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BANFF – The community of Banff is mourning the loss of one of its young talented photographers this week after the death of Matt Snell on Friday (June 8).

IHOP, the International House of Pancakes recently announced that it was changing its name to IHOb.

Starbucks is closing its Canadian stores after 2 p.m. this afternoon for what the company is calling “a learning session on race, bias and inclusion” for its employees. The training is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Big Wreck, a band formed in Boston in 1994 by Canadian vocalist and lead guitarist Ian Thornley, have been announced as the headline act at the Nickel Days social June 23 in Thompson.

The acrid smell of smoke hung over Souris on Monday morning after a devastating grass fire swept into the community Sunday afternoon

It’s been more than two weeks since Ben Kilmer disappeared in the Cowichan Valley.

TISDALE — A trio of Tisdale Trojans helped Team Saskatchewan brought home silver medals from the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship.

Mike Lamb spends more time in front of a microphone than almost anyone you can contemplate. Besides being a local, on-air personality for 96.1 BOB FM, Lamb sings and plays guitar in two bands that perform throughout the Westman region.

Dianne Mae Bignell, 60, last seen May 17

Canadians were invited to “celebrate” Tax Freedom Day on Sunday by conservative think tank the Fraser Institute. But based on the institute’s fact sheet on taxes, there was little to celebrate.