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Saskatchewan unveils new online education system
The Saskatchewan government has finalized its plans for a centralized online education program.On Wednesday, the government announced it had established a new Crown corporation that will oversee the s...
Dec 7, 2022
Inspired by late father's words, Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey reaching new heights
Tom Morrissey sat his sons down in the summer of 2021. Cancer ravaging his body and aware he was short on time, the message was clear and to the point. "He didn't want me and my brother to dwell on it...
Dec 7, 2022
Tens of thousands of families have applied for federal child dental benefit: Gould
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago. Gould was responding to an opposition question i...
Dec 7, 2022
Former Exec. Director of North Sask Special Needs enters guilty plea to fraud
A former executive director of the NorthSask.Special Needs (NSN) Program Inc., a non-profit organization in La Ronge that assists individuals with disabilities, has entered a guilty plea to fraud.Deri...
Dec 7, 2022
Media shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says
OTTAWA - Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse. The access law al...
Dec 7, 2022
Another successful ‘Shop with a Cop’ for Prince Albert Police
Some deserving kids took part in a Christmas tradition with the Prince Albert Police Service.Shop With A Cop returned on Wednesday as city police members and community safety officers joined several k...
Dec 7, 2022
Quebec's auditor finds Education Department ill-prepared for pivot to online learning
Quebec's auditor general says the province's Education Department was ill-prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shutter in March 2020 and it still does not have a complete picture of t...
Dec 7, 2022
FBI got tip about shooting suspect a day before 2021 arrest
DENVER (AP) - Authorities said the person who would later kill five at a Colorado gay nightclub was on the FBI's radar a day before being arrested for threatening to kill family members and blow up th...
Dec 7, 2022
Quebec coroner questions why witnesses failed to report drunk driver before crash
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is questioning why people who saw a drunk driver get behind the wheel failed to call authorities before he got into a crash that killed four members of a family north of Qu...
Dec 7, 2022
Trial ordered for 5 men in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Five men were turned over for trial Wednesday on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michael Null, William Null, Eric Molitor and Shaw...
Dec 7, 2022
