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Firearm and Bear mace Discharged
Big River RCMP investigating shooting and bear macing incidents
At around 7:50 p.m. on August 25, Big River RCMP received a report of an adult male with a gunshot wound injury on Big River First Nation, Sask.Officers responded and located the injured male at a residence on Big River First Nation. He was taken to hospital with injuries described as non-life threatening.An investigat...
Aug 27, 2024
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Canada Post Community Foundation
Canada Post funds programs across Saskatchewan to benefit children and youth
The Canada Post Community Foundation is providing $1.3 million in grants to programs benefitting children and youth across the country.The grants will be distributed to charities, schools and community groups, some of which are in Saskatchewan.The Children North Early Intervention Program (CNEIP) in La Ronge has receiv...
Aug 26, 2024
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Rail strike
'We don't want to be here': Sask. CPKC workers frustrated by rail lockout
Just hours after Canadian Pacific Kansas City locked them out of their workplaces, many rail workers were out on the picket lines early on Thursday morning in Saskatoon, pleading for the union and company to get a deal done. After months of difficult negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kans...
Aug 22, 2024
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New chapter
Edam Minor Ball hit a home run with new building
Build it and they will come. That's the hope of the Edam Minor Ball Association.The community-run organization made up of volunteers from in and around Edam held a successful fundraiser that ended with the construction of a new multi-purpose facility they hope will attract more tournaments to the area.According to Kell...
Aug 20, 2024
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Employee at Wilkie care home accused of sexual abuse, assault against residents
A female staff member at a group care home in Wilkie is facing numerous charges after police investigated reports of physical and sexual assaults at the facility. Between January 2023 and February 2024, at least four adult residents of the facility were either assaulted, sexually abused or threatened by a female staff ...
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Co-op cyber attack still under investigation
The investigation into the cyber attack that hit Federated Co-operatives Limited back in June is wrapping up.It's been two months since the incident that led to empty grocery shelves and left Co-op Cardlocks closed across the country."Our investigation is nearing completion," Brad DeLorey, director of communi...
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Canada Post at 'critical juncture,' financial situation unsustainable: board chair
The chair of Canada Post's board says the organization's financial situation is unsustainable."The board and senior management recognize that Canada Post is at a critical juncture," said André Hudon at its annual general meeting on Wednesday."Significant change is urgently needed to preserve Canad...
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Broncos memorial update
Humboldt awards contract for groundwork at Broncos memorial site
The City of Humboldt has awarded the contract for the preparation of the site of the 2017-18 Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Council approved the awarding of the sole-source contract to Kirsch Construction for up to $290,000. The permanent memorial will be constructed at the intersection of Highways 35 and 335 between Tisd...
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Vote on $47.8B First Nations child welfare deal delayed due to chiefs' concerns
The Assembly of First Nations has postponed a special assembly for chiefs to vote on a landmark child welfare reform deal with Canada due to concerns about the process and a late translation of the document to French.The Assembly was scheduled to be held in September in Winnipeg, but it will not happen now until Octobe...
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Bale arson
25-year-old Macklin firefighter charged in hay bale arson case
A 25-year-old firefighter from Macklin, Sask. is facing arson and theft charges after allegedly lighting a hay bale fire in a field near Macklin and Evesham on July 31.According to the RCMP, the incident was just one of a number of hay bale and grass fires that were intentionally set in the area between July 29 and Sun...
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Global Affairs Canada says it amid controversy over constitutional reforms
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says the federal government respects Mexican sovereignty and has no intention of intervening in that country's internal affairs around proposed constitutional reforms. The comments come a day after Mexico's president told reporters Tuesday he has put relations with the Canadian and U.S. e...
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A timeline of how BC United unravelled, less than two months before election
BC United Leader Kevin Falcon has announced the suspension of the Official Opposition's election campaign, throwing support behind the rival B.C. Conservatives. Here is a timeline of events leading up to the unravelling of BC United, less than eight weeks before the B.C. election: Aug. 18, 2022: Nechako Lakes MLA John ...
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Calgary airport says hail damage repairs to take at least 18 months
CALGARY - The Calgary Airport Authority says it will take at least a year and a half to fix part of its domestic terminal that was hammered by hail earlier this month. It says Concourse B will be closed while restoration work is done. The airport authority says it doesn't know how much the repairs will cost. A swath of...
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2023 wildfire emissions were quadruple Canada's annual fossil fuel emissions: study
A new study says planet-warming emissions from Canada's record-breaking 2023 wildfire season were quadruple the country's fossil emissions for all of the previous year and on par with some of the most high-emitting countries. The study penned by researchers at NASA, and published in the journal Nature, says only China,...
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Study finds no evidence Tories were behind bot campaign that posted about Poilievre
OTTAWA - There is no evidence that indicates the federal Conservatives were behind a bot network on social media that praised a Pierre Poilievre rally, a new study has found. The Canadian Digital Media Research Network launched an investigation after hundreds of X accounts posted about the Conservative leader's July ra...
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CP NewsAlert: Emergency meeting for Opposition BC United
VICTORIA - A BC United legislator says he's called an emergency meeting of the party caucus to discuss the future of British Columbia's official Opposition, less than eight weeks before the provincial election. Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier says he's been unable to reach Leader Kevin Falcon amid reports the party ...
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World News
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Breaks in main water pipeline for Grand Canyon prompt shutdown of overnight hotel stays
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) - Visitors won't be able to stay overnight in hotels at Grand Canyon National Park after a series of breaks in the main pipeline that serves the popular tourist destination. The restrictions will run throughout the Labor Day holiday when hotels are near or at capacity, Grand Canyo...
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Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering
PHOENIX (AP) - Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for a single money laundering count in a sprawling case involving allegations of a yearslong scheme to promote and profit from prostitution through classified ads. A jury convicted Lace...
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Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering
PHOENIX (AP) - Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for a single money laundering count in a sprawling case involving allegations of a yearslong scheme to promote and profit from prostitution through classified ads. A jury convicted Lace...
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Paralympic Games opening ceremony starts the final chapter on a long summer of sport in Paris
PARIS (AP) - Just weeks after hosting the Olympics, Paris began the final chapter of its summer of sports Wednesday with the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Against the backdrop of a setting sun, thousands of athletes paraded down the famed Champs-Elysées avenue to Place de la Concorde in central Paris...
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Workers are breaching Klamath dams, which will let salmon swim freely for first time in a century
Workers are breaching the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first time in more than a century as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Crews used excava...
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Workers are breaching Klamath dams, which will let salmon swim freely for first time in a century
Workers are breaching the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River on Wednesday, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first time in more than a century as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Crews used excava...
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