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Ground versus crown fire: How the new Fort McMurray blaze differs from The Beast
A fierce wildfire burning outside Fort McMurray, Alta., has brought back memories of a vicious blaze, nicknamed The Beast, that tore through the oilsands hub in 2016. Here's a look at the differences ...
May 15, 2024
Number of AMEs at La Ronge Tanker Base dropping
A retired aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) is concerned about the lack of people entering the trade. Shaune Lapworth, who became an AME in 1986 and spent nearly 34 years employed at La Ronge's Tank...
May 15, 2024
Riders training camp intensifies as players sport pads on the field
The Saskatchewan Roughriders brought out the pads at Griffiths Stadium on Tuesday for spring training."The intensity rose, and that was to be expected," said head coach Corey Mace.At one point, Mace h...
May 15, 2024
Grow Hope Saskatchewan
With the sun shining brighter and the air filled with the promise of a new season, we're thrilled to kick off the 7th year of Grow Hope Saskatchewan! Reflecting on the project's journey since 2018, we...
May 15, 2024
Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that call...
May 15, 2024
Dispute with teachers could hurt government in fall election, professor says
Negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation resume this week, but it could be some time before the contract dispute is settled.A political science professo...
May 15, 2024
Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experien...
May 15, 2024
Chief says grave search at B.C. residential school brings things 'full circle'
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Chief Robert Michell says relief isn't the right word to describe his reaction as the search begins for unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school he attended in ...
May 15, 2024
Canucks' Tocchet says Demko improving, top prospect Lekkerimaki an option for Game 5
VANCOUVER - Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says Thatcher Demko has "improved immensely the last 72 hours" as the all-star goaltender works his way back from a lower-body injury. The 28-year-old start...
May 15, 2024
B.C. First Nation to reactivate judicial review of DFO's salmon farm virus policy
VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation says it is reluctantly preparing to take legal action to challenge Fisheries Department salmon farm policy as it loses faith in federal plans to remove the o...
May 15, 2024