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Vehicle occupants lied about RCMP vehicle colliding with theirs in Moosomin rollover
Video evidence from an RCMP vehicle, that was alleged to have collided with a suspect vehicle on the Moosomin First Nation near North Battleford, tells a different story than what the vehicle's occupa...
Jul 04, 2024
Co-op cardlocks back up and running in some Sask. communities
Multiple Co-op locations are announcing that their cardlock services are back up and running. Both Discovery Co-op out of the Battlefords and Lake Country Co-op (Prince Albert to Nipawin) have made po...
Jul 04, 2024
US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court
MOSCOW (AP) - Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, was convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison on Thursday, court officials and his lawyers ...
Jul 04, 2024
Minimum Wage Set to Increase October 1
On October 1, 2024, the minimum wage in Saskatchewan will increase to $15 an hour.In 2022 the Government of Saskatchewan indicated it would make incremental increases to minimum wage over a two year p...
Jul 04, 2024
Defending champion Miki Sudo wins women's division of Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest
NEW YORK (AP) - Dental hygiene student Miki Sudo of Florida has won her 10th women's title at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. On Thursday, Sudo consumed 51 hot dogs i...
Jul 04, 2024
Canada gets another spot in women's 10m diving event at Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Canada has been allocated a second spot in the women's individual 10-metre diving event at the Paris Olympics. Diving Canada announced Thursday that Kate Miller will dive in the event, along...
Jul 04, 2024
Canada's Denis Shapovalov advances to third round at Wimbledon
LONDON - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is off to the third round of Wimbledon following a hard-fought 7-6 (3), 6-3, 1-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4 win over Germany's Daniel Altmaier on Thursday. In an uneven effort, S...
Jul 04, 2024
P.E.I. First Nations, Ottawa establish national park reserve on sacred Mi'kmaq land
LENNOX ISLAND, P.E.I. - The government of Canada and Prince Edward Island's Mi'kmaq First Nations announced an agreement on Thursday to turn a pristine chain of islands with sacred cultural significan...
Jul 04, 2024
Creating proposed online harms regulators estimated to cost $200 million: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer estimates that staffing up the new regulators in the Liberals' Online Harms Act will cost around $200 million over five years. The federal government wants to...
Jul 04, 2024
Eric Gagné returns to Dodgers' mound on the 20th anniversary of his 84 consecutive saves streak
LOS ANGELES (AP) - With "Welcome to the Jungle" blaring like the old days, Eric Gagn took the mound and fired a strike Wednesday night on the 20th anniversary of recording his 84th consecutive save fo...
Jul 04, 2024
