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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:12 p.m. on June 1, 2020: There are 91,705 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 51,354 confirmed (includ...
Jun 01, 2020
Realty market in Melfort heats up after cool start to 2020
The housing market has picked up in Melfort.There was a slight increase in home sales in the city last month.Eight homes were sold last month by all realtors in Melfort last month, compared to six hou...
Jun 01, 2020
Bird strike might have caused Snowbird crash, early investigation finds
OTTAWA - Military investigators are pointing to video footage as the reason they suspect a bird strike was been responsible for last month's deadly Snowbird plane crash in British Columbia. ...
Jun 01, 2020
Alberta introduces bill to create own parole board
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a bill to create its own parole board.Premier Jason Kenney says it's time Alberta took more control over the process, and says the goal will be to staff the board wit...
Jun 01, 2020
Water main replacement to close part of Main Street in Melfort
A water line that has caused the City of Melfort a number of problems in recent years is being replaced.The 700 block of Main Street is being closed to traffic while crews install the new line.A city ...
Jun 01, 2020
Passengers and employees at Pearson airport must now wear masks 'at all times'
Toronto's Pearson international airport says passengers and airport employees must now wear masks or face coverings "at all times," part of a bundle of new policies effective today to combat...
Jun 01, 2020
HFX Wanderers coach Stephen Hart happy to see players back training
Stephen Hart was back on the training field Monday with a smile on his face. "I can't tell you how happy I felt today," said the HFX Wanderers FC coach after his CPL side resumed training. "Even ...
Jun 01, 2020
Major League Soccer players boycott training in apparent labour impasse
Toronto FC, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecap players boycotted training Monday in an apparent labour impasse between the MLS and the MLS Players Association. It appears players in "multiple mark...
Jun 01, 2020
Raptors guard VanVleet says people 'fed up' with racism and discrimination
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet says people in the United States are reaching a boiling point after hundreds of years of racism. The Toronto Raptors guard was asked Monday what he thought of the protests happ...
Jun 01, 2020
One new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, testing expanded
The province has recorded one new case of COVID-19 in the Regina region.The provincial total remains at 646 cases, however, after a positive sample counted in the tally was retested and confirmed to b...
Jun 01, 2020