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Former world champion Kevin Koe earns third straight win at Tim Hortons Brier event
CALGARY - Kevin Koe remains unbeaten at the Tim Hortons Brier. Koe's Wild Card 2 rink defeated Eddie MacKenzie of Prince Edward Island 12-5 on Sunday to improve to 3-0 at the Canadian men's curling ch...
Mar 07, 2021
'It's been a good week': Tam hopeful on vaccines as pandemic anniversary nears
Canada's chief public health officer is expressing hope for the future as the world prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 crisis. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a ...
Mar 07, 2021
Ag experts keep eye on precipitation levels leading into growing season
NORTH BATTLEFORD - While spring is still a couple of months away, producers in the North West region of Saskatchewan are keeping an eye on precipitation levels this winter as they plan for a new seedi...
Mar 07, 2021
New COVID-19 vaccine shipments expected this week; 116 new cases reported, two deaths, 209 recoveries
A Pfizer vaccine shipment is expected on Tuesday to supply Saskatoon (3,510 doses) and Regina (3,510 doses). The province is then expected to receive another shipment on Wednesday to give North Battle...
Mar 07, 2021
Board to begin search for permanent Capitol Police chief
WASHINGTON - The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capi...
Mar 07, 2021
Conservatives to call aides to Sajjan, Trudeau to testify on Vance allegations
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they want to hear when two senior Liberal officials first learned about allegations of sexual misconduct by Gen. Jonathan Vance - and what they did about them. T...
Mar 07, 2021
Key players in trial of ex-officer charged in Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS - Jury selection begins Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death. Derek Chauvin's trial, which is expected to last weeks,...
Mar 07, 2021
Wayne Gretzky remembers his father, Walter, as man with 'a heart of gold' at funeral
BRANTFORD, Ont. - Walter Gretzky's family thought the end was coming quickly in the middle of February.The father of hockey's greatest player had suffered a serious hip injury, and after battling Park...
Mar 07, 2021
Rangers' first Scottish title in 10 years is a world- record 55th
GLASGOW, Scotland - Rangers won its first Scottish Premiership title in 10 years Sunday to complete its recovery from financial implosion and being forced to start again in the fourth division. A...
Mar 07, 2021
One dead following Highway 3 collision, restrictions in place
Prince Albert RCMP said in a news release Sunday that the driver of a small car has died in a crash on Highway 3.Police said they are responding to what is believed to be a head-on collision between a...
Mar 07, 2021
