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Hawks in Melfort for matchup with Mustangs
The second installment of the Hawks and Mustangs rivalry goes Friday at the Northern Lights Palace.Melfort opened the eight-game season series with a 6-2 win over Nipawin at the Centennial Arena on Oc...
Nov 15, 2024
Toronto FC 2 makes roster moves, with no current place for leading scorer Altobelli
TORONTO - Toronto FC 2, TFC's reserve side which plays in MLS Next Pro, has started reshaping its 2025 roster with question marks over the future of captain and leading scorer Julian Altobelli, forwar...
Nov 15, 2024
Firefighters celebrated at Melfort Fire Department Awards Night
The Melfort Fire Department honoured two long-time firefighters during their Awards Night Nov. 8. Deputy Chief Doug Walsh was honoured for his 35 years in the fire service and is the longest-serving m...
Nov 15, 2024
Melfort updates residents on contingency plans during Canada Post strike
The City of Melfort is advising residents about potential effects from a Canada Post strike. About 55,000 Canada Post employees went on strike Friday, after the two sides failed to come to an agreemen...
Nov 15, 2024
Blondin makes two trips to the podium as Canada earns three medals at Four Continents
HACHINOHE - Ivanie Blondin helped Canada to a team sprint gold medal before picking up an individual bronze Friday as the season-opening ISU Four Continents speedskating championships got underway. Ot...
Nov 15, 2024
A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris
PARIS (AP) - A French doctoral student detained in Tunisia returned to Paris on Friday after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. Victor Dupont, a 27-year-old pursuing a Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille U...
Nov 15, 2024
Germany's Scholz discusses Ukraine with Russia's Putin in first such call in 2 years
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the war in Ukraine in a phone call Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the German government said, in the first such conversation in two...
Nov 15, 2024
Canada Post workers are on strike. Here's what you need to know about your mail
TORONTO - Workers at Canada Post went on strike Friday in a move that is expected to create delays and other disruptions to mail and parcel delivery - just as the Crown corporation prepares for what's...
Nov 15, 2024
Saskatchewan Firearms Office Encourages Firearms Safety This Hunting Season
The Saskatchewan Firearms Office (SFO) wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable hunting season and reminds everyone that a secure firearm is a safe firearm. "A successful hunt starts with safety," SFO Dep...
Nov 15, 2024
Foreign interference inquiry's final report now due by end of January
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving an inquiry into foreign interference an extra month to complete its work. Commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue's final report is now due by the end of January, a mon...
Nov 15, 2024