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Province urges measles vaccinations
While there has been only one reported case of measles in Canada this year, various outbreaks in the US through January and potential dangers associated with foreign travel to Europe, are a timely rem...
Feb 07, 2019

La Ronge beach becoming attractive winter destination
The beach in La Ronge's Patterson Park is a popular summer destination, but in recent years Parks and Recreation staff have been working hard to make it a fun place to visit during the winter months t...
Feb 07, 2019

Municipalities willing to gamble on new fundraising ideas
It's an interesting idea and one municipal representatives across Saskatchewan are endorsing as a means of generating new money for much-needed local projects. Delegates at the annual Saskatchewan Urb...
Feb 07, 2019

Seniors Valentines Tea offers fun outing in Battlefords
The Seniors Valentine's Tea is taking place Feb. 14 at 3:40 p.m. at the Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre. Candace Dustan, program manager for the city, said the event that first came together decades ...
Feb 07, 2019

Spring runoff outlook varies across Sask.
It sounds strange to speak about spring when it's -50 C with the wind, but the Water Security Agency has released their first spring runoff outlook for 2019.Much of the southern portion of the provinc...
Feb 07, 2019

Village of Love hosting 48th Annual Winter Festival
A community expecting a crowd four or five times its population isn't a common occurrence, although that's exactly what the Village of Love plans to do on Saturday.Love's Annual Winter Festival, which...
Feb 07, 2019

Credit agency warns big risk to Canadian schools if China pulls students
OTTAWA - Moody's Investors Services says three of Canada's biggest universities would face a cash crunch if Canada's diplomatic row with China results in the world's most populous nation pulling its s...
Feb 07, 2019

House Speaker warns MPs that heated rhetoric is starting to cross a line
OTTAWA - The referee of the House of Commons has given MPs a stern warning about their use of overheated partisan rhetoric lest they find themselves in a parliamentary penalty box. Speaker G...
Feb 07, 2019

Canadian forward Travis Larsen looks to welcome Toronto Arrows to Texas
Austin Elite Rugby forward Travis Larsen will be seeing plenty of familiar faces Friday when he looks across the field at the visiting Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby play. Born in Nanaimo, B.C.,...
Feb 07, 2019

Democrats seek Green New Deal to address climate change
WASHINGTON - Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signalling its likely elevation as a c...
Feb 07, 2019