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Virus ravages poor California county along Mexican border
CALEXICO, Calif. - Dr. Tien Vo's last stop of the night is the home of a 35-year-old woman who has diabetes, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and, now, the coronavirus. The virus killed her father six day...
Aug 4, 2020
Saskatchewan’s back-to-school plan features eight components
Students and parents learned more about Saskatchewan's back-to-school plan Tuesday.The provincial government released details about the plan that is to apply when schools reopen Sept. 1.The government...
Aug 4, 2020
Nine new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, province launches new map to show spread
The province is releasing new COVID-19 maps to provide more detailed information on the number of cases across the province.Saskatchewan will now have an additional map available, showing the virus ca...
Aug 4, 2020
Husband of DA charged with pulling gun on protesters in LA
LOS ANGELES - The husband of the Los Angeles district attorney has been charged with pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter members who demonstrated outside the couple's home the day before the primary ...
Aug 4, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine efforts provide hope but no silver bullet to stop pandemic: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top public health doctors warned Tuesday that vaccines in development for COVID-19 provide hope but will not mean an immediate end to the pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam says the Public He...
Aug 4, 2020
Military exercise in Arctic aims to send message without spreading COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada and some of its closest allies are launching a major naval exercise in the Arctic today that aims to send a message of unity without spreading COVID-19. The three-week training exercis...
Aug 4, 2020
Precipitation decreases, but high flows and lake levels remain in Northern Sask.
Since April 1, Northern Saskatchewan received extremely high rainfall, which resulted in high flows and lake levels across the Churchill River and Lower Saskatchewan River basins.Most of the rainfall ...
Aug 4, 2020
Hickie runs for mayor, takes shots at Dionne
Former Prince Albert Carlton MLA Darryl Hickie has formally entered the mayoral race for the Nov. 9 civic election. The recently retired former Prince Albert police officer, now in his mid-fifties, pr...
Aug 4, 2020
Victims of Don Meredith say Senate compensation process 'totally unacceptable'
OTTAWA - Two women who worked for former senator Don Meredith say the independent process established by the Senate to determine compensation for Meredith's harassment victims...
Aug 4, 2020
Evidence suggests older children biggest vectors, says Blondeau
With the Saskatchewan government set to unveil its plan for returning students to schools, the head of clinical microbiology at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital says the most up-to-date evidence ...
Aug 4, 2020
