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La Ronge 2022 budget includes $1.8 million deficit, no new taxes or fees
The Town of La Ronge has approved the 2022 capital and operating budget, which includes a nearly $1.8 million deficit to be covered by reserve funds. "For quite long time there hasn't been enough atte...
Apr 13, 2022
241 guns, 14,000 rounds of ammo turned in during firearm amnesty
More than 240 unwanted guns were turned in during the provincewide 2022 Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police gun amnesty.The amnesty, which ran from March 21 through Sunday, collected 241 unwa...
Apr 13, 2022
La Ronge council ends enhancing policing contract, crime reduction team arriving soon
La Ronge council has decided to end a major enhanced policing contract with the RCMP that was signed in October 2019."We have decided to give notice on those enhanced policing positions because, in ou...
Apr 13, 2022
Choiceland Fire happy to upgrade training for members
Newly announced training money for fire departments from SGI is welcome news to the Choiceland fire department. Fire chief Keegan Faul said his department spends significant resources on training, and...
Apr 13, 2022
Quebec duck farm says it has detected a case of highly pathogenic avian flu
MONTREAL - A Quebec duck farm says it has detected a case of avian flu in one of its breeding facilities. Brome Lake Ducks says in a news release that the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influe...
Apr 13, 2022
Veteran jockey Stein looking forward to a full 2022 Woodbine racing schedule
TORONTO - It's been some time since veteran jockey Justin Stein could actually look forward to a full racing season at Woodbine Racetrack. The global pandemic forced delayed starts in 2020 and 2021. O...
Apr 13, 2022
Local governments need to upgrade to improve housing process: finance minister
VANCOUVER - Canada's finance minister says it's not the federal government's job to build all the houses Canadians need, but it will try to remove roadblocks with a $4-billion fund earmarked to help b...
Apr 13, 2022
'We must do better:' Nunavut leaders optimistic about housing money from Ottawa
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Leaders in Nunavut say they're happy with territory-specific housing money in the federal budget even though the amount is well below what they say is needed to address a long-stand...
Apr 13, 2022
LISTEN: Firefighters rescue dog trapped in well near Nipawin
It is a happy ending to a story from just outside Nipawin after a dog was stuck in a well for at least two days.The Nipawin Fire Department received a call last Thursday night that a dog had fallen do...
Apr 13, 2022
Video: Michigan officer knelt on Black man, fatally shot him
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Video shows a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, kneeling on the back of a Black man before fatally shooting him. Police released video from different sources Wednesd...
Apr 13, 2022