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Social Services data shows 25 youth died while receiving care in 2020
Information obtained from Saskatchewan's Ministry of Social Services shows troubling statistics when looking at youth deaths involving those either in provincial care, or whose family was in receipt o...
Sep 04, 2020

60 firefighters from Quebec in California to help battle wildfires
WASHINGTON - Sixty firefighters from Quebec have arrived in California to help battle the wildfires ravaging the state, Canada's answer to Gov. Gavin Newsom's plea for international help with the...
Sep 04, 2020

Transport Canada issues first fines to air passengers who refused to wear masks
OTTAWA - Federal transport officials have issued the first fines to air passengers who refused to wear face masks on Canadian flights, in violation of a government order to help prevent the ...
Sep 04, 2020

Five people found dead after shooting in home east of Toronto, police say
OSHAWA, Ont. - Five people were found dead and one woman was sent to hospital after an early-morning shooting in a suburban home east of Toronto, police said Friday as investigators com...
Sep 04, 2020

Possible COVID-19 exposures in Prince Albert, Shell Lake, and North Battleford
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said in a Thursday statement that people who have tested positive for COVID-19 visited several businesses in Prince Albert, Shell Lake, and North Battleford whi...
Sep 04, 2020

P.A. Sailing Club to host Regatta once again this weekend
The Prince Albert Sailing Club has been holding its Annual Open Regatta every year since 1962, and every year at its current Emma Lake location since 1964. That 58-year streak was in jeopardy of being...
Sep 04, 2020

O'Toole nominates campaign fundraiser to be chair of Conservative Fund
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party's fundraising arm has a new chair for the first time in two decades. Leader Erin O'Toole says he is nominating his longtime campaign fundraiser James Dodds to be c...
Sep 04, 2020

Mental health: Newfoundland loosens COVID-19 rules for 'rotational' workers
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is rolling out new COVID-19 testing rules for people who routinely work outside the province and return on a set schedule. These so-called r...
Sep 04, 2020

Virgin Atlantic completes rescue plan; 1,150 jobs lost
LONDON - Virgin Atlantic completed its 1.2 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) restructuring plan and cut 1,150 jobs Friday as the airline sought to rebuild following the devastation caused by the COVID-19 p...
Sep 04, 2020

Canadians and close relatives in Lebanon offered help to travel to Canada
OTTAWA - Canada is waiving some immigration fees for Lebanese-Canadians and their close relatives affected by last month's explosions in Beirut if they want to come to Canada. The Immigration Departme...
Sep 04, 2020