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Judge orders Seattle to stop using tear gas during protests
SEATTLE - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities ...
Jun 12, 2020
Longtime event director weighs in on alternate options for 20-21 curling season
With some curling competitions already cancelled and the rest of the 2020-21 season up in the air due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport is facing significant challenges as it looks&nb...
Jun 12, 2020
PAGC leadership comments on viral video of chief's arrest, calls for First Nations-led police force
Leadership from the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) are speaking out on a viral video showing the violent arrest of an Indigenous chief and are calling for a First Nations-led policing service.The ...
Jun 12, 2020
Public school division welcomes new superintendent
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division has added a new member to its leadership team.Jennifer Hingley will be starting as the superintendent of schools in August. Hingley, who is currently wor...
Jun 12, 2020
Alouettes fullback Spencer Moore not very hopeful for 2020 CFL season
Montreal Alouettes fullback Spencer Moore isn't hopeful the CFL will have a 2020 season. League action was originally scheduled to begin Thursday night but remains suspended d...
Jun 12, 2020
USports cancellation puts graduating players like P.A.'s Cowles in tough position
With USports pulling the plug on their fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that puts all the graduating players in jeopardy.Next season would have been Kalli Cowles' fifth and final year of elig...
Jun 12, 2020
'If you run, we will shoot you': Judge delivers sentencing in P.A. confinement case
A woman who was lured to a house by a friend she trusted, was later attacked and robbed by two men, according to evidence heard at Prince Albert Provincial Court on Friday.Layton McCallum , 25, and Da...
Jun 12, 2020
'Born leader:' Contradiction is Alberta Chief Allan Adam's strength
EDMONTON - It was supposed to be a triumph. South African anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu was joining the chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in his struggle against environmenta...
Jun 12, 2020
Winnipeg police defend kicking suspect during arrest, release video
Winnipeg police are defending their actions and reaching out to Indigenous leaders after a video surfaced showing officers kneeing and kicking a man during an arrest. A blurry, 74-second video po...
Jun 12, 2020
Three new cases of COVID-19 in Sask., those who attended funeral in Clearwater River Dene Nation urged to self-isolate
There are three more cases of COVID-19 in this province and more expected after two people tested positive for the virus having attended a funeral and wake at the Clearwater River Dene Nation. The two...
Jun 12, 2020
