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Here's a look at Jean Charest, candidate to be the next Conservative party leader
OTTAWA - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is running to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Here's a look at who he is: Age: 63 Family life: Charest is married to Michle Dionne. ...
Mar 10, 2022
Scrap thresholds in requests to decriminalize simple drug possession: coalition
OTTAWA - More than 20 advocacy organizations are urging the federal minister of mental health and addictions to not require quantity limits from jurisdictions requesting to decriminalize simple drug p...
Mar 10, 2022
Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned
OTTAWA - Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns do...
Mar 10, 2022
B.C. to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long-term care visits, vaccine cards
VICTORIA - British Columbia will lift its mask mandate, restore long-term care visits and drop capacity limits on faith gatherings starting Friday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said case...
Mar 10, 2022
Retirement beckons for Nipawin radio station owners
For 20 years, residents of Nipawin and the surrounding area have listened to the voices of Norman Rudock and Treana Bathgate-Rudock as they told the stories and news of the area on CJNE 'The Storm'.Th...
Mar 10, 2022
Ministry of Health reports 13 COVID deaths and 17 care home outbreaks last week
There have been 1,013 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the province between Feb. 27 and March 5 according to the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report.There were 13 COVI...
Mar 10, 2022
14th Annual Montreal Lake Walleye Derby
Get ready for the famous 14th Annual Montreal Lake Walleye Derby on Saturday, March 19.See the poster for details.Ticket sellers :Prince Albert - PA CO-OP / Lakeland country co-op 2nd ave west has bar...
Mar 10, 2022
Return of tournaments, events, big boost for town of Birch Hills
The gradual reduction of COVID-19 restrictions in Saskatchewan this winter, and what appears to be the end of them over the last month, has helped breathe some life into local hockey tournaments. And ...
Mar 10, 2022
‘Nothing went wrong:’ No hitches in surprise births during snowstorm
Kelsie Funk has one wild birth story to tell her son when he's old enough to understand it.The cabinet designer was one of three moms in the Rosthern area to go into labour at home in the middle of a ...
Mar 10, 2022
Supreme Court agrees to examine constitutionality of Quebec cannabis law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a Quebec law that forbids the growing of cannabis for personal use. Four years ago the federal government legalized recreationa...
Mar 10, 2022