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What’s in a name? Another long-established local law firm has decided to ditch the names of the partners in its branding by going with a new regionally-focused title.

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt landfill will be converted into a transfer station, changing the type of refuse accepted at the location. As of Tuesday, Nov.

The Canadian Press The latest failure of a Calgary-based junior oil and gas producer could add more than 1,400 wells to a provincial inventory of orphaned petroleum assets, warns the Alberta Orphan Well Association.

The Canadian Press Buckingham Palace says new outfits designed for Queen Elizabeth II will not use real fur. The palace said Wednesday the decision does not mean the queen will dispose of all the fur outfits she already has.

The Canadian Press Conservative MPs have voted against giving themselves the power to kick Andrew Scheer out as leader of the party, The Canadian Press has learned.

After receiving surgery to receive an epidural simulator in his spine, former Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki's family posted a video on Twitter of him learning to control his legs. The experimental procedure was performed in Thailand on Nov. 4.

Education was on the agenda for the opposition New Democrats in North Battleford Tuesday. They held an education town hall at the Western Development Museum, with leader Ryan Meili and opposition education critic Carla Beck in attendance.

The agreement signed earlier this year between North Battleford, Battleford and five area First Nations has earned all of them a first place Saskatchewan Municipal Award.

At approximately 6 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, Turtleford RCMP responded to an alarm at a business on Main Street in the community of Edam. Upon arrival on scene, it was observed that a suspect had attempted to break into the ATM.

Calgary – The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) released its 2020 Canadian Oilfield Services Activity Forecast on Oct. 31. PSAC expects a total of 4,500 wells (rig releases) to be drilled in Canada in 2020.