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SHA increasing testing and contact tracing capacity
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is ramping up testing and contact tracing capacity in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, but says it won't be able to keep pace unless people limit their co...
Nov 26, 2020
EA Rawlinson December shows impacted by COVID restrictions
On Friday, Nov. 27 new regulations will be in place limiting gathering at performance venues like the EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts to 30 people. Due to the new gathering restrictions changes are b...
Nov 26, 2020
P.A. Correctional to become re-direction site for Saskatoon inmates, following COVID spike in Saskatoon
Effective Thursday, all remanded and sentenced offenders in the province are being sent to the Regina and Prince Albert Correctional Centres, and there will be no new admissions to the Saskatoon Corre...
Nov 26, 2020
As Alberta's COVID-19 cases rise, so does tension over world junior championship
Alberta's spike in COVID-19 infections and the virus's infiltration of Canada's team is concerning for the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton, according to a health and law expert and an epi...
Nov 26, 2020
Boy dead, officer hurt in Kawartha Lakes, Ont.; police watchdog investigating
A one-year-old boy was fatally shot and his father and a provincial police officer injured Thursday following an alleged abduction in central Ontario, the province's police watchdog says. The Special ...
Nov 26, 2020
AOC Among Us: progressive firebrand to join NDP leader for online gaming sesh Friday
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The leader of the New Democrats has thrown down the gauntlet to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Canada-U. S. relations may never be the same. Jagmeet Singh challenged the firebr...
Nov 26, 2020
SJHL teams react in different ways to hockey pause
There has been a variety of responses to the provincial government's curbs on sports to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. With hockey effectively now on pause until after the Christmas break, t...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta's chief medical health officer publicly criticizes staffer who leaked info
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health, dealing with rocketing COVID-19 case numbers, is criticizing a member of her inner circle for leaking confidential information to the media. Dr. D...
Nov 26, 2020
Public health officers walk fine line between public and politicians, scholars say
EDMONTON - There's a fine line between a public health officer's duty to the people they serve and their duty to the elected officials who appoint them, scholars say. But they add governments should b...
Nov 26, 2020
Woodbine Racetrack ends horse racing season after talks with provincial government
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment says it has officially cancelled the rest of its thoroughbred racing season following discussions with the Ontario government.When Toronto was placed into a lockdown s...
Nov 26, 2020
