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Confirmed opioid-related deaths down in Saskatchewan in 2021, 239 deaths still being investigated
If you take a quick look at Saskatchewan's opioid numbers for 2021, they may seem promising, however, they may be misleading. According to the Saskatchewan Coroner's Service, which releases monthly st...
Jan 07, 2022
Blue Bombers sign all-star defensive end Willie Jefferson to extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed all-star American defensive end Willie Jefferson to a contract extension. The six-foot-seven, 252-pound native of Beaumont, Texas, was named the CFL's ...
Jan 07, 2022
Saskatchewan sets housing sales record in 2021
The weather may have been cold to end 2021, but housing sales were red hot in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA) released its December stats Thursday, which included the yearly r...
Jan 07, 2022
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Economy added 55,000 jobs in December, StatCan says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 55,000 jobs in December. The agency reported the unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent for the month, compared with 6.0 per cent in November. More coming...
Jan 07, 2022
COVID labor crunch and Jagmeet Singh's baby girl: In The News for Jan. 7
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jan 07, 2022
Key sectors facing staffing struggles amid escalating pandemic
With COVID-19's latest wave showing few signs of abating concerns are deepening as more and more workers in vital sectors are sidelined by the pandemic. In Ontario where the number of COVID patients i...
Jan 07, 2022
Montreal homeless shelters fear COVID-19 crisis as cases rise, temperatures drop
MONTREAL - The heads of several Montreal homeless shelters say they're facing a crisis, as rising staff absences due to COVID-19 threaten to disrupt services during the coldest part of winter. There w...
Jan 07, 2022
'Why do I feel so guilty?' Saskatchewan residents sending rapid tests out of province
Troy Weppler says he turned away from a post office employee in Saskatoon as he shoved a box of COVID-19 rapid tests into an envelope to send to family in British Columbia. "Why do I feel so guilty ab...
Jan 07, 2022
Kazakhstan leader: Constitutional order restored amid unrest
MOSCOW (AP) - The president of Kazakhstan on Friday declared that constitutional order was "mainly restored" after the country was engulfed in unprecedented unrest in recent days. "An anti-terror oper...
Jan 07, 2022
Landeskog's hat trick leads Avalanche to 7-1 win over Jets
DENVER (AP) - Gabriel Landeskog had his fourth career hat trick and finished with four points to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 7-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. Landeskog scored twi...
Jan 06, 2022
