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NLL cancels 2020 playoffs
The National Lacrosse League has announced the 2020 playoffs will not be completed.In March, the league announced the cancellation of the regular season due to the coronavirus pandemic, and now Commis...
Jun 04, 2020
RCMP seeking information following homicide on LLRIB reserve
La Ronge RCMP is seeking information following the homicide of a 29-year-old male. According to a media release, on June 3 at approximately 3:50 a.m., La Ronge RCMP were called to a residence followin...
Jun 04, 2020
Trudeau says new modelling shows COVID-19 in decline but fight must continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal data shows that COVID-19 is in decline across Canada but the country is not out of the woods. Trudeau says a new modelling report will be r...
Jun 04, 2020
Special payments to seniors to arrive in early July, Liberals say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a special one-time payment for seniors will go out the week of July 6. The COVID-19-related aid will come in the form of $300 payments to the more than...
Jun 04, 2020
Health official: No new COVID-19 cases from Missouri parties
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - No additional cases of the new coronavirus have been reported stemming from the crowded pool parties at Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend, the state's top ...
Jun 04, 2020
New study is first full list of species that only exist in Canada
OTTAWA - For the first time, Canadian biologists have come up with a list of plants, insects and animals that don't exist in any other country and many of them are in danger of extinction if they have...
Jun 04, 2020
Local NDP candidate critical of Saskatchewan assessment report on long-term care facilities
Battlefords provincial NDP candidate Amber Stewart is concerned about the latest Saskatchewan assessment report on long-term care facilities, many of which she believes are understaffed and underfunde...
Jun 04, 2020
U.S. trade gap rises to $49.4 billion in April
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit hit the highest level in eight months in April. Exports and imports both posted record monthly drops as the coronavirus pandemic smothered America's commerce with o...
Jun 04, 2020
European Central Bank nearly doubles pandemic support scheme
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has boosted its pandemic emergency support program by an unexpectedly large 600 billion euros to 1.35 trillion euros ($1.5 trillion), adding to a range of efforts...
Jun 04, 2020
NewsAlert: New Brunswick reports first COVID-19 death
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick public health officials are reporting the province's first death from COVID-19. In social media posts, the family of a man in his 80s who had been ...
Jun 04, 2020