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Selling Canadiens in position to add picks and prospects ahead of NHL trade deadline
MONTREAL - General Manager Kent Hughes has stayed in Montreal as his Canadiens begin a four-game road trip through the NHL's Western Conference. Hughes has presumably stayed home to better make deals ...
Feb 27, 2023

Changes announced for Crop Insurance Program in 2023
Saskatchewan farmers got their first glimpse Monday at the 2023 Crop Insurance Program.The average coverage is at a record-high level of $446 per acre, thanks to increased commodity prices and yield c...
Feb 27, 2023

GOP shifts focus of attacks on Biden's immigration policy to Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - A group of Republicans on Capitol Hill is turning its gaze towards Canada as it ramps up political criticism of President Joe Biden's immigration strategy. Rep. Mike Kelly from Pennsylvan...
Feb 27, 2023

Liberal MP denies report that alleges China helped him win his seat
OTTAWA - A Liberal member of Parliament is denying a report that alleges China helped him win his seat in the 2019 federal election. Global News reported Friday evening that Han Dong was allegedly hel...
Feb 27, 2023

Baby delivery among nearly 1,000 calls in a week for medical communications team
When your call centre is responsible for an area that blankets much of northern Saskatchewan, it's safe to say you're going to be busy just about every day. The medical communications team in the nort...
Feb 27, 2023

Einarson wins fourth straight Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Team Canada's Kerri Einarson got her four-peat Sunday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris scored five in the ninth end to beat Manitoba's Je...
Feb 27, 2023

Broncos stick to win column as SJHL regular season enters its final weeks
The Humboldt Broncos have clinched their spot in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League 2023 playoff series, but the battle isn't over yet.The green and gold finished off their February action 7-1-1. T...
Feb 27, 2023

Four people die in three days on Quebec snowmobile trails
MONTREAL - Four Quebec snowmobilers have died in separate crashes since Friday. Provincial police say a man in his 60s died in St-Cuthbert, Que., around 90 kilometres northeast of Montreal, after his ...
Feb 27, 2023

Israel beefs up troops after unprecedented settler rampage
HAWARA, West Bank (AP) - Israeli medics say a man has been seriously wounded in a shooting on a West Bank highway. The shooting on Monday comes a day after two Israelis were killed by a Palestinian gu...
Feb 27, 2023

Alberta signs $24B, 10-year health-care funding deal with Ottawa
EDMONTON - Alberta has become the latest province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding. The federal government says in a news release that more than $24 billion is to b...
Feb 27, 2023