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'It's been a good week': Tam hopeful on vaccines as pandemic anniversary nears
Canada's chief public health officer is expressing hope for the future as the world prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 crisis. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a ...
Mar 07, 2021

Former world champion Kevin Koe earns third straight win at Tim Hortons Brier event
CALGARY - Kevin Koe remains unbeaten at the Tim Hortons Brier. Koe's Wild Card 2 rink defeated Eddie MacKenzie of Prince Edward Island 12-5 on Sunday to improve to 3-0 at the Canadian men's curling ch...
Mar 07, 2021

At least 20 dead, 600 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others on Sunday, authorities said. President Teodoro...
Mar 07, 2021

Gourde helps Lightning rally for 6-3 victory over Blackhawks
CHICAGO - Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat and Victor Hedman each scored a power-play goal in the second period, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Sunday. Pat Maroon added h...
Mar 07, 2021

Former world champion Kevin Koe earns third straight win at Tim Hortons Brier event
CALGARY - Kevin Koe remains unbeaten at the Tim Hortons Brier. Koe's Wild Card 2 rink defeated Eddie MacKenzie of Prince Edward Island 12-5 on Sunday to improve to 3-0 at the Canadian men's curling ch...
Mar 07, 2021

'It's been a good week': Tam hopeful on vaccines as pandemic anniversary nears
Canada's chief public health officer is expressing hope for the future as the world prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 crisis. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a ...
Mar 07, 2021

Ag experts keep eye on precipitation levels leading into growing season
NORTH BATTLEFORD - While spring is still a couple of months away, producers in the North West region of Saskatchewan are keeping an eye on precipitation levels this winter as they plan for a new seedi...
Mar 07, 2021

New COVID-19 vaccine shipments expected this week; 116 new cases reported, two deaths, 209 recoveries
A Pfizer vaccine shipment is expected on Tuesday to supply Saskatoon (3,510 doses) and Regina (3,510 doses). The province is then expected to receive another shipment on Wednesday to give North Battle...
Mar 07, 2021

Board to begin search for permanent Capitol Police chief
WASHINGTON - The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capi...
Mar 07, 2021

Conservatives to call aides to Sajjan, Trudeau to testify on Vance allegations
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they want to hear when two senior Liberal officials first learned about allegations of sexual misconduct by Gen. Jonathan Vance - and what they did about them. T...
Mar 07, 2021