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Gov’t backtracks on some PST charges as part of four-point plan
A reversal of fortunes for Saskatchewan has led to the reversal of a plan by the provincial government.Thanks to resource revenue more than $1.5 billion higher than was expected when the budget was re...
Aug 23, 2022
Serena Williams tells Meghan of baby’s injury before match
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Serena Williams and Meghan recount challenges they've experienced as working mothers on the Duchess of Sussex's first podcast, including stories of having to work soon after scary i...
Aug 23, 2022
Mustangs announce death of former captain Gaetan Benoit
Former captain of the Melfort Mustangs, Gaetan Benoit, has died.Benoit played for the team for three years, starting in 1997 and ending in 2000, serving as team captain in his final year. "Our thought...
Aug 23, 2022
P.A. police look to fill vacancies with $25K hiring incentive for experienced officers
Prince Albert's police department is looking to fill its ranks and is hoping a big incentive will bring the best men and women to the force.The service is accepting applications from experienced polic...
Aug 23, 2022
Saskatchewan sees $1-billion surplus due to strong resource revenue
High resource prices have brought a boost to Saskatchewan's revenues, resulting in a surplus budget and allowing for reduction of the provincial debt as well as relief measures for residents strugglin...
Aug 23, 2022
US to send $3 billion in aid to Ukraine as war hits 6 months
WASHINGTON (AP) - As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, inc...
Aug 23, 2022
Durant, Nets plan to move forward together instead of trade
NEW YORK (AP) - Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets plan to stay together after all, even after the All-Star forward asked to be traded earlier this summer. The Nets said Tuesday that the team's leader...
Aug 23, 2022
2 men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by...
Aug 23, 2022
Renowned architect Moshe Safdie gifts archive and Habitat 67 condo unit to McGill
MONTREAL - Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie is donating his professional archive to McGill University, including his thesis that led to the Habitat 67 apartment complex in Montreal. McGill says...
Aug 23, 2022
Quebec coroner investigates deaths of Inuuk women struck on Montreal highways
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner is investigating the deaths of two Inuuk women in their 20s who were hit by cars within a 24-hour period over the weekend on separate Montreal highways. A spokesperson fo...
Aug 23, 2022
