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Broncos tragedy leads to focus on first responders’ mental health
The Humboldt Broncos bus crash was a dark day in the province, but the tragedy has helped shed light on the mental health of first responders.On Wednesday, the province announced $250,000 in funding f...
May 08, 2019 Kelly Prime and Jessica Brost at the SEMSA conference in Saskatoon on May 8, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)

Melfort Fire responds to small fires on Highway 41A
Melfort Fire and Rescue responded to a few fires on Wednesday, May 8, just outside of the city.Just before noon, the department responded to four fires burning in the east ditch of Highway 41A. Fortun...
May 08, 2019 (Facebook/Melfort Fire and Rescue)

Can fines rein in Big Tech? Privacy regulators spur a debate
WASHINGTON - As they negotiate a record fine against Facebook, federal privacy regulators sparked a debate in Congress Wednesday over how effective such penalties can be in preventing future abuses by...
May 08, 2019

Police arrests end sit-in against policing at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrat...
May 08, 2019

Deborah Dugan, CEO of (RED), picked to lead the Grammys
NEW YORK - Deborah Dugan, the CEO of Bono's (RED) organization, has been named president and CEO of the Recording Academy, becoming the first woman appointed to lead the organization. The academy anno...
May 08, 2019

Moura sends Tottenham through to Champions League final
AMSTERDAM - Lucas Moura completed a hat trick in the sixth minute of injury time as Tottenham pulled off another stunning Champions League comeback on Wednesday, beating Ajax 3-2 to set up an all-Engl...
May 08, 2019

British Columbia's Archie Windsor laughs about royal baby name link
DUNCAN, B.C. - At first, Archie Windsor of Duncan, B.C., says he was shocked to learn he had the same last name as the newest royal, but then he saw the humour. "My father worked in the woods all his ...
May 08, 2019

Sask. police collect 283 firearms during gun amnesty
Police services across Saskatchewan plan to hold another province-wide gun amnesty next year even though numbers are declining.Regina took the lead, launching its first gun amnesty program in 2017 and...
May 08, 2019 Firearms collected during a gun amnesty on display at the Regina police headquarters on May 8, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)

Vigneault takes the wheel for Canada at men's world hockey championship
Alain Vigneault is back coaching in a big way after a winter of unemployment. Vigneault is not only Canada's head coach at the men's world hockey championship starting Friday in Sl...
May 08, 2019

Trump administration seeks to target nationwide injunctions
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence will announce Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue nationwide injunctions. He'll make the a...
May 08, 2019