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Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...
May 3, 2021
PHR to expand hours, hire more staff after more than $180K in April donations
What an April it was for Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR).The Saskatoon safe consumption site had at least 62 businesses and organizations donate to its facility during the calendar month. Originally, it ...
May 3, 2021
Theft from SLGA only loss of public money in fourth quarter
The Saskatchewan government has announced just one loss of public money for the fourth quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal year.In a media release Monday, the government said a Saskatchewan Liquor and Gamin...
May 3, 2021
More than 5,000 international air travellers positive for COVID-19 since February
OTTAWA - More than 5,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after flying back to Canada since mandatory quarantine hotels began in late February. That includes 3,748 people who tested positive the da...
May 3, 2021
Nunavut capital declares local state of emergency as COVID-19 cases rise
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit's city council has declared a local state of emergency over rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. The capital city of about 8,000 people has 81 of the territory's 85 active case...
May 3, 2021
Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies
Bobby Unser, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and part of the only pair of brothers to win "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" has died. He was 87. He died Sunday at his home in Albuquerque, New Me...
May 3, 2021
Rollover west of Leoville claims life of 45-year-old man
The Big River RCMP are reporting a single-vehicle rollover on grid road 793 that killed a 45-year-old man.According to a media release, on April 30 after 1:30 p.m. the police were called to the road j...
May 3, 2021
NY Times, Washington Post, NBC correct articles on Giuliani
NEW YORK - The Washington Post, New York Times and NBC News all issued similar corrections to stories regarding Rudolph Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, and his dealings in U...
May 3, 2021
Opposition blasts Liberals after debate to call PM's top aide on Vance cancelled
OTTAWA - Opposition parties are up in arms after a parliamentary committee meeting in which members were expected to debate calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff to testify was cancel...
May 3, 2021
Several provinces expand COVID-19 vaccine access as deliveries ramp up
Several provinces are expanding their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns as a key vaccine supplier is set to drastically ramp up deliveries this week. With shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine expecte...
May 3, 2021
