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Saskatchewan changing PCR test eligibility, COVID reporting practices
Saskatchewan is changing the way it's managing COVID-19.While public health measures such as mandatory masking, self-isolation and proof of vaccination will remain in place for the time being, the pro...
Feb 03, 2022

Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prison
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald - an early...
Feb 03, 2022

‘It’s time:’ Moe vows to remove all public health measures in Sask.
Premier Scott Moe once again is vowing to end all COVID-related restrictions in Saskatchewan.In a video posted to his Twitter account Wednesday evening, Moe said the time has come to ease all public h...
Feb 03, 2022

Raiders will return to the rink this weekend for two games after last week's were postponed
Uncertainty is a thing everybody has had to deal with since March 2020. Is this event cancelled? When will this be rescheduled? How will this work with protocols? But Prince Albert Raiders' business m...
Feb 03, 2022

Quebec court says justice minister's intervention on judge bilingualism illegal
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that the province's justice minister does not get to decide whether judges can be required to speak English as well as French. The case was centred aroun...
Feb 03, 2022

New blockade in Alberta cutting off traffic to U.S. border crossing
MILK RIVER, ALBERTA - RCMP say a second blockade on a highway leading to the main United States border crossing in Alberta has choked off traffic. "Protesters have stopped traffic from going southboun...
Feb 03, 2022

Bayern Munich says Davies is fine but "bored" as he recovers from myocarditis
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies is fine but bored as he recovers from myocarditis following a bout with COVID-19. Bayern said Jan. 5 that the 21-year-old fro...
Feb 03, 2022

P.A. and North Battleford seeing increase in COVID levels: study
COVID levels are seeing a big jump in Prince Albert and North Battleford.That's according to the University of Saskatchewan which has been studying wastewater in the communities to determine how preva...
Feb 03, 2022

Canadian military cuts dozens of unvaccinated troops, puts hundreds more on notice
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says dozens of Canadian Armed Forces members who refused to get vaccinated have now been kicked out of the military. Release proceedings have started for hu...
Feb 03, 2022

Marburg named community ambassador for the Broncos
It was RBC Game Night in Humboldt as they took on the Battlefords North Stars on Tuesday night.It was also a night to celebrate as RBC and the SJHL announced their Humboldt Broncos' Community Ambassad...
Feb 03, 2022