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COVID-19 drive-thru testing site to close Saturday and Sunday, re-open Monday
The COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Prince Albert will be closed on Saturday and Sunday due to the extreme cold temperatures.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), who made the announcement on F...
Feb 05, 2021
B.C. extends restrictions as prime minister seeks to allay vaccine delay angst
The prime minister on Friday sought to quell angst over delays in vaccine delivery while British Columbia extended restrictions on gatherings to stem the spread of new, more transmissible variants of ...
Feb 05, 2021
Montreal-based agent Ghavami has a client off to Super Bowl for second straight year
Once again, Sasha Ghavami has a rooting interest in the Super Bowl.For the second straight year, the Montreal-based agent has a client heading to the NFL's marquee game. Canadian Antony Auclair is a f...
Feb 05, 2021
NL Cy Young winner Bauer joins World Series champion Dodgers
LOS ANGELES - Trevor Bauer is coming home to pitch for the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner announced his decision on Friday in a two-minute video poste...
Feb 05, 2021
Claypool expects Chiefs to defend Super Bowl title but could also see a Tampa Bay win
Chase Claypool is expecting another Super Bowl victory for the Kansas City Chiefs, but the Pittsburgh Steelers' Canadian receiver won't be overly surprised if Tom Brady captures a seventh NFL title. B...
Feb 05, 2021
Province administers 2,099 vaccines, 269 new cases of COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced there were 2,099 doses of the vaccine administered in the province yesterday, bringing the total to 38,710 vaccines given in Saskatchewan. There 269 new...
Feb 05, 2021
Executives at Pornhub defend efforts at preventing child porn on their websites
MONTREAL - Representatives of Pornhub told a parliamentary committee today they don't know if they were contacted by a woman who says she struggled to have a video of her removed from the pornography ...
Feb 05, 2021
Suicide rate down in Sask., attributed to ‘pulling together phenomenon’
While there has been a lot of bad news coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems fewer people have decided to take their lives into their own hands.Deaths by suicide were down about 35 per cent in...
Feb 05, 2021
Tenants in Melfort senior housing unit frustrated after months with no elevator
Some concerns about living conditions in a multi-level senior's housing building in Melfort are coming to light.The elevator at Consolation Manor has been out of order since November 19, 2020, resulti...
Feb 05, 2021
ICC clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions
JERUSALEM - The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a wa...
Feb 05, 2021
