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Saskatchewan Enhances Student Loan Repayment Assistance
The Government of Saskatchewan is helping address the rising cost of living for student borrowers by enhancing the Repayment Assistance Plan. On November 1, the Saskatchewan Student Aid Program and Ca...
Nov 07, 2022
Fernandez, Andreescu to lead Canadian squad against Italy and Switzerland at BJK Cup
Armed with a well-rounded lineup that has plenty of star power, Canadian captain Sylvain Bruneau is aiming high at this week's Billie Jean King Cup. "We're capable of everything really," he said Monda...
Nov 07, 2022
Senators ponder loosening French requirements for diplomats as Canada pivots to Asia
OTTAWA - A Senate committee studying the future of Canada's foreign service is pondering whether French needs to be a lower priority for recruiting diplomats. The foreign-affairs committee is looking ...
Nov 07, 2022
Minister links chronic pain with toxic drug overdoses, commits $5M to pain network
VANCOUVER - The federal government is putting $5 million toward chronic pain resources in what Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, says is part of an effort to help stop people ...
Nov 07, 2022
Robertson, MacKinnon and Karlsson named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and San Jose Sharks defenceman Erik Karlsson have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Robertson sco...
Nov 07, 2022
Sask. finalizes mission to recruit health-care workers in Philippines
The Saskatchewan government has set the dates for a recruiting mission to Manila, Philippines to find health-care workers.In September, the provincial government unveiled its Health Human Resources Ac...
Nov 07, 2022
PM free to reopen Constitution if he has problem with notwithstanding clause: Ford
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is free to reopen talks with the provinces about the notwithstanding clause and the Constitution, though he'd recommend against it...
Nov 07, 2022
John Lennon's killer says there was "evil in my heart"
The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his New York City apartment building in 1980 told a parole board that he knew it was wrong to kill the beloved former Beatle, but that he was seeking fame a...
Nov 07, 2022
Officials: US aid worker shot dead in Baghdad in rare attack
BAGHDAD (AP) - Assailants shot dead an American aid worker in Baghdad on Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, two police officials said. The man was shot as he...
Nov 07, 2022
Loss of $170K leads to firing of SHA employee
A Saskatchewan Health Authority employee was fired in connection with a loss of public money totalling nearly $170,000.The loss was included in a report on losses of public money within Saskatchewan's...
Nov 07, 2022
