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Claypool expects Chiefs to defend Super Bowl title but could also see a Tampa Bay win
Chase Claypool is expecting another Super Bowl victory for the Kansas City Chiefs, but the Pittsburgh Steelers' Canadian receiver won't be overly surprised if Tom Brady captures a seventh NFL title. B...
Feb 05, 2021

Homicide victim's remains identified
RCMP have identified the human remains found after a structure fire, which has sparked a recent homicide investigation in North Battleford.Jordon Daniel Boire of Saskatoon is the victim identified by ...
Feb 05, 2021

Province administers 2,099 vaccines, 269 new cases of COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced there were 2,099 doses of the vaccine administered in the province yesterday, bringing the total to 38,710 vaccines given in Saskatchewan. There 269 new...
Feb 05, 2021

Executives at Pornhub defend efforts at preventing child porn on their websites
MONTREAL - Representatives of Pornhub told a parliamentary committee today they don't know if they were contacted by a woman who says she struggled to have a video of her removed from the pornography ...
Feb 05, 2021

Suicide rate down in Sask., attributed to ‘pulling together phenomenon’
While there has been a lot of bad news coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems fewer people have decided to take their lives into their own hands.Deaths by suicide were down about 35 per cent in...
Feb 05, 2021

Tenants in Melfort senior housing unit frustrated after months with no elevator
Some concerns about living conditions in a multi-level senior's housing building in Melfort are coming to light.The elevator at Consolation Manor has been out of order since November 19, 2020, resulti...
Feb 05, 2021

ICC clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions
JERUSALEM - The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a wa...
Feb 05, 2021

Prince Albert Esso Cup cancelled for second time due to pandemic
For the second time, the Esso Cup national female U18 AAA championships in Prince Albert have been cancelled.Hockey Canada announced in a statement on Friday all national championships in the spring h...
Feb 05, 2021

Positive case of COVID-19 identified at St. John Community School
The Prince Albert Catholic School division has announced an individual from St. John Community School in Prince Albert has tested positive for COVID-19.According to a media release, the Saskatchewan H...
Feb 05, 2021

Defender Ricardo Ferreira switches soccer allegiance from Portugal to Canada
Ricardo Ferreira, a Canadian-born defender who won one cap for Portugal, has switched his international allegiance to Canada. The 28-year-old, born in Mississauga, Ont., to Portuguese parents, was wit...
Feb 05, 2021