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Kinette Club Family Dance
The Melfort Kinette Club is hosting a Family Dance featuring Maxwell Muisic on February 21 from 5 - 8:00 p.m. at the CJVR Performing Arts Centre.Admission is $5 per person or $20 per family.Everyone I...
Feb 15, 2019
100 days after Paradise burned, the stories of the victims
On that frantic morning, TK Huff was calm. The 71-year-old amputee sat in his wheelchair, pointing a garden hose at what quickly became the deadliest wildfire in California history. Nobody knew at the...
Feb 15, 2019
New federal advisory says Canadians should avoid all travel to Haiti
MONTREAL - The federal government has issued a new advisory for Haiti, saying Canadians should avoid all travel to the Caribbean country. Global Affairs says it upgraded its advisory for Hai...
Feb 15, 2019
Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York
NEW YORK - Amazon jilted New York City on Valentine's Day, scrapping plans to build a massive headquarters campus in Queens amid fierce opposition from politicians angry about nearly $3 billion in tax...
Feb 15, 2019
Trump will sign border deal but will also declare emergency
WASHINGTON - Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise that would avert a second painful government shutdown. But a new confrontation has been ignited - this time over President Donald...
Feb 15, 2019
AP analysis: Steel tariffs waived even with tough trade talk
WASHINGTON - Despite President Donald Trump's tough talk on trade, his administration has granted hundreds of companies permission to import millions of tons of steel made in China, Japan and other co...
Feb 15, 2019
China's Huawei soft power push raises hard questions
TORONTO - Canada's national game - brought to you by China's Huawei. As a nasty diplomatic feud deepens between the two countries over the tech company, involving arrests and execution orders, it hasn...
Feb 15, 2019
Government Launches Campaign To Save Lives From Opioid Overdoses
The Government of Saskatchewan has launched an awareness campaign to encourage people to learn the signs of an opioid overdose, know how to respond to one, and be assured that The Good Samaritan Act p...
Feb 15, 2019
Nigeria in battle against fake news ahead of elections
ABUJA, Nigeria - In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that he had not died and been replaced by a Sudanese body double....
Feb 15, 2019
No exit: El Chapo likely off to 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'
NEW YORK - In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there's El Chapo. Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high...
Feb 15, 2019