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Province records 82 new cases of COVID-19 — highest single day total
Today, the province is reporting 82 new cases of COVID-19, and 41 recoveries. The new daily total is the highest single day number of cases the province has seen so far, with active cases (707) tripli...
Oct 29, 2020
JetBlue is the latest airline to retreat from blocking seats
The days of airlines blocking seats to make passengers feel safer about flying during the pandemic are coming closer to an end. JetBlue is the latest to indicate it is rethinking the issue. A spokesma...
Oct 29, 2020
US to use Iranian fuel sale proceeds to aid terror victims
The Trump administration plans to use proceeds from the sale of fuel confiscated from Iranian tankers to benefit victims of terrorism, officials announced Thursday. The U.S. military in August seized ...
Oct 29, 2020
Councillors challenge land deal pamphlet 'facts'
A pamphlet distributed to mail boxes across the city this week is getting a mixed reaction from the councillors who voted on the $6.5 million land deal last June.The parcel of land on the city's south...
Oct 29, 2020
Paris Jackson excited and nervous on eve of debut solo album
NEW YORK - It started in her bedroom with just a guitar, but Paris Jackson has turned coping with the heartache after a recent break up into her debut solo album. Jackson, 22, has been a devoted music...
Oct 29, 2020
Safety precautions, mail-in ballots key for northeast advanced polls
Northeast Saskatchewan residents can expect some additional safety precautions as they prepare to submit their ballets for the 2020 municipal elections.In the City of Melfort's case, some markers enco...
Oct 29, 2020
Stars look for strong finish to preseason
The Battlefords North Stars will wrap up their exhibition schedule with the conclusion of the work week.The Stars will welcome the Kindersley Klippers to town this evening, for the first of back-to-ba...
Oct 29, 2020
Minister says scheduling snafus stalling Desmond inquiry, but lawyer isn't so sure
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says scheduling snafus are getting in the way of restarting the high-profile inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and hims...
Oct 29, 2020
Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence
PARIS - It's been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won't stop poking fun at I...
Oct 29, 2020
Trump officials end gray wolf protections across most of US
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and putting stat...
Oct 29, 2020