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Habs star Price sends support to boys who lost parents in NS mass shooting
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has reached out to give support two boys who lost their parents during the Nova Scotia mass shooting last month Price sent a heartfelt video message to 11-yea...
May 7, 2020
UFC relying on hefty health and safety blueprint for trio of Florida shows
The UFC returns to action Saturday after a two-month absence with the first of three shows in Jacksonville, Fla. - working off a hefty health, safety and operations manual in the face of COVID-19...
May 7, 2020
AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn's criminal case
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that bec...
May 7, 2020
Paramedics take extra safety precautions with PPE
Paramedics with Parkland Ambulance are taking extra precautions to keep the public and themselves safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The precautions include additional and detailed cleaning procedures wi...
May 7, 2020 Parkland Ambulance paramedics will wear personal protective equipment like this when they attend calls. (submitted photo/Parkland Ambulance)
Saskatchewan wildfires expected to be 'fairly active this year'
While the wildfire season is off to a slow start in the province, it could soon heat up.A spokesperson with Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is warning the conditions for the next two months are prim...
May 7, 2020 (File photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
Watchdogs warn COVID-19 apps come with privacy risks to Canadians
OTTAWA - Privacy commissioners from across the country are warning of potential risks associated with government COVID-19 apps used to trace the movements of Canadians. Some provinces have already int...
May 7, 2020
Testing practices and staffing levels big concerns for SUN in northern Saskatchewan
Many nurses working in northern Saskatchewan are extremely concerned right now. With a large COVID-19 outbreak declared in La Loche, and other outbreaks in hospitals in Lloydminster, Meadow Lake and P...
May 7, 2020 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president Tracy Zambory at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon on April 9, 2019. (650 CKOM)
Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...
May 7, 2020
Trudeau says he does not share view that oil and gas sector is beyond saving
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not agree that oil and gas in Canada is dead. Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May both claim t...
May 7, 2020
Planned power outage affecting 64 customers in P.A.
SaskPower has announced a planned power outage in P.A. this morning.From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. the power outage will affect 64 customers on the 600 block of 19 to 22 St. E and the 1900 to the 2100 blocks o...
May 7, 2020 SaskPower. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
