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Nisga'a Chief who led nation to landmark treaty, Joe Gosnell, dies of cancer
NEW AIYANSH, B.C. - Joe Gosnell, a renowned treaty negotiator, politician and leader of the Nisga'a Nation, has died at the age of 85. A statement from the Nisga'a Lisims government of northwestern Br...
Aug 18, 2020
La Ronge RCMP looking for wanted man
La Ronge RCMP are searching for a 20-year-old man wanted on a number of charges. According to a Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers Request for Information, Sampson Roberts is wanted for flight from police, d...
Aug 18, 2020
Sentencing hearing for father of toddler found dead outside Edmonton church
EDMONTON - A sentencing hearing is being held today for a man who was convicted of manslaughter in his young son's death. Joey Crier and his then-girlfriend, Tasha-Lee Doreen Mack, were each char...
Aug 18, 2020
Alcohol seized at Wollaston Lake, four charged with bootlegging
Four adults have been charged with bootlegging in Wollaston Lake. According to an RCMP media release, on the morning of Aug. 16, a boat was stopped after having come from Barge Landing and docking at ...
Aug 18, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 18
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2020: There are 122,872 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,206 confirmed (including 5,721 deaths, 53,930 res...
Aug 18, 2020
Saskatoon Sings - Solidarity XYE!
Fresh from a wonderful time at our first livestream event in June (we had 3.6k viewers for the show we did from Prince Albert!), we are back for another celebration of solidarity and diversity in musi...
Aug 18, 2020
Review: 'Hi, My Name is Dicky' a gritty account of a former NHLer's path to sobriety
TORONTO - Richard Clune remembers the drive - the pain, the anxiety, the uncertainty, the fear. It was the spring of 2010 and Clune, who had made his NHL debut earlier that season, was final...
Aug 18, 2020
CFL hits the upright and cancels the 2020 Season
In a sense the CFL pulling the plug on the 2020 Season mirrors the 2019 Western Final when the Riders were driving at the end of the game and a pass that probably would have been caught for a tying to...
Aug 18, 2020
Mali soldiers detain senior officers in apparent mutiny
BAMAKO, Mali - Soldiers in Mali took up arms in the garrison town of Kati on Tuesday and detained senior military officers in an apparent mutiny, raising fears of a coup after several months of anti-g...
Aug 18, 2020
Lightning beat Blue Jackets 2-1 to take 3-1 series lead
TORONTO - Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Barclay Goodrow and Ya...
Aug 18, 2020