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Local seniors look forward to 'getting on with living' as vaccine roll-out plan announced
While the post-COVID recovery may yet be months away, the announcement of Saskatchewan's vaccine delivery plan has some Prince Albert seniors cautiously optimistic about the prospect of gathering agai...
Dec 09, 2020
Women's Hall of Fame honours Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. - "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and "Beloved" author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame Thursday as part of a posthumous clas...
Dec 09, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Conservatives have no interest in improving a bill on assisted dying, they just want to stop it. The Conservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill ...
Dec 09, 2020
Annual Shop with a Cop program moves online this holiday season
An annual tradition with the Prince Albert Police Service which allows kids to 'Shop with a Cop' for holiday gifts will look quite different this year. Due to COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, po...
Dec 09, 2020
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...
Dec 09, 2020
Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 09, 2020
Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over 'tax affairs'
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter said Wednesday that he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U....
Dec 09, 2020
Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans
VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...
Dec 09, 2020
Arrests in St. Brieux in illegal firearms probe
nwnTwo men have been charged after arrests in St Brieux in relation to an illegal firearms investigation.On Tuesday, Dec. 8, crews executed two search warrants in the town and as a result found firear...
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has introduced legislation that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain informati...
Dec 09, 2020
