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Academic detained in Iran for 2 years returns to Australia
CANBERRA, Australia - Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has arrived back in Australia and will soon reunite with her family after more than two years in an Iranian prison. Moore-Gilbert was met by public h...
Nov 27, 2020
Brazilians mourn death of Argentinian archrival Maradona
SAO PAULO - Brazil and Argentina are long rivals for soccer supremacy in South America, and Brazilians naturally think of their own Pel as the best footballer in history. But they are putting aside th...
Nov 26, 2020
Trump says he'll leave if Electoral College seats Biden
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden's victory - even as he insisted such a decision would...
Nov 26, 2020
Tory MP Duncan pushes Health Minister to finally end the gay blood ban
OTTAWA - Eric Duncan, the first openly gay Conservative MP, laced into the federal health minister Thursday over the Liberals failure to end a ban on gay men donating blood. In a heated and emotional ...
Nov 26, 2020
Venezuela judge convicts 6 American oil execs, orders prison
CARACAS, Venezuela - Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of corruption charges by a judge Thursday and immediately sentenced to prison, defence lawyers said...
Nov 26, 2020
'No crying': Venezuelan refugee Kenney cited says interaction was less dramatic
EDMONTON - The Venezuelan woman who believes she was used as part of Jason Kenney's argument not to lockdown restaurants in the province remembers her encounter with the premier as less dramatic than ...
Nov 26, 2020
SHA increasing testing and contact tracing capacity
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is ramping up testing and contact tracing capacity in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, but says it won't be able to keep pace unless people limit their co...
Nov 26, 2020
Curling season on pause; Melfort club planning turkey dinner fundraiser
The curling season will be on pause for three weeks in Saskatchewan as a result of the governments latest restrictions.All recreational activities are suspended until Dec. 17, starting on Friday, Nov....
Nov 26, 2020
EA Rawlinson December shows impacted by COVID restrictions
On Friday, Nov. 27 new regulations will be in place limiting gathering at performance venues like the EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts to 30 people. Due to the new gathering restrictions changes are b...
Nov 26, 2020
P.A. Correctional to become re-direction site for Saskatoon inmates, following COVID spike in Saskatoon
Effective Thursday, all remanded and sentenced offenders in the province are being sent to the Regina and Prince Albert Correctional Centres, and there will be no new admissions to the Saskatoon Corre...
Nov 26, 2020