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Contact tracing underway in COVID-19 outbreaks in Hutterite communities
No surprise with a jump in COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan.Of the 15 news cases announced on Thursday 14 are in the south region-connected to outbreaks in two Hutterite communities in the RM of Maple C...
Jun 19, 2020
Buyers Supporting Weldon 4H Beef Club
We live in such a supportive community! Thank you to all buyers and to JGL Livestock and Lake Country Coop for the sponsorship of the steer and the feed. Thanks to Mansons for caring for the steer and...
Jun 19, 2020
Riders head coach Dickenson back in Regina, talks coaching staff pay cuts
Under normal circumstances, Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson would be speaking to media ahead of the team's season-opener against the Montreal Alouettes.But due to the COVID-19 pand...
Jun 19, 2020
NCAA: No championships in states with confederate symbol
The NCAA is expanding its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its championship events. The current ban, in place since 2001, prevents states from hosting what the NCA...
Jun 19, 2020
Lithuania erects sculpture in honour of JD Salinger
VILNIUS, Lithuania - J.D. Salinger, the American writer best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," was honoured Friday with a sculpture featuring a rye field near the Lithuanian village w...
Jun 19, 2020
South African choir adapts to COVID-19 by making new music
MOUTSE VALLEY, South Africa - The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of "America's Got Talent," but that's where the members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir find themse...
Jun 19, 2020
Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
WASHINGTON - Undeterred by this week's Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the...
Jun 19, 2020
Feds invite comment on information law amid concerns about pandemic slowdowns
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is inviting Canadians to say what they think of the federal law that allows the public to request information from federal departments and agencies. But ...
Jun 19, 2020
China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executiv...
Jun 19, 2020
China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executiv...
Jun 19, 2020