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La Ronge Will Soon Be Home To Saskatchewan's 10th Family Resource Centre
Deputy Premier and Education Minister Gordon Wyant has announced La Ronge as the host community for one of the province's seven newest Early Years Family Resource Centres. Work will begin immediately ...
Jun 20, 2019
Quebec's biggest French school board postpones applying religious symbols law
MONTREAL - Quebec's largest school board has voted to delay application of Quebec's controversial new secularism law for at least a year to allow for consultations with parents, unions ...
Jun 20, 2019
National Injury Prevention Day
July 5, 2019 is National Injury Prevention Day Parachute Canada, a leading organization in injury prevention, has declared July 5 to be National Injury Prevention Day. The Saskatchewan Prevention Inst...
Jun 20, 2019
Canadian Forces investigating after soldier dies while parachuting in Bulgaria
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces were searching for answers Tuesday after an Ontario-based soldier was killed during a parachute-training exercise in Bulgaria. Bombardier Patrick Labrie, a soldier based o...
Jun 20, 2019
Lakeside Music Festival - PA National Park
Waskesiu Lakeside Music Festival - August 23-25Grab your dancing shoes, or just kick back and enjoy the musical performances at the 5th Annual Waskesiu Lakeside Music Festival. The weekend is jam pack...
Jun 20, 2019
Spending plans may limit impact of Liberals' housing strategy, PBO says
OTTAWA - The federal government's 10-year housing strategy may not be as effective as promised when it comes to easing Canada's housing crunch, the parliamentary budget officer warned Tuesday&nbs...
Jun 20, 2019
Report finds many birds in decline but co-operation works to rebuild populations
The bad news is that the populations of more than one-quarter of Canada's bird species are declining, many rapidly. The good news is that about the same number are increasing - proof, says a ...
Jun 20, 2019
B.C. Conservative MP Mark Warawa dies after cancer diagnosis
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Mark Warawa has died after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year. The B.C. politician represented the riding of Langley - Aldergrove, outside Vancouver...
Jun 20, 2019
Carrot River Valley riding to choose Sask Party representative on Thursday
Members of the Saskatchewan Party in the Carrot River Valley riding will have a decision to make on June 20 in Arborfield.A nomination meeting is to be held at the Arborfield Community Hall, where mem...
Jun 20, 2019 Terry Youzwa, left, and Fred Bradshaw, right, are the two candidates for the Sask Party nomination in the Carrot River Valley Riding. (Left: (submitted photo/Terry Youzwa), Right: (submitted photo/Province of Saskatchewan))
Trade, China sure to surface as Trudeau meets Trump, congressional leaders
WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau is headed back to the White House today in what could prove to be a pivotal visit to the U.S. capital not only for North American trade and Canada's strained relationship w...
Jun 20, 2019