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6 killed, including 2 officers, in Australian ambush, siege
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Six people, including two young police officers, were shot and killed at a property in rural Australia after officers who arrived to investigate reports of a missing person ...
Dec 12, 2022

Bedard, Wright headline Canada's roster for world junior hockey championships
Connor Bedard and Shane Wright headline Canada's roster for the upcoming world junior hockey championship. Hockey Canada announced its cuts Monday following two practice days and two exhibition games ...
Dec 12, 2022

Sask. MP bringing constituents' worries about crime to Ottawa
The MP for northern Saskatchewan says he is hearing more from people worried about crime.Earlier this month Gary Vidal, the MP for Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River, delivered around 40 letters to t...
Dec 12, 2022

First ever Sask. Music Award for northern artist Nige B
Nigel Bell, known professionally as Nige B, has received his first ever Saskatchewan Music Award. The Lac La Ronge Indian Band member was announced as Instrumental Artist of the Year at the Saskatchew...
Dec 12, 2022

Three snowmobiles and trailer stolen from business in Tisdale
Melfort and Tisdale RCMP are asking for the public's help to find an unknown number of suspects.This comes after three snowmobiles and a home-built four-place trailer (which was carrying them), were s...
Dec 12, 2022

Local football player named Canadian All-Star
A Grade 12 girl from Tisdale was named as one of the best female football players in the nation.Tilka Chapman is now a member of the U18 Women's Canadian National All-Star team."When I found out I was...
Dec 12, 2022

New UN project office focused on sustainable cities to open in Montreal
Montreal has been chosen as the site of a new United Nations office that will oversee a program focused on developing green, resilient and sustainable cities. UN-Habitat, the international body's prog...
Dec 12, 2022

Veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio signs new three-year contract to stay in Toronto
TORONTO - Veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio has elected to stay in Toronto, rather than test the waters abroad. Osorio, whose contract with Toronto FC had expired, has signed a new three-year contrac...
Dec 12, 2022

Reports: Blue Jays agree to deal with right-hander Chris Bassitt pending physical
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a deal with right-hander Chris Bassitt pending a physical, according to multiple media reports. ESPN's Jeff Passan reported the deal to be worth US$63 mi...
Dec 12, 2022

Crown argues two men planned murder of B.C. resident for banking information
VANCOUVER - The prosecutor in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial for an escaped inmate says evidence shows the accused and another escapee were "inseparable," and proves the pair planned their attack...
Dec 12, 2022