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Judge delays ruling on N. Carolina absentee ballot procedure
GREENSBORO, N.C. - A federal judge in North Carolina criticized an absentee ballot procedure giving voters more leeway to fix incomplete witness information, but said he'd issue a written ruling at a ...
Oct 07, 2020
Appellate judges let 2020 census continue through October
ORLANDO, Fla. - A panel of three appellate judges on Wednesday upheld a lower court order allowing the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident to continue through October. But the panel struck down a p...
Oct 07, 2020
Sask. Party Leader Scott Moe reveals 1994 impaired driving charge
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe revealed Wednesday he once faced another impaired driving charge.This is separate from an impaired driving incident in 1992, and the fatal crash in which he was inv...
Oct 07, 2020
Sask. teachers share experiences about return to school in new survey
Nine in 10 teachers in a survey say it has been difficult to maintain social distancing since the return of school in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) heard from 2,108 people o...
Oct 07, 2020
Province records 10 new COVID-19 cases, 11 more recoveries
There are 10 new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province and 11 more recoveries.The provincial total is now at 1,994.The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (four), Central West (one), Central ...
Oct 07, 2020
Gang member receives eight-year prison sentence in connection to 2017 homicide
A 27-year-old man received an eight-year prison sentence for his role in a 2017 murder in Prince Albert.Lenny Daniels, who pled to a charge of manslaughter, was one of four people charged in the death...
Oct 07, 2020
SHA declares multi-jurisdictional community outbreak, believed to originate in P.A.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has declared a multi-jurisdictional community transmitted outbreak which contact tracing investigators believe was started in Prince Albert.According to a media...
Oct 07, 2020
International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception
Alia Youssef and Mohamed El-Sawah have been in a long-distance relationship for the better part of a year, though they live just a 35-minute drive apart. Youssef lives in Windsor, Ont., El-Sawah in a ...
Oct 07, 2020
Leask student named to provincial Youth Council
A Grade 12 student from Leask Community School is among 12 young people from across Saskatchewan selected to serve on the 2020-21 provincial Youth Council.Dahnis Duquette and her fellow council member...
Oct 07, 2020
Alexis Lafreniere, fellow NHL hopefuls ready for pandemic-delayed NHL draft
Alexis Lafreniere was supposed to hear his named called in front of family, friends and an adoring crowd inside Montreal's Bell Centre.The presumptive top pick in the 2020 NHL draft from nearby St-Eus...
Oct 07, 2020
