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Thousands gathered to remember 15 people who died when the Humboldt Broncos' bus crashed late last week and heard a heart-rending recollection from the team chaplain who happened upon the gruesome scene and heard sounds of the dying.

Family and friends of 15 lives lost in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash shared more stories Sunday of tears, fond memories, and unbreakable bonds forged by a love of hockey. While a vigil was set for Sunday night at the junior hockey team's home arena, more names were confirmed of those killed early Friday evening in an accident at an east-central Saskatchewan highway intersection.

The captain of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, Logan Schatz along with head coach Darcy Haugan are among 14 dead following a horrific crash on April 6, 2018, after their team bus collided with a truck on the way to a playoff game in northeastern Saskatchewan Friday.

The federal and Saskatchewan government says Calgary-based Husky is to appear in Lloydminster, Sask., provincial court on Thursday to face 10 charges related to a 2016 pipeline spill.

Journalism students from the University of Regina, who partnered last year with National Observer, the Toronto Star and Global News in an unprecedented investigation, have won an award for a documentary about the money and influence of the oil industry in Saskatchewan.

National Observer will be honoured by the Hillman Foundation on March 28 in Toronto along with its media partners, the Toronto Star and Global News and four journalism schools - Concordia University, Ryerson University, the University of Regina and the University of British Columbia - for their unprecedented investigative series, the Price of Oil.

I live in remote ranch land in the rainshadow area of British Columbia in the Thompson River Valley. It is high desert surrounded by cattle ranches, grazing leases and ‘Indian Reserves’ (reservations).

The federal government and Saskatchewan are still deadlocked on a national climate change plan despite what the two sides call a constructive meeting on Friday, March 9, 2018.

Saskatchewan's NDP has chosen Ryan Meili to be its new leader, who the party hopes will enable it to topple a weakened government that's held power for more than a decade.

Four months before the not-guilty verdict in the killing of Colten Boushie ignited concern across Canada, a poll by Insights West indicated that half of Canadians believe the justice system has not done enough to address bias against Aboriginal Canadians.

Rick Harp, founder and president of INDIGENA Creative Group, said the Media Indigena website was knocked offline Sunday, the morning after the website posted a critique of the Gerald Stanley verdict.

"We're not in a rush because we want things done right," said Colten Boushie's cousin, Jade Tootoosis, shortly after meeting with Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett.

As the race to produce enough cannabis for the soon-to-be-legal market gets increasingly crowded, licensed producers are setting their sights on the next frontier in the race for maximum pot profitability: developing retail stores.

To find Gerald Stanley guilty, would be to find him responsible for his actions — actions which resulted in the death of Colten Boushie, an Indian. But we don’t do that in this country. White Canada is not responsible for what has happened to Indians.

The federal Justice Minister has said the country "can and must do better" after a white farmer was acquitted in the shooting death of a young Indigenous man.