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Drilling taking place in northern Sask. looking for uranium deposits
A Saskatchewan energy company will be drilling in northern Saskatchewan in an attempt to find uranium deposits.Abasca Resources Inc. has gotten permission from the provincial government to drill 14 ho...
Feb 07, 2023
B.C's pink sea urchins are on the move to shallower waters thanks to climate change
VANCOUVER - Pink sea urchins off the coast of Vancouver Island are expanding into shallower waters, in what researchers say is an indication of how rapidly climate change is affecting ocean life. Rese...
Feb 07, 2023
Trudeau lays out $196-billion, 10-year health-care deal to premiers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will increase federal health-care transfers to the provinces by $196 billion over the next 10 years, though only about one-quarter of that is new, pre...
Feb 07, 2023
Coalition calls on Ottawa to invest $6B in Indigenous housing
A new coalition is calling on the federal government to invest $6 billion in its upcoming budget to develop an urban, rural and northern Indigenous housing strategy. The National Urban Rural and North...
Feb 07, 2023
Two of three accused in drug bust have charges stayed
Two of the three people charged in a drug trafficking operation by Prince Albert RCMP last fall have had their charges stayed. Grant Day, age 44, of Melfort was charged with one count of possessing co...
Feb 07, 2023
Riders expected to sign Trevor Harris, Jake Wieneke: Reports
The Saskatchewan Roughriders' 2023 offence could be taking shape - and some of the names will be familiar to Montreal fans.According to a report from TSN's Farhan Lalji, Montreal Alouettes quarterback...
Feb 07, 2023
COVID critic had illness but died of drug overdose, B.C. coroner says
VICTORIA - A report from British Columbia's coroner says a prominent anti-vaccine and COVID critic died in 2021 of a drug overdose, although he also tested positive for the illness post-mortem. The re...
Feb 07, 2023
Former Canadian envoys to China urge Ottawa to launch foreign agent registry
OTTAWA - Two of Canada's former envoys to China say Ottawa is enabling foreign interference on Canadian soil by not launching a registry to track those acting on behalf of other countries. The Liberal...
Feb 07, 2023
AP sources: Walsh to leave Biden Cabinet for NHL union
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is expected to leave the Biden administration to run the National Hockey League Players' Association, according to two people familiar with his plans...
Feb 07, 2023
Source: Roughriders secure deal with former Alouettes receiver Wieneke
The Saskatchewan Roughriders' rebuild is quickly taking shape. A CFL source said the Riders agreed to a one-year deal with Montreal Alouettes receiver Jake Wieneke on Tuesday. Wieneke was slated to be...
Feb 07, 2023