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Pothole patching continues in Melfort
City of Melfort crews continue to work to patch the potholes that have developed over the past months.The employees have been out repairing Melfort's streets, while also keeping proper social distanci...
May 13, 2020
NDP calls for universal sick-leave benefits as people return to work
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says all Canadians should have access to two weeks of sick leave benefits as provinces start moving to reopen their economies. He says they will otherwise face a...
May 13, 2020
Toronto FC groundskeeper
'very, very, very happy" with BMO Field pitch
TORONTO - While Major League Soccer has been on hiatus since March 12 because of the global pandemic, Robert Heggie has been hard at work. Toronto FC's director of groundskeeping and a skeleton c...
May 13, 2020
Parkland Place among long-term care facilities to receive iPads for residents
Residents at Parkland Place in Melfort will have more freedom to connect with loved ones virtually with iPads donated to the long-term care facility.The Saskatchewan Health Authority has partnered wit...
May 13, 2020
Helicopter used to save man who fell through ice on Nemeiben Lake
A 61-year-old man was taken to hospital after falling through the ice May 11 on Nemeiben Lake. According to a media release, at approximately 2:30 p.m. La Ronge RCMP received a complaint that two peop...
May 13, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened tens of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed thousands. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a ...
May 13, 2020
Research says T. rex was built for long distances, not sprints
New research suggests that Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most feared predators in the Age of Dinosaurs, was built for endurance, not speed. A paper published today supports theories that the mass...
May 13, 2020
Nassar-related case dismissed against ex-university chief
DETROIT - A judge dismissed criminal charges Wednesday against former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon, who was accused of lying to investigators in 2018 as they tried to learn what ...
May 13, 2020
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says no plans to cancel rest of season
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says he has no plans on cancelling the remainder of the NHL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bettman spoke Tuesday at a virtual town hall hosted by the San Jose ...
May 13, 2020
Saskatoon area pop-up drive-in gets go ahead from Saskatchewan Health Authority
When non-essential stores were ordered to close more than two months ago because of COVID-19, Saskatoon Audio Visual Technical Production Manager Chris Lawrie was temporarily out of work.Then he remem...
May 13, 2020