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Ending First Nations boil-water advisories has all the funding it needs: Morneau
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal effort to end all boil-water advisories in First Nations communities has all the funding it needs. In response to a university st...
Feb 07, 2019
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Former STC rider frustrated over refusal of federal money
Some former STC riders are looking on in frustration after finding out the provincial government turned down about $2 million from the federal government for a public bus system last year.The offer wa...
Feb 07, 2019
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Municipalities willing to gamble on new fundraising ideas
It's an interesting idea and one municipal representatives across Saskatchewan are endorsing as a means of generating new money for much-needed local projects. Delegates at the annual Saskatchewan Urb...
Feb 07, 2019
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Province urges measles vaccinations
While there has been only one reported case of measles in Canada this year, various outbreaks in the US through January and potential dangers associated with foreign travel to Europe, are a timely rem...
Feb 07, 2019
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Spring runoff outlook varies across Sask.
It sounds strange to speak about spring when it's -50 C with the wind, but the Water Security Agency has released their first spring runoff outlook for 2019.Much of the southern portion of the provinc...
Feb 07, 2019
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Credit agency warns big risk to Canadian schools if China pulls students
OTTAWA - Moody's Investors Services says three of Canada's biggest universities would face a cash crunch if Canada's diplomatic row with China results in the world's most populous nation pulling its s...
Feb 07, 2019
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House Speaker warns MPs that heated rhetoric is starting to cross a line
OTTAWA - The referee of the House of Commons has given MPs a stern warning about their use of overheated partisan rhetoric lest they find themselves in a parliamentary penalty box. Speaker G...
Feb 07, 2019
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Canadian forward Travis Larsen looks to welcome Toronto Arrows to Texas
Austin Elite Rugby forward Travis Larsen will be seeing plenty of familiar faces Friday when he looks across the field at the visiting Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby play. Born in Nanaimo, B.C.,...
Feb 07, 2019
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Democrats seek Green New Deal to address climate change
WASHINGTON - Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signalling its likely elevation as a c...
Feb 07, 2019
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Tadashi Shoji ups the glam in lace, sequin and velvet gowns
NEW YORK - Tadashi Shoji mixed plus-size models with the usual ultra-thin ones Thursday at New York Fashion Week, rolling out evening gowns with high slits, capes and sari influences in deep reds and ...
Feb 07, 2019