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Saskatchewan leads Canada in export growth
The Government of Saskatchewan announced the province's exports have increased despite challenges presented by COVID-19.Throughout 2020, Canada's exports suffered a 13 per cent decline while Saskatche...
Jan 12, 2021
Council discusses proposed $6 million landfill expansion
An estimated $6 million expansion is needed at Prince Albert's landfill, but some councillors have questions about whether P.A. residents are shouldering too much of the cost.The enlargement will see ...
Jan 12, 2021
Nunavut officials urge residents to get COVID vaccine, about 400 shots given so far
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut officials are urging residents to get immunized against COVID-19 as the vaccine starts to roll out across the territory. Chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, ...
Jan 12, 2021
Chuck Norris manager says actor was not at U.S. Capitol riot
NEW YORK - Chuck Norris' manager says the "Walker, Texas Ranger" star was not present at last week's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. A photo of a man resembling Norris apparently with a member of the...
Jan 12, 2021
Sundance adds Coogler-produced ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
The Ryan Coogler-produced Fred Hampton film "Judas and the Black Messiah" will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival before heading to HBO Max and theatres, programmers announced Tuesday. Da...
Jan 12, 2021
‘Right now, it’s really scary:’ Outreach worker, chief coroner reflect on 2020 overdose crisis
Now that 2020 is in the rearview mirror, we're learning more about the deadliest overdose year on record in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Coroners Service provided an update Monday to the public, outl...
Jan 12, 2021
US prosecutors weighing sedition charges in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are considering sedition charges against at least some of the Trump loyalists who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week and will be examining the movement and money flow ...
Jan 12, 2021
Plane makes a belly landing at Regina airport
No one was hurt after a Piper PA-42 Cheyenne aircraft landed on its belly at the Regina airport on Tuesday.James Bogusz, president and CEO of the Regina Airport Authority, says officials are unsure wh...
Jan 12, 2021
James Franklin signs one-year extension with Riders
While he has never played a game for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, James Franklin is being given a contract extension.Franklin, who joined the CFL team during the 2020 off-season, has signed a one-yea...
Jan 12, 2021
Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe
DETROIT - Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the m...
Jan 12, 2021
