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Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census
Battered by criticism that the 2020 census was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden administration has the tall task of restoring confidence in...
Jan 21, 2021

Legal review shows British Columbia can't restrict interprovincial travel: Horgan
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says a review of legal options has made it clear it cannot prevent people from travelling to the province from elsewhere in Canada. Premier John Horgan says in a stateme...
Jan 21, 2021

What'sHappeningNOW Jan. 21, 2021
Senior reporter Nigel Maxwell talks about a young woman receiving a 15 month jail sentence in connection with a drive-by shooting last October.
Jan 21, 2021

CNN, MSNBC viewers flip for Biden; Fox audience slumps
NEW YORK - Nothing illustrates the political passions of a television network's audience quite like ratings for a presidential inaugural. The 6.53 million people who watched President Joe Biden take t...
Jan 21, 2021

World leaders cheer US return to climate fight under Biden
BERLIN - World leaders breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunn...
Jan 21, 2021

McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of Donald Trump's impeachment trial to February to give the former president time to prepare and review his ca...
Jan 21, 2021

Woman from Black Lake wins $100,000 after buying lottery ticket in P.A.
A Black Lake woman is $100,000 richer after winning the second top prize on her Hot Lines Zing Ticket she bought in Prince Albert.According to a media release from Sask. Lotteries, Michelle Throassie ...
Jan 21, 2021

Fond Du Lac First Nation prepares for new election
Following an election in 2017 that was marred with controversy, and a two-month delay due to COVID-19, members of the Fond Du Lac First Nation will head back to the polls later this month.The band's g...
Jan 21, 2021

No increase to P.A. water bills in the pipeline
Prince Albert City Council has tentatively approved holding water rates for in-city users steady with no increase for the coming year. Meanwhile Driftwood and Eastview trailer courts and Saskatchewan ...
Jan 21, 2021

Alice Hoagland, gay-rugby godmother and 9-11 activist, dies
Alice Hoagland, a beloved figure of the gay rugby movement that her own son, Mark Bingham, helped set in motion shortly before he perished in the 2001 terrorist attacks as one of the heroes of Flight ...
Jan 21, 2021

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