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Meadow Lake Spring Clean-Up Week
The Meadow Lake Spring Clean-Up Week will be May 27 - May 31 weather permitting.This includes leaves, branches, grass and garden refuse only. Leaves, grass and garden refuse must go in bags.Branches m...
May 22, 2019
Playing for B.C. Lions 'a dream' for locals Adam Konar, Sukh Chungh
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - For linebacker Adam Konar, coming home to play for the B.C. Lions marks the start of a "new chapter." The Lions announced Monday that they had signed the 25-year-old Vancouver native,...
May 22, 2019
Newfoundland man pleads not guilty in case of skeleton stolen from graveyard
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A young Newfoundland man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the strange case of skeletal remains taken from an Anglican cemetery. Lucas Dawe, 20, appeared briefly from prison...
May 22, 2019
No serious incidents over long weekend: Loon Lake RCMP
While the Victoria Day long weekend tends to be busy for officers in Loon Lake, RCMP reported no serious incidents. Between May 17 and 21, RCMP responded to 117 calls for service. Further, though thre...
May 22, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Wind remains on firefighters' side in bout with northern Alberta wildfire
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Despite heavy smoke, officials say a lighter wind out of the northeast has allowed for great progress on reining in a wildfire that's forced thousands of people from thei...
May 22, 2019
Charity Golf Event
On Sunday, June 9th there will be a charity golf event at Rustic 9 Par 3 golf course.All proceeds from the event will be used to send six youth from the Battleford's Boys and Girls Club to attend a on...
May 22, 2019
1990s drama 'Party of Five' reboot involves deported parents
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A reboot of the 1990s teen drama "Party of Five" will centre on a Mexican American family whose parents are deported to Mexico. Disney announced this month the retooled show will a...
May 22, 2019
Lions of MD5 Convention
The Prince Albert Lions Club and the Clubs of Zone 3 are hosting the Multiple District 5 Lions Convention in Prince Albert May 23 to May 25 at the Coronet Motor Hotel. There will be 190 Lions from Sas...
May 22, 2019
Raiders WHL championship puts hockey in Prince Albert back on the map
HALIFAX - Not long ago, Prince Albert Raiders coach Marc Habscheid would lead his team out to a near empty building for a Western Hockey League game. Sometimes his players were even ridiculed by...
May 22, 2019
Governing body of English rugby league approves franchise move to Ottawa
TORONTO - Eric Perez has done it again. A rugby league enthusiast, the Toronto native first hatched the idea of bringing the sport of sport to Canada on a fish-and-chips wrapper. That turned into the ...
May 22, 2019