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P.E.I. potato farmers seek end to trade suspension, but U.S. officials want more data
FREDERICTON - Farmers on Prince Edward Island say there's no scientific basis for a suspension of exports of Island potatoes to the United States and it needs to be lifted now, but Canadian officials ...
Jan 11, 2022
First Afghan human rights activists arrive six months after Ottawa's promise of help
OTTAWA - Six months after the federal government promised to help thousands of Afghan women leaders, human rights activists and journalists flee to Canada, the first planeload has landed. Immigration ...
Jan 11, 2022
Pope slips out of Vatican to visit record shop, gets CD
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis grew up listening to the opera on the radio, is a fan of Argentine tango and thinks Mozart "lifts you to God." But it still came as a something of a shock to see the 85-year-o...
Jan 11, 2022
P.A. organizations coming together to help First Nations University students during pandemic
Students with the First Nations University of Canada in Prince Albert are getting a helping hand during the pandemic.Since November 2021, the school's northern campus student association has been hand...
Jan 11, 2022
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in US and Britain
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The rea...
Jan 11, 2022
RCMP commissioner breached duty with slow response to watchdog report, judge rules
OTTAWA - A federal judge says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki flouted the law by failing to respond promptly to a watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters. In a newly released decisi...
Jan 11, 2022
Make Inuktitut official language in Canada, says Inuit rep on UN task force
OTTAWA - Canada is to spearhead a 10-year drive by the United Nations to revive and protect worldwide Indigenous languages, including endangered tongues such as Michif, the Mtis language. Aluki Kotier...
Jan 11, 2022
Meadow Lake 2022 budget postponed due to document discrepancies
More than one week into the new year, the City of Meadow Lake is operating without a financial blueprint. On Monday, Meadow Lake City Council was scheduled to engage in discussions surrounding the 202...
Jan 11, 2022
No new COVID-19-related deaths reported in the province, 1,027 new cases
Another day of high case numbers as the province reports 1,027 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today.There are currently 8,229 cases considered active which includes 838 in the northern zones of the p...
Jan 11, 2022
City COVID restrictions remain due to province's high numbers
The City of North Battleford will keep its enhanced COVID-19 restrictions in place in response to high numbers in Saskatchewan. The city currently requires proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 ...
Jan 11, 2022