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Switch to online billing benefits children’s hospital
SaskPower is adding some incentive for customers to switch to paperless billing.The utility will donate $5 to the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation for every customer that makes the change.W...
Feb 27, 2021

Biden hails House passage of $1.9T virus bill, now to Senate
WASHINGTON - The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now mo...
Feb 27, 2021

Administration looking for 'tools' to help fund deficit as budget talks begin in Melfort
Operating Budget talks have begun in the City of Melfort.Administration gave their preliminary budget to council at a Committee of the Whole meeting on Friday, Feb. 26. The initial budget shows a 4.12...
Feb 27, 2021

'We need this:' Getting COVID-19 vaccine to remote and urban Indigenous populations
Chief Chris Moonias looked into a web camera as he prepared to get a COVID-19 vaccine just after precious doses arrived in his northern Ontario community. "I'm coming to you live from Neskantaga First...
Feb 27, 2021

Lady Gaga's dogs recovered safely
LOS ANGELES - Lady Gaga's two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dogwalker, were recovered unharmed Friday, Los Angeles police said. A woman brought the dogs to the...
Feb 27, 2021

Scariolo steps in to coach Raptors to 122-111 win over slumping Rockets
TAMPA, Fla. - After three decades of coaching that includes a pair of Olympic medals and a World Cup gold with Spain, Sergio Scariolo has his first NBA victory. It likely didn't happen how he'd envisi...
Feb 27, 2021

Clare's Law in Saskatchewan used handful of times; Mounties review their role
REGINA - A first-of-its-kind law in Canada meant to warn those at risk of domestic violence has had a slower-than-expected uptake in its first eight months. Legislation known informally as "Clare's La...
Feb 27, 2021

From science to syringe: COVID-19 vaccines are miracles of science and supply chains
OTTAWA - A single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is barely enough to cover the average pinky nail but is made up of more than 280 components and requires at least three manufacturing plant...
Feb 27, 2021

WWII plane flypast marks Capt. Tom Moore's funeral
LONDON - A World War II-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore, in honour of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by wa...
Feb 27, 2021

From science to syringe: COVID-19 vaccines are miracles of science and supply chains
OTTAWA - A single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is barely enough to cover the average pinky nail but is made up of more than 280 components and requires at least three manufacturing plant...
Feb 27, 2021