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Trudeau, Duclos must send transparency message during pandemic: info czar
OTTAWA - The federal information czar wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tell federal agencies they must strive to be transparent and accountable as they wrestle with the fallout from COVID-1...
May 05, 2020
SHA releases phased Service Resumption Plan
Saskatchewan residents will see medical services reintroduced over a four phased plan.The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will be initiating the gradual resumption of health care services starting...
May 05, 2020 Dr. Susan Shaw with SHA speaks during a video conference Tuesday.(Government of Saskatchewan/Facebook)
Americans trust Canadians more than they trust themselves, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - COVID-19 has damaged the trust Canadians have in their American neighbours, while U.S. residents collectively have more faith in their northern counterparts than they do in themselves, a ...
May 05, 2020
National Day of Awareness highlights MLTC planning and support of both men and women
In observance of the National Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on May 5, Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) is consistently developing ways to honour their legacy . F...
May 05, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Thieves raid youth camp; up to $10K in damages
The CEO of Camp Tamarack, a children's camp for those with learning disabilities, says if people needed supplies they could have just asked, rather than causing over $10,000 in damages.Sometime betwee...
May 05, 2020 (Camp Tamarack Foundation)
Twenty new cases of COVID-19, 18 in Far North
There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan all in the northern part of the province.Eighteen of the new confirmed COVID-19 cases are in the Far North (La Loche area), with two in the North. On...
May 05, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Ford: MLSE asked about Toronto being a hub city should NHL resume its season
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Toronto Maple Leafs' parent company has been in contact with the province about the possibility of Canada's biggest city serving as a so-called "hocke...
May 05, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed hundreds. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a life that...
May 05, 2020
Fix on Friday to finally let moms-to-be receive CERB, Qualtrough tells MPs
OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will receive a key benefit once a fix comes into effect on Friday. ...
May 05, 2020
Council looks to renew contract with Transitlive
Prince Albert city council appears set to renew the City's contract with the bus live-tracking system Transitlive.The website allows riders to view the location of their bus in real time and see when ...
May 05, 2020 A screen grab of the transit tracking site shows the locations of buses in Prince Albert. (Transitlivepa.com)