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Winnipeg Jets sign forward Andrew Copp to one-year deal worth $3.64 million
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Andrew Copp to a one-year deal worth $3.64 million. The 27-year-old Copp had a career season in 2020-21, recording career highs in goals (15), assists ...
Aug 12, 2021
Police increase presence at Sturgeon Lake in pursuit of potentially armed suspect
A search continues across the Prince Albert region for a man who goes by the nickname "Baby Glen."Glen Federick Halkett, 25, is being sought by RCMP in connection to a vehicle theft involving a firear...
Aug 12, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Trudeau expected to trigger fall election this weekend
whOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is intending to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Sunday and ask her to dissolve Parliament, triggering an election.The expectation is that the election would take...
Aug 12, 2021
Mont Nebo resident quarter-million dollars richer
Kevin Johnstone is the most recent Lotto Max winner in the province after purchasing a winning ticket at Leask Cafeteria.The Mont Nebo resident was shocked when he matched all six numbers on the MaxMi...
Aug 12, 2021
Quebec judge fails in bid to appeal reprimand over comments about sex assault victim
OTTAWA - A former Quebec court judge has failed in his attempt to overturn a reprimand he received over comments suggesting a 17-year-old victim of sexual assault might have been a flattered by the in...
Aug 12, 2021
US official: US troops to help evacuate embassy in Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) - With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is sending additional troops into the country to help evacuate some personnel from the embassy in Kabul, a U.S. ...
Aug 12, 2021
Federal government to enact single-game sports betting bill Aug. 27
The federal government says it will enact legislation that will legalize single-game sports betting in Canada on Aug. 27. Justice Minister David Lametti says Bill C-218 will allow Canadians to bet on ...
Aug 12, 2021
'Cheering for the mammoth': Scientists retrace the steps of 17,000 year-old animal
More than 17,000 years ago, a woolly mammoth roamed enough of the Alaskan landscape to circle the Earth twice. That's according to a new paper from an international team of researchers who retraced th...
Aug 12, 2021
Prince Albert youth learn all about the outdoors at Little Red River Park
Sometimes camping is for leisure and sometimes it can be educational as well.Today, camping was educational for many kids as a part of the 'Into the Woods with Wildernook' program at Little Red River ...
Aug 12, 2021
Judge reserves decision to exclude evidence in cannabis cupcake court martial in N.B.
OROMOCTO, N.B. - A military judge has reserved her decision on an application to exclude evidence at the court martial of a New Brunswick soldier accused of giving cannabis-laced cupcakes to a group o...
Aug 12, 2021
