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Provincial COVID-19 total at 134; 18 cases connected to Christopher Lake rally
There are 30 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan on Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 134. Eighteen of those cases are additional infections linked to a Christopher Lake snowmobile r...
Mar 28, 2020 Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Canadian Press)
Rosneft hands Venezuelan oil business to Russian state firm
MOSCOW - Russia's Rosneft oil company said Saturday that it's halting operations in Venezuela and selling its assets there to a company fully owned by the Russian government, a move apparently intende...
Mar 28, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:15 p.m. on March 28, 2020: There are 5,416 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 2,498 confirmed (includ...
Mar 28, 2020
Second Colorado Avalanche player tests positive for COVID-19
DENVER - A second player on the Colorado Avalanche has tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced Saturday afternoon. The player is in self-isolation and all other Avalanche players and sta...
Mar 28, 2020
Rare Cyrus Cuneo painting restored
A rare painting that's over 100 years has been restored and is back on display in Prince Albert's Council Chamber at City Hall.Cyrus Cincinnati Cuneo's painting of Sir John Simpson on his tour of insp...
Mar 28, 2020 Cyrus Cincinnati Cuneo’s painting of Sir John Simpson on his tour of inspection from Hudson’s Bay to the Pacific Coast dates back to the early 1900’s and was commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Submitted photo/City of Prince Albert
Muskeg Lake declare state of emergency
On Friday evening, the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Muskeg Lake Cree Nation said in a statement that all non-essential operations will ce...
Mar 28, 2020 An aerial view of Pitihkwakew Lake. Muskeg Lake Cree Nation
More youth seeking help from crisis line: COVID-19
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on service, according to a spokesperson for the Kids' Help Phone.Deanna Dunham, Manager in Charge of Indigenous Initiatives, said call volu...
Mar 28, 2020 (Facebook/ Kids' Help Phone)
Former Sen. Tom Coburn, known as a political maverick, dies
OKLAHOMA CITY - Former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma family doctor who earned a reputation as a conservative political maverick as he railed against federal earmarks and subsidies for the rich, ha...
Mar 28, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11 a.m The federal government says it is working with its counterparts in Panama and a cruise line to get mor...
Mar 28, 2020
Feds working to get 248 Canadians stranded on COVID-19-infected cruise ship home
TORONTO - More than 200 Canadians remain stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of Panama where some passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 and four others have died. The federal governmen...
Mar 28, 2020
