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Missiles cause multiple explosions in western Ukrainian city

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Witnesses say multiple explosions believed to be caused by missiles struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early Monday. Lviv and the rest of western Ukraine have been less aff...

Apr 18, 2022

Russia strikes Ukraine's big cities, bears down on Mariupol

11KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian forces renewed missile strikes on Kyiv and intensified shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, in an apparent strategy to hobble Ukraine's defenses in prepar...

Apr 17, 2022

Over 900 civilians dead around Kyiv, Russia vows new attacks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Indignant over what it called Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory and following the stunning loss of its Black Sea flagship, Moscow threatened renewed missile attacks on Kyiv, ...

Apr 16, 2022

Pleas from small businesses for debt help pepper Freeland's post-budget tour

OTTAWA - Small business owners have made a plea to the federal finance minister to consider more help paying off their pandemic-related debts as the sixth wave of COVID-19 causes customers to stay hom...

Apr 15, 2022

Over 1,000 new cases of COVID reported last week, 20 new deaths in weekly report

The province is reporting 1,051 new cases of COVID-19 in the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report. This is a slight increase from the last reported new cases which was 1,...

Apr 14, 2022

Meadow Lake Sox looking forward to senior baseball season

Following a home run finish to the 2021 season, that saw the team take home a provincial championship in Hanley, the Meadow Lake Sox senior baseball team is looking forward to their return to the diam...

Apr 13, 2022

Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show

OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...

Apr 12, 2022

Saskatchewan Conservative MP’s criticize federal budget

Conservative Members of Parliament did not hold back in the days following the release of the Government of Canada's 2022 budget.Gary Vidal of Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River, told meadowlakeNOW th...

Apr 11, 2022

Snowfall to stick around in the Battlefords, Meadow Lake

Winter isn't done with Saskatchewan just yet.Below average temperatures are expected all week, as the southeast corner of the province braces for what will likely be a record breaking storm. Several a...

Apr 11, 2022

Multiple deaths serve as overdose warning

Spiritwood RCMP are reminding the public of how to recognize an overdose, after three people were found dead on the side of a road on Saturday.Around 8:30 a.m. that morning, police got a call regardin...

Apr 11, 2022