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City of Melfort offering staycation destination for February break
The February break will look a bit different this year, but the City of Melfort is offering many COVID-19 and family-friendly activities.The Play Melfort staycation destination is at the Kerry Vickar ...
Feb 15, 2021
Prince Albert COVID-19 drive-thru test site closed for Monday due to cold weather
The temporary closure on the COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Prince Albert has been extended for another day. Due to the extreme cold, the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced on Sunday evening...
Feb 15, 2021
First Nations 'alarmed' at lack of consultation on Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is adding its voice of concern about the proposed $4 billion Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation project. It will encompass a half-million-acre crescent of land running ...
Feb 15, 2021
First Nations 'alarmed' at lack of consultation on Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is adding its voice of concern about the proposed $4 billion Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation project. It will encompass a half-million-acre crescent of land running ...
Feb 15, 2021
Outdoor hockey players in Alberta break records, raise $1.575M for cancer research
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - The world's longest hockey game has broken multiple records this year. Forty people took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink 24 hours a day, seven days a week since Feb. 4 t...
Feb 15, 2021
Police say Nicki Minaj's father killed by hit-and-run driver
MINEOLA, N.Y. - The 64-year-old father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York, police said. Robert Maraj was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Isla...
Feb 15, 2021
Philippines demands more U.S. security aid to retain pact
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration wants considerably more military aid from the United States in exchange for not abrogating a key security pact with Washingt...
Feb 15, 2021
As the Lionel Desmond inquiry resumes, a look at what has been learned so far
HALIFAX - Lionel Desmond was a desperately ill man, and he knew it. The former Canadian soldier was suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a possible traumatic brain injury when he w...
Feb 15, 2021
Feds expect Pfizer to start ramping up vaccine deliveries to Canada this week
OTTAWA - Canada's sluggish COVID-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost starting this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer-BioNTec...
Feb 15, 2021
UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
LONDON - Britain's newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from derailing its fast-moving vaccinati...
Feb 15, 2021