...
Sep 13, 2023