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146 new cases of COVID-19 in the province as total cases exceed 27,000
There are 146 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan as of Feb. 18, bringing the provincial total to 27,099 cases. Recoveries since the beginning of the pandemic are now at 25,221 with 1,516 ...
Feb 18, 2021
South Dakota's AG charged with 3 misdemeanours in fatal crash
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota's Republican attorney general has been charged with misdemeanour careless driving after he struck and killed a man with his car, authorities said Thursday. Jason Ravnsborg ...
Feb 18, 2021
Police identify second suspect in death of Carrot River man
Calgary Police have released the name of a man they believe may have been with Sheldon Wolf just minutes before his death last year.Sharmarke Ali Mohamed, 22, was last known to be living in Regina and...
Feb 18, 2021
B.C. premier calls for action on hate crimes in wake of Vancouver police report
LANGFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's premier says violence against people of colour needs to be treated as a hate crime, in light of recent data released by Vancouver police showing a surge in anti-Asi...
Feb 18, 2021
Lowry listed as questionable in second game against Bucks with sprained thumb
MILWAUKEE - Kyle Lowry is listed as questionable for the Toronto Raptors' game Thursday in Milwaukee with a sprained left thumb. The Raptors point guard injured his thumb in the first quarter of Tuesd...
Feb 18, 2021
‘Cocoon them from COVID,’ Dr. Shahab says until vaccinations happen
In the last four days, Saskatchewan has reported fewer than 200 new daily cases of COVID-19.It's a mark that hasn't been seen in a while but the province's chief medical officer of health continues to...
Feb 18, 2021
New gun law has Sask. gun owners feeling targeted
A new bill by the Trudeau government has gun owners feeling frustrated.On Tuesday, the Liberal government introduced a bill allowing owners of banned assault-style guns to give them up voluntarily for...
Feb 18, 2021
Unpaid oilpatch property taxes triple in two years, say rural municipalities
EDMONTON - Alberta's rural towns say property taxes that have gone unpaid by the province's struggling oilpatch have tripled in two years. A survey released by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta says...
Feb 18, 2021
Cost of mandatory quarantine for newly arrived refugees to be covered by government
OTTAWA - Newly arriving refugees will have the cost of their mandatory hotel quarantines covered by the federal government. The federal government is also covering the cost of mandatory COVID-19 testi...
Feb 18, 2021
'It destroyed him.' Lionel Desmond's friend and fellow infantryman recalls firefights
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former soldier from Nova Scotia killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard today from one of Lionel Desmond's closest friends and fell...
Feb 18, 2021