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R.M. of Nipawin implements fire ban
With its neighbour - the Rural Municipality of Torch River No. 488 - under an emergency wildfire advisory, the R.M. of Nipawin No. 487 has implemented an immediate fire ban.In a release on May 17, the...
May 18, 2020
Millman back in practice after backyard tennis in pandemic
BRISBANE, Australia - Just four matches after losing his five-setter against Roger Federer at the Australian Open, John Millman was having to scramble to find a practice court. It's not like he was su...
May 18, 2020
P.A. SPCA is asking for any accumulating bottles and cans
Since SARCAN Recycling has been temporarily closed in Prince Albert amid the COVID-19 pandemic, residents may have an overflow of cans and bottles.If that is the case, the Prince Albert SPCA is asking...
May 18, 2020
St John Paul II honoured as Poland sees new abuse allegations
WARSAW, Poland - St. John Paul II was honoured on the centennial of his birth with special Masses at the Vatican and in his native Poland on Monday, an anniversary that comes as the Polish church find...
May 18, 2020
Mass killing: Nova Scotia has been through hard times before, but not like this
DEBERT, N.S. - On days when he's feeling up to it, Nick Beaton heads to a rural road just outside of Debert, N.S., where a makeshift memorial pays tribute to his late wife and unborn child. It's ...
May 18, 2020
Feds quietly probe expanded role for child care in post-pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - The federal government has been quietly probing how to provide provinces with more money annually for child care, as part of what sources describe as an issue that is at, or near, the top of ...
May 18, 2020
Tragedy strikes Snowbirds during Kamloops flyover
KAMLOOPS - One crewmember has died and another is seriously injured after they ejected from their Snowbird and the plane crashed into a neighbourhood near the Kamloops Airport.The Canadian Forces Snow...
May 17, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 5:34 p.m. on May 17, 2020: There are 77,001 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 42,920 confirmed (includ...
May 17, 2020
Powell: Recovery may begin by summer, will likely be slow
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed optimism Sunday that the U.S. economy can begin to recover from a devastating recession in the second half of the year, assuming the coronavi...
May 17, 2020
Canadian Forces Snowbird plane crashes in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A Canadian Forces Snowbirds plane crashed in a residential area of Kamloops, B.C., shortly after takeoff on Sunday, sending neighbours pouring onto the street where they said a h...
May 17, 2020
