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Analysis: CFL-CFLPA collective bargaining talks get off to encouraging start
TORONTO - It has been an encouraging start to collective bargaining talks between the CFL and CFL Players' Association. Negotiations between the two sides resumed Monday. Thus far, they've managed to ...
Apr 11, 2022
One more week: Campsite reservations opening April 18
Campers have just one more week to wait before they can start booking sites in Saskatchewan parks.Reservations are to open April 18 for seasonal campsites and April 19-26 for nightly, Camp-Easy and gr...
Apr 11, 2022
Saskatchewan makes COVID booster shots available to more people
Saskatchewan has expanded its eligibility for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines.As of Monday, all people 70 and over and all residents of First Nations communities and the Northern Service Administrat...
Apr 11, 2022
RCMP officer killed in Nova Scotia's mass shooting died in exchange of gunfire
HALIFAX - An RCMP officer who was killed in Nova Scotia's 2020 mass shooting was racing to support another officer when the fatal encounter with the gunman occurred near a highway interchange. New doc...
Apr 11, 2022
STARS Critical Care on the Air radiothon right around the corner
The two-day radiothon to support STARS Air Ambulance is returning to Saskatchewan for the second year.On April 13 and 14, the Critical Care on the Air radiothon will be broadcasted over 37 radio stati...
Apr 11, 2022
Missing Melfort man found deceased
A man missing from Melfort since January has been found deceasedRCMP announced Monday that the body of Quade Ballantyne, 30, had been found just outside of Melfort this past Friday.Officers from Melfo...
Apr 11, 2022
Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world
OTTAWA - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the wo...
Apr 11, 2022
CRTC given $8.5M for online news regulation as critics question its capability
Ottawa is giving $8.5 million to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to develop a regulatory regime covering the reuse of journalism by digital giants. Experts question whe...
Apr 11, 2022
Liberal government's budget still lacking in gender-based analysis: advocates
OTTAWA - Despite the Liberal government long styling itself as feminist, advocates say the recent federal budget lacked a sufficient gender-based analysis of its measures. Shalini Konanur, executive d...
Apr 11, 2022
Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews named NHL's first star of the week
NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been named the NHL's first star of the week after scoring seven goals and four assists in four games. The 24-year-old sniper enjoyed a record-...
Apr 11, 2022