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Yankees manager Aaron Boone taking leave to get pacemaker
NEW YORK - Yankees manager Aaron Boone is taking a leave of absence from the team to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days. New York said the procedure was likely to be performed...
Mar 03, 2021

Virtual Women's Day celebration expands reach beyond northeast Sask.
International Women's Day is on Monday, March 8 and North East Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS) is celebrating in a big way.An all-day online event will feature presentations on the eight dimensi...
Mar 03, 2021

Public Health Agency of Canada budgets $5B for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada expects to spend up to $5 billion on vaccines and other COVID-19 treatments. Procurement Minister Anita Anand previously said vaccines alone would cost at l...
Mar 03, 2021

States rapidly expanding vaccine access as supplies surge
Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers, 55-and-over Americans and other groups as the U.S. races to beat back the vi...
Mar 03, 2021

Warmer weather on the horizon in Saskatchewan
Temperatures could hit highs of 10 Celcius in places like Prince Albert and the Battlefords by the weekend. A high of 11 C is in the forecast for the Melfort area.Meteorologist Terri Lang with Environ...
Mar 03, 2021

Cross country skier located safe and sound, following three hour search effort
An exhaustive search effort Tuesday night on the ski trails north of Anglin Lake ended with some good news.Around 8:25p.m., the Lakeland and District Fire Department responded to a reported missing in...
Mar 03, 2021

P.A. city councillors question partnership with Chinese sister city
Canada's strained diplomatic relationship with China has cast doubt on a two-decade-old partnership between Prince Albert and its Chinese sister city.According to correspondence on Monday night's Prin...
Mar 03, 2021

Detectives look at SUV's 'black box' from Tiger Woods crash
LOS ANGELES - Detectives are looking at data from the so-called "black box" of Tiger Woods' SUV to get a clearer picture of what occurred during the Southern California rollover crash last week that s...
Mar 03, 2021

Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II gets 14 years for rapes
SAN DIEGO - Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offences against five women in Southern California, including one who ...
Mar 03, 2021

Minassian decision opens door for verdict of not criminally responsible due to autism
TORONTO - The judge who found Alek Minassian guilty of murder and attempted murder in the Toronto van attack has set Canadian precedent by considering autism a "mental disorder" under the Criminal Cod...
Mar 03, 2021