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World junior hockey championship pre-tournament games reduced because of COVID-19
EDMONTON - Canada won't play Sweden in a pre-tournament game before the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton because of Sweden's extended quarantine. Exhibition games scheduled for Sunday and ...
Dec 19, 2020
Saskatchewan reports 252 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths
Eight more people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. The Government of Saskatchewan reported the new deaths, along with 252 new cases of the virus Saturday.Two of the deaths reported Saturday...
Dec 19, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Canada passes 500,000 COVID-19 cases following Saskatchewan report
Canada has surpassed 500,000 cases of COVID-19 as infections continue to surge in several provinces. Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold today, with 252 new cases reported. Earlier...
Dec 19, 2020
Israeli PM joins world leaders getting COVID-19 vaccine
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world's leaders to be inocula...
Dec 19, 2020
Youth engineering education program going digital in early 2021
A group that offers science, technology, engineering, and math education is going virtual in 2021.Engineering for Kids of North Saskatchewan is running five-day camps beginning January and ending in e...
Dec 19, 2020
First New Brunswick vaccinations begin at nursing home in Miramichi
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - New Brunswick started its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Saturday with the inoculation of an 84-year-old nursing home resident who said needles don't bother her in the least. Pauli...
Dec 19, 2020
Metis Nation-Saskatchewan to help residents with emergency housing repairs
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) is taking the next step in its housing strategy, offering direct help to Metis citizens facing health and safety challenges in their homes.According to a media rel...
Dec 19, 2020
EA Rawlinson Centre announces winter-spring season
The EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts have announced there winter-spring season slate of shows. The season theme or slogan is, "Safe and Sound."According to a media release, the tickets will go on sale...
Dec 19, 2020
Air search off N.S. coast suspended until Sunday for missing scallop fishermen
HILLSBURN, N.S. - The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off in...
Dec 19, 2020
Canadian Oshae Brissett one of three players waived by Raptors ahead of opener
TAMPA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors have waived Canadian guard/forward Oshae Brissett, forward/centre Henry Ellenson and forward Alize Johnson.The team's roster now stands at 17 players. Toronto's seaso...
Dec 19, 2020