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Two arrested in connection to death of Wendy Bird
RCMP have arrested two people in connection to the death of 24-year-old Wendy Bird from Prince Albert. Bird's body was found on the side of highway 16, near Maymont on Oct. 16.25-year-old Dustin Cookm...
Oct 22, 2022
Melfort runner now halfway to completing world's major marathons
A Melfort woman is one step closer to finishing all the Abbott World Marathon Majors.Robyn Luthi competed in last month's Berlin Marathon after qualifying through a lottery.She finished the race at 3:...
Oct 22, 2022
'It was a gut punch': Indigenous-led research station in N.W.T. damaged by wildfire
FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A wildfire that almost destroyed an Indigenous-led research station in the Northwest Territories is expected to have far-reaching effects on environmental research and the commu...
Oct 22, 2022
Getting naked for a good cause
A fundraiser for the Lakeland Curling Club is leaving just a little to the imagination.The annual Naked calendar sales and accompanying raffle draw have been going since May. While demand was high ove...
Oct 22, 2022
Montreal hospital caters to Indigenous patients by adding bannock to meal trays
MONTREAL - An experience with a patient who wouldn't eat because the meals reminded him of residential school has prompted a Montreal hospital to start offering bannock bread to its Indigenous patient...
Oct 22, 2022
Russian-installed authorities order evacuation of Kherson
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian-installed authorities have ordered all residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to leave "immediately" ahead of an apparent Ukrainian advance. In a Telegram pos...
Oct 22, 2022
FIFA slams unacceptable TV deal offers for Women's World Cup
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - Broadcasters were criticized by FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Saturday for what he called unacceptably low offers for rights to screen the Women's World Cup next year...
Oct 22, 2022
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italian premier
ROME (AP) - Giorgia Meloni, whose political party has neo-fascist roots, was sworn in on Saturday as Italy's first far-right premier since the end of World War II. Meloni, 45, took the oath of office ...
Oct 22, 2022
US to face Vietnam, Netherlands at women's soccer World Cup
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - The defending champion United States will face the Netherlands in the group stage of next year's soccer World Cup, setting up a early repeat of the 2019 World Cup final. T...
Oct 22, 2022
Canada women to face Australia, Ireland and Nigeria at the 2023 FIFA World Cup
Canada has been drawn with co-host Australia, Ireland and Nigeria at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Saturday's draw was relatively kind to the seventh-ranked Canadians, who avoided several heavyweig...
Oct 22, 2022
