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COVID-19 cases mount, restrictions reintroduced amid Omicron variant threat
COVID-19 cases are continuing to soar across the country, with Ontario and Quebec each posting more than 3,000 new cases today fuelled by the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. One day after se...
Dec 18, 2021
Lopez continues torrid stretch as Mustangs defeat Hawks
Can anyone stop Marco Lopez?The Nipawin Hawks couldn't on Friday as the Melfort Mustang forward notched a hat-trick against their bitter rivals in a 6-1 win.It was Lopez's second hat-trick in three ga...
Dec 18, 2021
Dentists see pandemic stress in patients with more grinding, cracked, broken teeth
VICTORIA - Stress and anxiety connected to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is revealing itself in people's mouths, say dentists who report increasing cases of patients with cracked, broken and damaged t...
Dec 18, 2021
'Have to forgive:' Son of woman killed in crash caused by premier trying to move on
SASKATOON - Steve Balog says his mom didn't come from money but she knew how to give in kindness. One of the first times he remembers seeing her selflessness was when she pulled over to help a boy on ...
Dec 18, 2021
Extreme cold warnings continue in Saskatchewan
A large area of Saskatchewan remained under extreme cold warnings Saturday morning.Environment Canada explains the cooler conditions mixed with windchill values in the -40C range means frostbite can d...
Dec 18, 2021
Edmonton's animal cruelty investigations unit example for other police services
EDMONTON, United Kingdom - It started with a puppy they named Tucker. In 2017, constables Ilka Cunningham and Ted Dyck with the Edmonton Police Service were sent to an animal cruelty call and found a ...
Dec 18, 2021
'Have to forgive:' Son of woman killed in crash caused by premier trying to move on
SASKATOON - Steve Balog says his mom didn't come from money but she knew how to give in kindness. One of the first times he remembers seeing her selflessness was when she pulled over to help a boy on ...
Dec 18, 2021
Gas explosion in sewer kills 10 in southern Pakistan city
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in a southern Pakistani city killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others Saturday, police and a health official said. Police sp...
Dec 18, 2021
Pope doubles down on quashing old Latin Mass with new limits
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis doubled down Saturday on his efforts to quash the old Latin Mass, forbidding the celebration of some sacraments according to the ancient rite in his latest salvo against conse...
Dec 18, 2021
Few inmates using flawed needle exchange program meant to protect against HIV: report
OTTAWA - Inmates' access to sterile needles in Canadian federal prisons continues to be severely limited, potentially exposing them to blood-borne infections including HIV and hepatitis C. A report co...
Dec 18, 2021