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Skate the Park
Skate the Park continues this week! Come on out today (Wednesday), Thursday or Friday to avoid busy times. Please note, once the parking lot has reached capacity, visitors may end up waiting to enter ...
Jan 07, 2021

Biden win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol
WASHINGTON - Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a stunning attempt...
Jan 07, 2021

Fundraising for Virtual Heart of Youth Community Pow Wow
There is a wonderful Pow Wow Committee that has been working for the past four years to sponsor the Heart of the Youth Community Pow Wow, through Prince Albert Outreach Inc. and community partners. We...
Jan 07, 2021

South Africa buys 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa says it will import 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to inoculate the country's health workers. This is South Africa's first announcement of the purchase of a C...
Jan 07, 2021

New year means it's time to renew permits
2021 is just a week old, but it's a good time to make sure all your licenses and permits are up to date.City of Melfort Director of development, planning and community relations, Brent Lutz said pet l...
Jan 07, 2021

US trade deficit jumps to $68.1 billion in November
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit jumped to $68.1 billion in November as a surge in imports overwhelmed a smaller increase in exports. The November gap between what America buys from abroad compared...
Jan 07, 2021

Officials: Attacks around Afghanistan kill at least 23
KABUL - Attacks in Afghanistan left at least 23 civilians and security forces dead, officials said Thursday, even as Afghan negotiators were in Qatar to resume talks with the Taliban aimed at finding ...
Jan 07, 2021

Discovery of two-million-year-old tools shows human adaptability: scientist
To the uninitiated, they look like chipped rocks. To Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary, they look like two-million-year-old messages from the dawn of human technology. "It is really the begi...
Jan 07, 2021

Leaders talk vaccine roll out and Washington's day of chaos: In The News for Jan. 7
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jan 07, 2021

Goodale rejects Iran's offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane
OTTAWA - Canada's special adviser on the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran's offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy...
Jan 07, 2021