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Five federal inmates test positive for COVID-19 as case counts spike across Canada
OTTAWA - The Correctional Service of Canada says five inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 in Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta. It says contract tracing is underway and testing is being offered at th...
Nov 11, 2020
Dispute over access prompts AP to drop CMA Awards coverage
NEW YORK - The Associated Press has pulled out of its planned coverage of Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards show due to restrictions that have been placed on still photographers and screen ...
Nov 11, 2020
Bench installed on River Street to honour Donald Light
After nearly a year since a Prince Albert man went missing, the family of Donald Light along with officials from the City of Prince Albert, have cemented a memorial bench to honour him.Light went miss...
Nov 11, 2020
‘We are losing the battle against this virus’: Saskatchewan doctors hope for more action on COVID
A group of Saskatchewan doctors believes the province is currently losing the fight against COVID-19.280 physicians penned a letter to Premier Scott Moe, Dr. Saqib Shahab and Health Minister Paul Merr...
Nov 11, 2020
Men of the North distribute hundreds of food vouchers
Food vouchers handed out by Men of the North have helped close to 1,600 residents of northern Saskatchewan so far this year.In total, approximately 400 food vouchers worth $75 each have been distribut...
Nov 11, 2020
Moving tribute by students and staff at St. Anne school
There have been no classes this week at cole St. Anne School, but that hasn't stopped staff and students from paying their respects to Canada's veterans.On Tuesday, Grade 6 French teacher Mrs. Longlit...
Nov 11, 2020
Officials: 3 wounded in blast at non-Muslim Saudi cemetery
PARIS - Three people were wounded Wednesday when an improvised explosive device targeted a ceremony of French, American, British, Italian and Greek officials commemorating the end of World War I at a ...
Nov 11, 2020
A festival hit waylaid by the virus, ‘The Climb’ peddles on
NEW YORK - "The Climb" is a portrait of a male friendship told in single-shot chapters with cataclysmic happenings - marriage, death, children - in between. With each lurch forward, we have to get our...
Nov 11, 2020
Eta regains hurricane strength as Florida prepares for hit
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Eta regained hurricane strength Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm. The storm's maximum sustained winds increased to around 75 mph (120 kph) of...
Nov 11, 2020
Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner
ALBANY, N.Y. - A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence he was a slave trader and owner himself. "Not only did...
Nov 11, 2020
