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'Welcome news': P.A. daycare provider eagerly waiting COVID vaccine for children
Children between the ages of five and 11 may soon be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine.Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Monday they believe providing these kids with a smaller dose of their already app...
Sep 21, 2021

Pasquia Park Pool fundraising committee halfway to $200,000 goal
The community of Carrot River and the surrounding area are combining efforts to raise money for the Pasquia Park Pool.A new liner is needed at the pool before it can re-open in 2022.Fundraising commit...
Sep 21, 2021

Town council decides to end contract with Destination Battlefords
Battleford council gave six months notice for the town to terminate its agreement with Destination Battlefords at this week's council meeting.Administration recommended ending the agreement as the tow...
Sep 21, 2021

Prince Albert mayor reacts to federal election results and provincial health restrictions
Almost 33,000 voters in the Prince Albert area came out to vote in the federal election yesterday. This is a total of 57.4 per cent of registered voters in the riding.Sixty-five per cent of those vote...
Sep 21, 2021

Former Leafs winger Zach Hyman ready to start fresh with Connor McDavid's Oilers
Zach Hyman needed a place to train. And he knew just the person to ask. Having just put pen to paper on a big-money deal with the Edmonton Oilers in free agency following six seasons with his hometown...
Sep 21, 2021

Three new Indigenous MPs secure ridings for NDP and Conservative parties
There are likely to be three new Indigenous members of Parliament in the House of Commons following a federal election that had a record number of First Nations, Mtis and Inuit candidates. Blake Desja...
Sep 21, 2021

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame induction class signals social change in sport
CALGARY - NHL players inducted for social change instead of on-ice exploits, and the first Special Olympian entering Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, reflect an admiration of more than medals and trophie...
Sep 21, 2021

Quebec coroner questions why more wasn't done for neglected Herron residents
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner overseeing an inquiry into long-term care deaths is questioning why more wasn't done to help residents at a Montreal-area home where dozens died. Coroner Ghane Kamel has ...
Sep 21, 2021

COVID Vaccination Record Available with QR Code
Verifier App On The Way For BusinessesSaskatchewan citizens with a MySaskHealthRecord account at eHealth Saskatchewan are now able to view their COVID-19 vaccination record in a new format that includ...
Sep 21, 2021

Masks mandatory across Nunavut; new COVID-19 cases confirmed in two communities
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 two days after the territory reinstated its mask mandate. There is one new case in Kinngait on Baffin Island and one in Kugluktuk in t...
Sep 21, 2021