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Birch Hills multi-use facility wins provincial award
A six-year project in the Town of Birch Hills is being recognized in the 15th Annual Saskatchewan Municipal Awards.The transformation of an old Co-op grocery store into a multi-use facility has made t...
Mar 08, 2022
COVID and fleet issues crushed transit use last year
A combination of people not wanting to be confined with others in a bus and significant physical issues with its new fleet led to a huge drop in Prince Albert city transit ridership last year. From pe...
Mar 08, 2022
Manitoba's McEwen hands Nova Scotia's Flemming his first loss at the Brier
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Manitoba's Mike McEwen defeated Paul Flemming 7-4 on Tuesday morning to hand the Nova Scotia skip his first loss at the Tim Hortons Brier. McEwen stole two points in the sixth end ...
Mar 08, 2022
'Speed kills:' Sprint coaching is leaving a mark in football preparation
It's the one element of football Chris Bertoia and other coaches can't teach. "Speed kills. Everybody knows that, at our level and the professional level," said Bertoia, the Waterloo Warriors head coa...
Mar 08, 2022
Bono says better days ahead for Toronto FC despite poor showing in home opener
TORONTO - Despite taking just one point from its first two games and suffering a lopsided 4-1 loss in its weekend home opener, Toronto FC remains optimistic that brighter days are ahead. "I feel that....
Mar 08, 2022
Apple, MLB announce 'Friday Night Baseball' package
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple will enter the live sports coverage arena with "Friday Night Baseball." Apple and Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Apple TV+ will carry a weekly doubleheader...
Mar 08, 2022
AP Sources: Seahawks agree to trade Russell Wilson to Denver
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to trade nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos for a massive haul of draft picks and players, two people familiar...
Mar 08, 2022
'We were 100 per cent sure.' Mounties mistakenly thought N.S. gunman had shot himself
HALIFAX - It is one of the most perplexing aspects about the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives: after killing 13 people in Portapique, N.S., late on April 18, 2020, the killer decided...
Mar 08, 2022
Winnipeg zoo giving COVID-19 vaccine to 55 animals including tigers and snow leopards
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg zoo is giving a COVID-19 vaccine to some of its animals that are considered to be at greater risk of contracting the virus. The Assiniboine Park Zoo says it has begun using a v...
Mar 08, 2022
Experts question Tory MP's bill to protect political beliefs in Human Rights Act
OTTAWA - Legal experts are questioning the necessity of a Conservative MP's bill to add political beliefs and activity to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights ...
Mar 08, 2022
