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CPNewsAlert: Quebec backtracks on taxing unvaccinated to maintain 'social peace'
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he is abandoning his threat to tax the unvaccinated. Legault told a news conference today he is worried about dividing Quebecers and is backtracking in o...
Feb 01, 2022

Applications Now Being Accepted for the Community Airport Partnership Program
The Government of Saskatchewan is now accepting applications for the Community Airport Partnership (CAP) program. CAP is administered through the Ministry of Highways. Under the program, communities c...
Feb 01, 2022

Lloydminster receives Alberta approval for annexation, waiting for Saskatchewan
Pending buy-in from Saskatchewan, the Border City is going to get bigger.The City of Lloydminster received approval from the Government of Alberta on Jan. 26 to annex lands from the County of Vermilli...
Feb 01, 2022

Sask. premier condemns the behaviour of some at trucker protest
While Premier Scott Moe released a statement on the weekend in support of the ongoing trucker protest, he's calling out the behaviour of some on and near Parliament Hill in Ottawa.Nazi signs were spot...
Feb 01, 2022

Riders, Fajardo agree to restructured deal for 2022
It appears Cody Fajardo is taking a pay cut.The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday their starting quarterback had agreed to a restructured contract for the 2022 CFL season."Cody has always been...
Feb 01, 2022

Indigenous-led bid to bring 2030 Games to Vancouver and Whistler takes next step
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous-led partnership has taken the next step in exploring a potential bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The agreement announced Tuesday between four First Nati...
Feb 01, 2022

Canada offering help as COVAX vaccine alliance pleads for more cash
OTTAWA - Canada is considering sending more money or ancillary vaccine supplies to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance after a plea from the organizers that it was running out of cash. COVAX cel...
Feb 01, 2022

Ontario will stick to reopening plan despite warning from science panel, premier says
Ontario and Quebec are each reporting 63 additional deaths linked to COVID-19, one day after the two provinces began relaxing pandemic-related restrictions. In Ontario, a panel of scientists that advi...
Feb 01, 2022

Police looking for armed robbery suspect in North Battleford
Battlefords RCMP are investigating an armed robbery from Monday evening.A lone male suspect entered a business on the 1100 block of 107th St. in North Battleford, shortly after 5:00 p.m. Upon entering...
Feb 01, 2022

Snow depth in Prince Albert this winter more than double average
If it's felt like an unusually snowy winter in Prince Albert, that's because it has been. While Environment Canada no longer measures snowfall directly, there are two stations measuring overall snow d...
Feb 01, 2022