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RCMP must take 'drastic actions' to restore confidence: former Supreme Court justice
OTTAWA - The author of a report that found a toxic, misogynistic culture in the RCMP says the police force must take some "drastic actions" right away to restore confidence. Former Supreme Court justi...
Dec 02, 2020
Saskatchewan government apologizes for photo of same-sex couple on World AIDS Day
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is apologizing for using a photo of two men to promote World AIDS Day. The government posted the picture showing the men standing side by side with their heads tou...
Dec 02, 2020
FSIN presses federal government to make First Nations a priority for the COVID vaccine
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is still months away, but the organization that represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan wants to make sure its members have a place reserved in line.The Federat...
Dec 02, 2020
‘Fairly cautious again’: Melfort Special Olympics paused until 2021
Melfort Special Olympics paused its sporting activities nearly as fast as they started.The news of amateur and recreational sports being suspended following the Government of Saskatchewan's latest COV...
Dec 02, 2020
École Vickers students learn sign language to accommodate COVID restrictions
When students went back into classrooms in September, they were presented with new guidelines to prevent COVID-19 from spreading. One of these guidelines prohibits singing in the classroom. But for th...
Dec 02, 2020
Canadian curlers prepare for prospect of a Calgary "bubble"
CALGARY - A potentially lengthy stay in Alberta, and trying to defend a national men's curling championship in front of zero fans, are thoughts circulating in Brad Gushue's mind. The veteran skip from...
Dec 02, 2020
Ex-NFL player Carlos Rogers pleads guilty in fraud scheme
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A 12th former NFL player has admitted to participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the league's health care benefit program. Former Washington Football Team and San Fra...
Dec 02, 2020
Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86
LOS ANGELES - Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. He died at his home in the Sherman Oaks ...
Dec 02, 2020
German city grieves after 5 killed in pedestrian zone attack
BERLIN - Residents of Trier placed flowers and lit candles at the base of the southwestern German city's landmark Roman gate Wednesday in tribute to the five people who were killed and more than a doz...
Dec 02, 2020
China's space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon
BEIJING - China's landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is plannin...
Dec 02, 2020