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Province reports 506 new cases of COVID-19 setting new daily case record
After the province recorded the most COVID-19 cases in one day during yesterday's update, the government is reporting another 506 new cases setting a new record for the most COVID-19 cases in one day ...
Sep 14, 2021

Dozens of lawyers call for suspension of extradition with France over Diab case
OTTAWA - More than 100 legal professionals are asking Canada to suspend its extradition treaty with France over concerns "an innocent man" could face trial there in a terrorism case. In May, a French ...
Sep 14, 2021

BUH Foundation celebrates 25th year of Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament
The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation held their 25th annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament Monday at North Battleford Golf and Country Club. The day marked the first time in two years the ...
Sep 14, 2021

Officials too quick to blame COVID-19 for deaths at Montreal care home: witness
MONTREAL - An auxiliary nurse told a coroner's inquest today that health authorities were too quick to blame COVID-19 for deaths in a Montreal-area long-term care home when some of them were in fact c...
Sep 14, 2021

Improvements underway in La Ronge trail system
Trail maintenance and enhancement is currently underway in La Ronge by the Boreal Outdoor Recreation Association (BORA).It's part of an approximately $240,000 project paid for by the Town of La Ronge,...
Sep 14, 2021

Melfort family receiving outpour of support after fatal crash near Watson
A GoFundMe page created to assist a Melfort family in a time of grieving is seeing an immense amount of community support.Steve Taylor lost his life in a highway crash late Saturday night when he was ...
Sep 14, 2021

City of Melfort announce Sept. 30 as statutory holiday after monthly council meeting
The City of Melfort said it will formally recognize Sept. 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation for all city employees.Although the new statutory holiday isn't recognized provincewide, i...
Sep 14, 2021

Desmond inquiry: focus of hearings shifts to examination of domestic violence
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 turned its attention today to the issue of domestic violence. The executive direc...
Sep 14, 2021

N.S. family who perished in trailer fire were busy and boisterous: neighbour
AMHERST, N.S. - A mother, father and four children who perished in a fire inside their vacation trailer are being recalled as an active, boisterous family by a friend who rented them the Amherst, N.S....
Sep 14, 2021

Calgary firm advances new trial, manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says it has signed two contracts to have its developmental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 manufactured in Canada. The company says it has signed a $90-million...
Sep 14, 2021