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Sask. considering lowering age limit for AstraZeneca vaccine
Premier Scott Moe says the Saskatchewan government is "actively reviewing" the age restrictions for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.In a tweet Monday, Moe said the government was looking at lowering ...
Apr 19, 2021

Local companies hope to bid on city's Primary Sanitary Sewer Trunk Upgrade project
Some North Battleford council members are hoping to have local companies be included in the bid process for the Primary Sanitary Sewer Trunk Upgrade project that is in the planning stages.Councillor B...
Apr 19, 2021

UEFA could ban Super League players from Euro 2020, WCup
MONTREUX, Switzerland - Players at the 12 clubs setting up their own Super League could be banned from the European Championship and next year's World Cup, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said Monda...
Apr 19, 2021

AP source: Guantanamo prisoners now getting COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON - Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre can begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, a senior defence official told The Associated Press, months after a plan to inoc...
Apr 19, 2021

University of Victoria women's rowing coach resigns by mutual agreement
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says the head coach of its women's rowing program has resigned effective immediately. In a statement posted on the school's varsity athletics website, it says the...
Apr 19, 2021

University of Victoria women's rowing coach resigns by mutual agreement
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says the head coach of its women's rowing program has resigned effective immediately. In a statement posted on the school's varsity athletics website, it says the...
Apr 19, 2021

Raiders look to replicate high energy in night matchup against the Warriors
After a brash and spirited performance on Sunday, the Prince Albert Raiders will look to find a similar energy when they take on the Moose Jaw Warriors tonight. The puck will drop shortly after 8 p.m....
Apr 19, 2021

Prosecutor: FedEx shooter didn't have 'red flag' hearing
INDIANAPOLIS - A former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana's "red flag" law, even after his mother ...
Apr 19, 2021

All of Iqaluit's COVID-19 cases are adults, most in their 20s and 30s
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says all those currently infected with COVID-19 in Iqaluit are adults. Dr. Michael Patterson also says about three-quarters of them are in thei...
Apr 19, 2021

Alberta scientists urge adoption of bill that would protect against coal mining
EDMONTON - Some 35 scientists from the University of Alberta are urging the provincial government to rethink its plans for expanding coal-mining in the Rocky Mountains. The researchers, all from the u...
Apr 19, 2021