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Commons to debate Senate changes to assisted-dying bill Tuesday as deadline looms
OTTAWA - The House of Commons will wait until Tuesday to debate whether to accept or reject Senate amendments to a bill that would expand access to medical assistance in dying. That leaves just three ...
Feb 18, 2021
Rosthern man wins over $1.1 million at VLT in Saskatoon
A Rosthern man is now a millionaire after winning over $1.1 million on the vault breaker jackpot prize in Saskatoon last week.According to a media release from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, ...
Feb 18, 2021
Government to deduct taxes from Phoenix damages payments, civil service union says
OTTAWA - The country's biggest civil service union says the federal government plans to issue payments of up to $2,500 to its members next month - minus taxes - even though a dispute over the tax stat...
Feb 18, 2021
Plans in place for mass COVID immunizations in Saskatchewan
The government says Saskatchewan is prepared to deliver mass immunizations for COVID-19.On Thursday, Premier Scott Moe and Health Minister Paul Merriman joined Saskatchewan Health Authority officials ...
Feb 18, 2021
Law firm can't deduct wedding costs as a business expense, Quebec court finds
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has ruled against a law firm that tried to deduct the cost of a lavish wedding for the daughter of one of its lawyers as a business expense. Judge Daniel Bourgeois of Quebec ...
Feb 18, 2021
Britain's Prince Philip remains in hospital as 'precaution'
LONDON - Britain's 99-year-old Prince Philip has spent a second night in a London hospital after being admitted earlier this week as a precaution due to feeling unwell. Buckingham Palace said Wednesda...
Feb 18, 2021
Head of new Indigenous committee aims for systemic change at Canada Energy Regulator
VANCOUVER - The leader of a new Indigenous Advisory Committee at the Canada Energy Regulator says he wants to fix the system of natural resource development in the country that has previously treated ...
Feb 18, 2021
146 new cases of COVID-19 in the province as total cases exceed 27,000
There are 146 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan as of Feb. 18, bringing the provincial total to 27,099 cases. Recoveries since the beginning of the pandemic are now at 25,221 with 1,516 ...
Feb 18, 2021
South Dakota's AG charged with 3 misdemeanours in fatal crash
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota's Republican attorney general has been charged with misdemeanour careless driving after he struck and killed a man with his car, authorities said Thursday. Jason Ravnsborg ...
Feb 18, 2021
Redden lets us know how the Raiders will sound this year
With the WHL East Division restart having been announced last week, the March 12 start date is just around the corner for the Prince Albert Raiders.Since all the Raiders' games will be going on at the...
Feb 18, 2021
