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Federal judge won't block New York's new gun restrictions
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge declined to put a hold on New York's new gun rules Wednesday, one day before the law was to take effect. Despite writing that the arguments for granting a preliminary i...
Aug 31, 2022
Goat therapy: local farm uses animals as a way of relaxation
A local farm is using their animals as a way for others to relax.Chuck Hawkins travels around Prince Albert and the surrounding area loaning out his animals for the enjoyment of others.On Wednesday wh...
Aug 31, 2022
P.A. businesses nominated for 2022 ABEX Awards
A couple of Prince Albert businesses are thrilled to be named finalists in this year's ABEX Awards.On Wednesday, the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists for this year's awards alo...
Aug 31, 2022
UN cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China's Xinjiang
GENEVA (AP) - China's discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office s...
Aug 31, 2022
After abuse allegations, NDP wants funding for schools tied to human rights guarantee
The Saskatchewan NDP wants to see funding for Legacy Christian Academy tied to a guarantee in the wake of public allegations of abuse at the school and Mile Two Church.Carla Beck, leader of the NDP, s...
Aug 31, 2022
Increased suicide screening recommended following inmate death
More screening and a better flow of information are among the recommendations of jury paneled in the inquest into the death of Robert McAdam in 2019. The jury was told that McAdam died by suicide the ...
Aug 31, 2022
Quebec election: Liberal party says candidate's Montreal office robbed, vandalized
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party says the riding office of one of its Montreal candidates has been robbed and vandalized. The party says the alleged attackers broke through the wall of a neighbouri...
Aug 31, 2022
Alberta to use $13.2B budget windfall to pay down debt, put cash in piggy bank
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says the government is going to use this year's projected windfall budget surplus to pay down debt and put some cash in its piggy bank. Jason Nixon says the plan ...
Aug 31, 2022
Who are Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek, the two cabinet ministers who traded jobs?
OTTAWA - In a straightforward swap of positions Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday at Rideau Hall, Helena Jaczek is replacing Filomena Tassi as Canada's minister of public services and ...
Aug 31, 2022
CSIS officers urged British police to obscure Canadian link to ISIL smuggler: book
OTTAWA - A new book says Canadian Security Intelligence Service officers urged British police not to reveal CSIS's recruitment of a man who helped smuggle three British teenagers into Syria to join th...
Aug 31, 2022
