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Oil price spike won't increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the current spike in oil prices isn't enough reason to require the industry to spend more on cleaning up the tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells ...
Oct 08, 2021
British Royal Navy, Canadian Coast Guard sign deal on Arctic co-operation, training
OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard signed an agreement Friday with Britain's Royal Navy to train its sailors on Arctic icebreakers in Canada's Far North. The memorandum of understanding follows a 2020 ...
Oct 08, 2021
P.A.'s Fetch could go from NLL broadcaster to goalie with pro tryout this weekend
Prince Albert's Tanner Fetch has the extremely rare opportunity to go from reporting on the National Lacrosse League (NLL) as a broadcaster to actually playing in the league he used to report on.After...
Oct 08, 2021
RCMP pursuing alleged ATV thieves
Saskatchewan RCMP are seeking two suspects, in connection to an ATV theft this week in the Shellbrook area.On Tuesday, at approximately 4:45 p.m., Ahtahkakoop/Shellbrook RCMP received a complaint that...
Oct 08, 2021
Canadian basketball star Kia Nurse suffers torn ACL in right knee
Canadian women's basketball star Kia Nurse will miss the remainder of the 2021 WNBA season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. The Phoenix guard suffered the injury ju...
Oct 08, 2021
Gov. Gen. May Simon helped feed hungry in Ottawa as demand for food help soars
OTTAWA - An Ottawa homeless shelter where demand for services has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic served as the backdrop for the first-ever public event for Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon Friday. M...
Oct 08, 2021
P.A. nurses feeling burnt out & stressed as hospital continues battle against COVID-19
Anxiety, fear, and fatigue are just some of the raw emotions plaguing nurses at Prince Albert's Victoria Hospital.That's according to Tracy Zambory, President of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, who ...
Oct 08, 2021
Warm, dry conditions spark fires causing smoke-filled Sask. skies
The living skies have been extremely smoky this week.Christopher Clemett from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said the smoke has been caused by wildfires in the northeast part of Saskatch...
Oct 08, 2021
Saskatchewan not asking for COVID-19 help, yet
Saskatchewan hospitals are full of COVID patients and on Thursday there were 78 people reported in ICU, which is one off the number of ICU beds the province has on a normal day.But at a news conferenc...
Oct 08, 2021
Biden won't invoke executive privilege on Trump docs
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is not asserting executive privilege over a tranche of documents sought by a House committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, setting ...
Oct 08, 2021
