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STF president calls to suspend hockey as COVID-19 continues to spread
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Patrick Maze is asking for hockey and other recreational activities to cease operations as an added measure to keep COVID-19 cases out of schools across the...
Nov 21, 2020
Canada, Britain strike new trade, beating Brexit, incorporating expiring EU pact
OTTAWA - Canada and Britain have struck a new trade deal, beating the Dec. 31 Brexit deadline that would have triggered new tariffs on a range of Canadian exports.The interim deal will replace Canada'...
Nov 21, 2020
Gillian (The Savage) Robertson leads list of Canadians in UFC action in December
Canadian fighter Gillian (The Savage) Robertson, ranked 12th among UFC flyweights, returns to action next month against No. 10 Andrea (KGB) Lee at UFC 256.The 25-year-old native of Niagara Falls, Ont....
Nov 21, 2020
A long way from lab bench to bedside: Virus experts urge COVID-19 vaccine caution
Despite recent optimism over reported results from COVID-19 vaccine trials, virologists say there is still a long way from lab bench to bedside. "You would think by this stage of the pandemic we would...
Nov 21, 2020
'You will be refused entry or asked to leave': SHA highlights need for mask wearing
Wear a mask and wear it properly, otherwise you could be asked to leave.That's one of the key messages from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) as they remind everyone who enters their facilities ...
Nov 21, 2020
Ex-lacrosse star Delby Powless writes about mental health in novel 'Medicine Game'
Writing a novel is one of the hardest - but most cathartic - things former pro lacrosse player Delby Powless has ever done. "Medicine Game" centres on Tommy Henry as he struggles with violent outburst...
Nov 21, 2020
After COVID-related transplant delays, 16-year-old N.S. girl gets lung transplant
HALIFAX - A teenaged girl who set out with her grandmother and mother last spring on a 1,800-kilometre RV trip to seek her new lungs has received the life-changing operation in an era of COVID-related...
Nov 21, 2020
Ex-lacrosse star Delby Powless writes about mental health in novel 'Medicine Game'
Writing a novel is one of the hardest - but most cathartic - things former pro lacrosse player Delby Powless has ever done. "Medicine Game" centres on Tommy Henry as he struggles with violent outburst...
Nov 21, 2020
District of Lakeland discusses change to camper bylaw
A bylaw change that will provide rate payers with more flexibilty with respect to family visits during the spring and summer months, is being discussed by the District of Lakeland council.The proposed...
Nov 21, 2020
Mortar shells hit Kabul residential areas; at least 8 dead
KABUL - About 23 mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, an official said. The shells were fired from two ca...
Nov 21, 2020
