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Canada must sanction Vladimir Putin's oligarchs: Alexei Navalny's chief of staff
OTTAWA - The chief of staff to Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned critic of the Russian president, is calling on Ottawa to impose new sanctions on those who he described as "Vladimir Putin's oligarchs." L...
May 06, 2021
Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot wins Laureus World Sports Award for comeback
SEVILLE, Spain - Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot has won the Comeback of the Year honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards. Parrot beat out former Washington Football Team quarterback Alex Smith, Ame...
May 06, 2021
Saskatchewan rolls out plans for second doses, teen vaccinations
Saskatchewan is preparing for Round 2 of its vaccination fight against COVID-19.On Thursday, the provincial government revealed second doses of COVID vaccines will be administered to Saskatchewan resi...
May 06, 2021
Government reports 156 new cases of COVID-19, 265 recoveries, and no deaths
The Saskatchewan government is reporting 156 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. This brings the provincial total to 42,376 cases; 39,717 recoveries and 2,158 cases considered active.No new d...
May 06, 2021
Pizza chef Bruno DiFabio gets prison time for tax evasion
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Bruno DiFabio, a celebrity pizza chef who owns restaurants in Connecticut and New York, was sentenced to 30 days in prison Thursday for tax evasion. DiFabio, 51, known as "Lord of ...
May 06, 2021
Road construction season gets underway in Prince Albert
The City of Prince Albert has announced various current and future road and lane closures happening in the community.Until May 17, First Avenue from 17th Street to 18th Street West will be closed as c...
May 06, 2021
US proposes ending rule that weakened wild bird protections
BILLINGS, Mont. - Longstanding protections for wild birds would be restored under a proposal unveiled Thursday to bring back prosecutions of avian deaths by industry that were ended under former Presi...
May 06, 2021
Rights report: State of Afghan women's health care grim
KABUL - After nearly 20 years since the ouster of the Taliban and billions of dollars spent on infrastructure and aid, many Afghan women still have desperately poor access to health facilities and ade...
May 06, 2021
General says US may train Afghan forces in other countries
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military may continue to train Afghan security forces, but do it in other countries after American forces leave Afghanistan, the top U.S. military officer said Thursday, calling ...
May 06, 2021
Blinken reaffirms US support for Ukraine amid Russia tension
KYIV, Ukraine - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington's support for Ukraine at a meeting Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the wake of Kyiv's heightened tensions wi...
May 06, 2021
