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Melfort and Nipawin get expanded childcare
Parents in Melfort and Nipawin will have more choices when it comes to child care as both communities get expanded options. In Melfort, the Young Minds Care and Learning Centre will have 30 spaces, wh...
Nov 17, 2022

3 US Customs agents shot, wounded off coast of Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been wounded after exchanging gunfire with people "on board a suspected smuggling vessel" off the coast of Puerto Rico, officials...
Nov 17, 2022

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon misses Order of Canada ceremony at Rideau Hall due to illness
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is missing today's Order of Canada ceremony at Rideau Hall due to illness. A spokesperson says in a written statement that "with great regret," Simon would not preside ov...
Nov 17, 2022

Tim McGraw, Keith Urban headline Country Thunder lineup
Some of the biggest names in country music will be rocking the Lumsden valley this summer.Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and Jon Pardi were announced Thursday morning as the headliners for the Country Thunde...
Nov 17, 2022

Annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Nipawin
Join us in just over two weeks for our Annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Town Square! We can't wait to see everyone.See the poster for details.
Nov 17, 2022

Brigitte Bardot pens letter to mayor of Montreal suburb condemning proposed deer cull
MONTREAL - French actress Brigitte Bardot is condemning a Montreal suburb's controversial plan to kill most of the deer living in a local park. Bardot published a letter on her foundation's website Tu...
Nov 17, 2022

Canada falling behind as electric-vehicle sales pick up around the world
OTTAWA - Electric-vehicle sales in Canada grew by more than one third in the first half of this year but they are not keeping pace with the rest of the world. A new report on global EV sales released ...
Nov 17, 2022

Oklahoma executes man for 1993 killing of 3-year-old boy
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in 1993. Richard Stephen Fairchild, who turned 63 on Thursday, received a lethal inj...
Nov 17, 2022

Guilty plea in Nipawin drug store break-in
The Shoal Lake man involved in breaking into a drug store in Nipawin last spring has pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including assaulting two police officers.Lucas Daniels, 34, who also goes by th...
Nov 17, 2022

Women break through as World Cup play-by-play voices
The World Cup will sound different this year. Jacqui Oatley will become the first woman play-by-play commentator for U.S. World Cup telecasts, heading one of Fox's five broadcast teams for the tournam...
Nov 17, 2022