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Boissonnault, Fraser, Ien among nine new faces in Trudeau's cabinet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has chosen nine new ministers for his 39-member cabinet. Here's a look at the new faces joining the lineup: Randy Boissonnault, minister of tourism and associate...
Oct 26, 2021

Federal Court rejects Manitoba's argument against carbon price backstop
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has lost a two-year-long court battle against the federal government's carbon pricing plan. A Federal Court judge has rejected Manitoba's argument that Ottawa should...
Oct 26, 2021

‘The alternatives are much worse’: Sask. doctors plead for COVID measures in letter to government
Over 20 doctors in Saskatchewan are once again pleading with the government to re-introduce restrictions to help curb cases of COVID-19."The Medical Health Officers of Saskatchewan (MHOs) would like t...
Oct 26, 2021

Nunavut elects 11 new members amid low voter turnout in territorial election
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut residents have elected 11 new members to the territory's legislative assembly, but voter turnout was low. Elections Nunavut says voter turnout was a 49.9 per cent - down fro...
Oct 26, 2021

Quebec coroner tired of finger-pointing over deaths at Montreal long-term care home
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is reminding an inquest into deaths at a privately owned Montreal long-term care home that the regional health authority and the home's management were both responsible for...
Oct 26, 2021

CDC says guidance still to come on whether U.S. to require land-border COVID-19 test
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials aren't ruling out the possibility that fully vaccinated foreign visitors will need a recent negative COVID-19 test in order to cross the land border with Canada. The latest...
Oct 26, 2021

Two workers trapped after scaffold collapse at Domtar plant in Eastern Townships
WINDSOR, Que. - Two people remain trapped in the debris after a multi-storey scaffold collapsed overnight at a paper mill in Quebec's Eastern Townships. Sylvain Bricault, the manager of the Domtar mil...
Oct 26, 2021

Craig Dickenson can come home again….Riders (finally) beat Calgary
In a season that is unlike any previous, the Saskatchewan Riders stumbled into Calgary on a four game losing streak to the Stamps and as the Rolling Stones once sang were Winning Ugly in a 20-17 win.T...
Oct 26, 2021

Log a Load for Kids Raises Funds for Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation
Thank you to Mistik and the forest products community, who raised $10,500 for the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation through the Log a Load for Kids Campaign.Special thanks to Mistik Manageme...
Oct 26, 2021

Moe admits mask mandate could have come sooner, but no further restrictions announced
Premier Scott Moe spent much of his State of the Province address Monday on Saskatchewan's flourishing economic prospects as the province emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic before facing questions fro...
Oct 26, 2021