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COVID cases spike even as US hits 200M vaccine milestone
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 200 million Wednesday amid a dispiriting holiday-season spike in cases and hospitalizations that has hit even ...
Dec 08, 2021
Moe taking heat over phone call to leader of Sask. anti-vaccine group
Premier Scott Moe is getting a lot of criticism over a conversation he had with the leader of a Saskatchewan group that is against the COVID-19 vaccine, vaccines for children, and mandates.Moe said he...
Dec 08, 2021
P.A. residents still planning to travel for holidays despite Omicron variant
The Omicron variant isn't scaring some Prince Albert residents from travelling out of the country for the holidays.The variant was first discovered in southern Africa and has started to pop up in diff...
Dec 08, 2021
Forty-eight new cases of COVID reported today, 10 in northern Saskatchewan
As of Dec. 8, there are 48 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the province today.Of the new cases identified today, 10 have been identified in Northern Saskatchewan; Far North West (one), Nor...
Dec 08, 2021
Should be enough local turkey to gobble this Christmas: Turkey Farmers of Saskatchewan
Turkey sales always increase at this time of year and there have been some concerns about shortages, but the Turkey Farmers of Saskatchewan aren't sounding the alarm just yet about running out of turk...
Dec 08, 2021
Report urges tax sale changes after B.C. woman loses home and $270,000 in equity
VICTORIA - A vulnerable woman from Penticton, B.C., who lost her home valued at $420,000 when the city sold it to collect $10,000 in overdue property taxes has prompted a call for change from the prov...
Dec 08, 2021
Supreme Court restores manslaughter conviction in Regina child starvation case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the conviction of a foster father in the starvation death of one child and the near death of her sister who were both in his and his wife's care. The hi...
Dec 08, 2021
Hopes for promised return to peacekeeping dashed as Canada pledges money, not troops
OTTAWA - Canada emerged from a high-profile peacekeeping summit in South Korea this week having pledged millions of dollars in new funds to help the UN execute its missions around the world. Yet notab...
Dec 08, 2021
Mike O'Shea, Orlondo Steinauer have their respective teams back in 2021 Grey Cup game
HAMILTON - Wins and losses are important, but Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer believe -- as CFL head coaches -- they're in the people business. It's an approach that seems to work for O'Shea, the he...
Dec 08, 2021
Olympic decathlon champ Warner wins Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Athlete of the Year
TORONTO - Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner is the winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Athlete of the Year. Warner won gold at the Tokyo Games last summer and became just the fourth man ...
Dec 08, 2021
