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Former Exec. Director of North Sask Special Needs enters guilty plea to fraud
A former executive director of the NorthSask.Special Needs (NSN) Program Inc., a non-profit organization in La Ronge that assists individuals with disabilities, has entered a guilty plea to fraud.Deri...
Dec 07, 2022

Media shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says
OTTAWA - Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse. The access law al...
Dec 07, 2022

Cadets preparing for biathlon championships
Members from La Ronge's 899 Osprey Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron are preparing to compete at the Canadian Cadet Organisations Biathlon Championship Series later this spring. Cpl. Alex Bernardin an...
Dec 07, 2022

Quebec's auditor finds Education Department ill-prepared for pivot to online learning
Quebec's auditor general says the province's Education Department was ill-prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shutter in March 2020 and it still does not have a complete picture of t...
Dec 07, 2022

FBI got tip about shooting suspect a day before 2021 arrest
DENVER (AP) - Authorities said the person who would later kill five at a Colorado gay nightclub was on the FBI's radar a day before being arrested for threatening to kill family members and blow up th...
Dec 07, 2022

Quebec coroner questions why witnesses failed to report drunk driver before crash
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is questioning why people who saw a drunk driver get behind the wheel failed to call authorities before he got into a crash that killed four members of a family north of Qu...
Dec 07, 2022

Three new directors appointed to Northlands College board
Northlands College welcomed three new members to its board of directors late last month.The new members are Elmer Campbell from Buffalo River Dene Nation, Susanne Fern of Fond du Lac, and Robert St. P...
Dec 07, 2022

Trial ordered for 5 men in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Five men were turned over for trial Wednesday on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michael Null, William Null, Eric Molitor and Shaw...
Dec 07, 2022

National security concerns prompt bill to modernize foreign investment screening
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will make the most significant updates to the federal investment screening law in more than a decade to address evolving national security concerns. Industry Mi...
Dec 07, 2022

Canada's government will review RCMP equipment contract with ties to China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is reviewing an RCMP equipment contract with a company that has ties to China's government. Radio-Canada reports that the federal Pro...
Dec 07, 2022