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Canadian golfing great Mike Weir closes day at Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO - Canadian golfing great Mike Weir added another new experience to his storied career on Thursday. Gold confetti rained down as Weir pressed the button that formally stops trading for the day ...
Dec 01, 2022

Global Affairs calls in China ambassador over claims of secret police stations
OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada official says the department has called in China's ambassador numerous times over allegations that secret police stations are targeting that country's diaspora in Cana...
Dec 01, 2022

Give a Little Life Day returns to the airwaves
As one of the acute care directors at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert, Sharon Griffin has seen firsthand how generosity can impact patient care.She'll have the chance to witness that goodwill o...
Dec 01, 2022

Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said...
Dec 01, 2022

Environment Canada issues extreme cold warning for Battlefords, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert
Environment Canada issued an extreme cold warning for much of the central part of Saskatchewan and parts of the extreme north.The warning stretches from Meadow Lake south to the Kindersley area. It go...
Dec 01, 2022

FSIN allege inmate assaulted at Sask. Pen, guards involved suspended
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is claiming a former inmate at the Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary in Prince Albert was assaulted by four guards.They held a news conference on ...
Dec 01, 2022

North Battleford to receive $785,000 from the province for policing
The City of North Battleford will receive $785,000 to continue funding seven policing positions. The funding is through the Municipal Police Grants program for 2022-23.In a media release, the province...
Dec 01, 2022

Guerrero named Blue Jays' player of the year by Toronto baseball writers' association
TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr., was named Blue Jays player of the year on Thursday in voting by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The all-star first baseman had a ....
Dec 01, 2022

B.C. Nisga'a totem on display at Scotland museum since 1930 is heading home
VICTORIA - The National Museum of Scotland says it will return a memorial totem pole taken nearly a century ago from the Nisga'a Nation in British Columbia. The museum says its board of trustees appro...
Dec 01, 2022

SHA recruits 22 new health-care workers during Philippines trip
Job offers have been accepted by nearly two dozen health-care workers so far in the Philippines, according to Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Andrew Will.In an effort to address Saskatchewan's short...
Dec 01, 2022