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5-year-old and 13-year-old missing from Cut Knife
Update: Both children have been found. A five-year-old boy and and a 13-year-old girl have been reported missing, Cut Knife RCMP said.Taliyah Kakum is female with a slim build, brown eyes and black ha...
Mar 16, 2023

Father-to-be and 'snow angel': Edmonton officers shot and killed on duty remembered
One of the police officers killed in Edmonton was about to be a father and the other was called a "snow angel" for going beyond the call of duty to help people. Const. Brett Ryan, 30, and Const. Travi...
Mar 16, 2023

City to receive proposals for new rec complex in April
The City of Meadow Lake is progressing in its preliminary planning stages for its new Recreation and Civic Centre complex (arena).Proposals for the build are due to be submitted April 6, with council ...
Mar 16, 2023

What to know about David Johnston, the new special rapporteur on foreign interference
OTTAWA - Former governor general David Johnston is the "eminent Canadian," as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put it, who will oversee investigations into foreign interference in Canadian elections. Wit...
Mar 16, 2023

Ottawa misses own deadline on inking deal with Quebec shipyard to build icebreakers
Ottawa has quietly missed its own deadline for finalizing an agreement with a Quebec shipyard so it can start work on Canada's next fleet of icebreakers. The federal procurement department said last s...
Mar 16, 2023

Albers represents Saskatchewan at World Baseball Classic
Although Team Canada has been officially eliminated from the World Baseball Classic (WBC), Saskatchewan was well-represented.Left-handed pitcher Andrew Albers from North Battleford made his third appe...
Mar 16, 2023

Yukon First Nation declares state of emergency over opioids 'terrorizing' community
MAYO, YUKON - A small Yukon First Nation says it's dealing with an "opioid emergency" that is terrorizing its citizens and families with violence, crime, overdoses and death. The Nacho Nyak Dun First ...
Mar 16, 2023

'Unprecedented' weather shuts down second Labrador sporting event in two weeks
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - For the second time in as many weeks, abnormal weather has forced the cancellation of a popular sporting event in Labrador. Organizers of the Labrador Winter Games in Ha...
Mar 16, 2023

NDP calls on federal government to make caregiver credit a refundable tax benefit
OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the federal government to follow through with its promise to make a tax credit for caregivers a refundable benefit. NDP MP Bonita Zarrillo, who is the party's cri...
Mar 16, 2023

Quick quotes: Reaction to two Edmonton police officers killed on duty
EDMONTON - Two officers were shot and killed while responding to a family dispute at an apartment complex in Edmonton on Thursday. The officers have been identified as Const. Travis Jordan, 35, and Co...
Mar 16, 2023