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Olympic team doctor confident Canada "can get a team in and out safely" from Olympics
The explosion of COVID-19 cases amid the new highly contagious Omicron variant couldn't come at a worse time for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Less than seven weeks before the Games open on Feb. 5, outbr...
Dec 21, 2021

Friends of slain Montreal teen take up handgun fight, seeking ban at federal level
MONTREAL - Close friends of a Montreal teen killed in an apparently random act of gun violence last month have banded together in an effort to change gun laws. The group have named themselves Ensemble...
Dec 21, 2021

Military faces fresh calls for end of 'duty to report' for sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is facing fresh calls to create an exception for victims of sexual misconduct and their confidantes from having to report incidents to their commanders. The request ...
Dec 21, 2021

Biden pledges 500M free virus tests to counter omicron
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid tests, increase support for h...
Dec 21, 2021

Of 67 new COVID-19 cases in province, four reported in northern zones; one death
As of Dec. 21, there are 67 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 30 cases are among unvaccinated individuals.Four new cases are located in northern Saskatchewan; the North West (two) and North East (two)....
Dec 21, 2021

Fish show quick improvement when mercury releases into lakes cut off: study
New research has found mercury contamination in freshwater fish populations falls quickly once the sources of the toxic chemical are cut off. Federal government scientist Paul Blanchfield, lead author...
Dec 21, 2021

Saskatchewan manufacturing sales see big growth in 2021
Saskatchewan is reporting the highest year-over-year manufacturing sales increase across Canada, according to new data from Statistics Canada.Saskatchewan saw a manufacturing sales increase of 52.9 pe...
Dec 21, 2021

P.A. Raiders unveil new mascot
Fans may notice a giant parrot when watching a Prince Albert Raiders game at the Art Hauser Centre.The team officially unveiled their new mascot, PIMS, last week during their final home game before th...
Dec 21, 2021

Prince Albert skaters aim to find their groove at Sask. Winter Games
Three St. Mary students have been selected to help represent Team Lakeland at February's Winter Games in Regina.Grace Vedress, Stefan Lotz and Morgan Burns, all 15, train seven days a week both on and...
Dec 21, 2021

Chris Jones hired as Edmonton Elks head coach and general manager
EDMONTON - Chris Jones is the new general manager and head coach of the Edmonton Elks. Jones begins his second stint in Edmonton after previously serving as head coach during the 2014 and 2015 seasons...
Dec 21, 2021