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International organization says Indigenous families will lead unmarked graves report
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The head of an international organization brought in by the federal government to provide communities with options for identifying possible human remains buried near former re...
Feb 17, 2023

Next generation of Canadian curlers arrives, with some familiar names
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The curling kids are coming. The offspring of some of the biggest names in Canadian curling have landed on the national stage, starting with Kelly Middaugh making her Scotties Tournam...
Feb 17, 2023

Rouleau report addresses six questions raised during Emergencies Act hearings
OTTAWA - Throughout seven weeks of public hearings in Ottawa, the Public Order Emergency Commission heard from more than 100 witnesses and released thousands of pages of documents. This evidence raise...
Feb 17, 2023

Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for driver in Quebec daycare bus crash
LAVAL, Que. - The man charged with killing two young children when the bus he was driving slammed into a daycare in Laval has been ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Pierre Ny St-...
Feb 17, 2023

'The Walking Weapon' Josh Alexander embracing role as Impact Wrestling's ambassador
Canada's Josh Alexander has made history as Impact World Champion twice, first for having the shortest title reign in the belt's history, and now as the longest reign in its lineage. As the reigning c...
Feb 17, 2023

Court says PBCN chief removal attempt was unfair, Elder Council breached code
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation's Chief Karen Bird has been backed by a federal court judge in her stance that an attempt to remove her as chief was unfair and breached the band's election code. Madame J...
Feb 17, 2023

Watchdog report blasts RCMP failures investigating missing Saskatchewan woman
SASKATOON - Amanda Michayluk's final moments were spent walking alone in the cold and snow through a Saskatchewan field as her family anxiously waited for an RCMP search and rescue team that would nev...
Feb 17, 2023

Liberals' decision to invoke Emergencies Act justified, commission says
The Public Order Emergency Commission says the Liberal government met the "very high threshold" for invoking the Emergencies Act amid the weeks-long "Freedom Convoy" protests last winter. In a report ...
Feb 17, 2023

Prince Albert Country Music Funspiel Fundraising
The Prince Albert Country Music Association is hosting a Funspiel Fundraiser on Saturday, March 11 at the PA East End Community Rink.See the poster for details.
Feb 17, 2023

Energy transition jobs plan aims to sustain and create jobs, not kill them: feds
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's long-promised plan to transition Canada's labour force to respond to climate change says a clean energy economy will not prompt massive unemployment in the country's ...
Feb 17, 2023