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Bill Blair says prison segregation oversight panel will get the data it needs
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is stepping in to ensure an advisory panel tasked with overseeing the segregation of federal inmates will get the data it needs to do its job. Anth...
Aug 27, 2020

Indigenous-led alert system for N.S. Mi'kmaq communities ready to roll out
CAPE BRETON, N.S. - A new alert system that will issue emergency messages to residents in five Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq communities is the first of its kind among Indigenous people...
Aug 27, 2020

COVID-19 taking financial toll on Canadians with disabilities: survey
A Statistics Canada report suggests that more than half of Canadians with disabilities who participated in a crowdsourced survey are struggling to make ends meet because of the financial imp...
Aug 27, 2020

Toronto Blue Jays acquire starting pitcher Taijuan Walker from Mariners
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Taijuan Walker from the Seattle Mariners, bolstering a starting rotation missing three pitchers to injury. Toronto traded a player to be...
Aug 27, 2020
Sask. expecting ‘influx of applications’ after getting $75M from Ottawa for school reopening
Saskatchewan schools are getting a funding boost after the federal government committed $74.9 million of the $2 billion it pledged to provinces and territories for the safe reopening of schools.The fi...
Aug 27, 2020

Visitor limitations following COVID-19 cases in Northeast lifted
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is easing the visitor limitation in hospitals in Melfort, Tisdale and Nipawin and also at community long term care facilities including Pineview Lodge in Nipawin, Par...
Aug 27, 2020

Food Truck Wars and Comedy in Nipawin
There is lots of excitement building in Nipawin Saskatchewan this weekend! We still have room for a few more vendors . Call our our office @ 306 515 4333 Social distance policies in effect.!
Aug 27, 2020

Pence aide: NBA protest over Kenosha are 'absurd and silly'
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence's chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are "absurd and silly." "If they want to protest,...
Aug 27, 2020

Immediate future of North American sports uncertain after boycotts
Discussions were underway Thursday regarding immediate plans for the top North American pro sports leagues after several games were postponed a day earlier in the wake of a police ...
Aug 27, 2020

Pence aide: NBA protest over Kenosha are 'absurd and silly'
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence's chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are "absurd and silly." "If they want to protest,...
Aug 27, 2020