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Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder, will step down as CEO
NEW YORK - Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon as an online bookstore and built it into a shopping and entertainment behemoth, will step down later this year as CEO, a role he's had for nearly 30 years, to...
Feb 02, 2021

Vanney adds three former Toronto FC coaches to his staff at the Los Angeles Galaxy
New Galaxy coach Greg Vanney has brought three of his assistant coaches at Toronto FC to Los Angeles. The former TFC assistants are Dan Calichman, Nick Theslof and Jason Bent. Calichman and Theslof we...
Feb 02, 2021

P.A. non-profit reflects on $60,000 Community Airtime Award
A local non-profit group is reflecting on the boost it received almost a year ago when it secured a big, free, marketing shot in the arm: the $60,000 Power 99 Community Airtime Award, sponsored by Car...
Feb 02, 2021

NDP calling for end to for-profit care homes in Sask.
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling the treatment of seniors in long-term care under the pandemic a failure.Matt Love, the NDP critic for seniors, said the provincial government failed to act on what he c...
Feb 02, 2021

Churchill and Pre-Cam operating at level two, Gordon Denny to follow suit next week
La Ronge schools are back to level two learning this week.As of Feb. 1, Churchill Community High School and Pre-Cam Community School have both resumed full in-class learning with mask usage for studen...
Feb 02, 2021

Second Alberta town asks for coal consultations, pause on exploration
A second southern Alberta town is asking the provincial government to order a stop to coal exploration work until public consultations on the issue can be held. The town council of Turner Valley appro...
Feb 02, 2021

Local students recognized by scholarship program
North Battleford's Ashlyn Elmer and Battleford's Huisu Kim have been named recipients of the annual Doug Alexander Scholarship Program, through Access Communications. Elmer, a recent graduate of North...
Feb 02, 2021

Veteran quarterback Nichols looking forward to playing under LaPolice again in Ottawa
Matt Nichols is betting a 2021 CFL season will be played. The veteran quarterback's two-year deal with the Ottawa Redblacks reportedly includes a $200,000 report-and-pass bonus. To collect the money, ...
Feb 02, 2021

Shellbrook supports call for Highway 3 twinning
Citing the need to address increased traffic volumes, created by a proposed forestry manufacturing production facility north of Prince Albert, the Town of Shellbrook is adding its voice to a renewed c...
Feb 02, 2021

UK variant in two COVID-19 cases detected in Saskatchewan
The province administered 106 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, bringing the total amount to 35,575.As of Feb. 2, 109 per cent of the doses received were administered in the province. The overa...
Feb 02, 2021