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Province to officially raise age limit on tobacco purchases on Feb. 1
The province has set a date for when changes to the age requirements for tobacco and vape purchases will come into effect.As of Feb. 1, the province will raise the minimum age for these purchases from...
Jan 25, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Quebec Cardinal Gérald Lacroix faces sex assault allegations
QUEBEC - A senior leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec is facing allegations of sexual assault as part of a class-action lawsuit against the archdiocese of Quebec City. Cardinal Grald Lacroix...
Jan 25, 2024

France's constitutional court rejects several measures in controversial immigration law
PARIS (AP) - France's Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane, in a new blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his gove...
Jan 25, 2024

Opening the Door to Difficult Conversations Webinar
The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute has been working hard on updating our youth engagement toolkit which is now called Opening the Door to Difficult Conversations. Please join us in our webinar on F...
Jan 25, 2024

Live Wrestling in North Battleford
Canadian Wrestling's Elite celebrates 15 years as your elite Canadian wrestling alternative and a part of that celebration is 12 events in 12 days across Central & Western Canada which includes a ...
Jan 25, 2024

Judge to deliver verdict in murder trial of Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover
A Saskatchewan judge is set to deliver his verdict today for a Mountie on trial for murder in the shooting death of his lover. Bernie Herman, who is 55, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder i...
Jan 25, 2024

Zverev's Australian Open semifinal run draws attention on and off the courts
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Alexander Zverev's run to a second Australian Open semifinal has drawn attention to his business in other courts. As the season's first major was starting, news emerged tha...
Jan 25, 2024

Six nuns and two other people kidnapped in Haiti have been released, archbishop says
Six nuns kidnapped in Haiti last week along with two other people have been released, the archbishop of Port-au-Prince told The Associated Press on Thursday. The group was released late Wednesday, and...
Jan 25, 2024

Russian courts jail a Putin critic and a woman convicted of a blast that killed a pro-war blogger
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a woman to 27 years for a cafe blast that killed a prominent pro-war blogger after he was given a bust of himself that later exploded. Dar...
Jan 25, 2024

Gushue learned a lot at first nationals in Regina, returns in March as Brier champion
Brad Gushue's first appearance at a national curling championship was memorable for his team's unusual standings record and an interaction he won't forget. Just 14 at the time, Gushue threw second sto...
Jan 25, 2024