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Plastics industry says its products are not 'toxic', urges govt to rethink label
OTTAWA - The federal government's plan to ban some single-use plastic products by labelling them "toxic" to the environment is defamatory and harmful to the companies that produce them, an industry gr...
Oct 07, 2020
Veteran skip McCarville aiming for Scotties return in uncertain season
Veteran skip Krista McCarville has the blueprint down for how to approach a limited curling season. Her Thunder Bay, Ont.,-based team of Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala and Sarah Potts usually focus on t...
Oct 07, 2020
Edmonton Oilers bring forward Jesse Puljujarvi back with a two-year contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers retrieved a prized prospect in signing Jesse Puljujarvi to a two-year contract. The fourth overall pick by Edmonton in the 2016 NHL entry draft split his first three pro...
Oct 07, 2020
Judge delays ruling on N. Carolina absentee ballot procedure
GREENSBORO, N.C. - A federal judge in North Carolina criticized an absentee ballot procedure giving voters more leeway to fix incomplete witness information, but said he'd issue a written ruling at a ...
Oct 07, 2020
Appellate judges let 2020 census continue through October
ORLANDO, Fla. - A panel of three appellate judges on Wednesday upheld a lower court order allowing the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident to continue through October. But the panel struck down a p...
Oct 07, 2020
Sask. Party Leader Scott Moe reveals 1994 impaired driving charge
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe revealed Wednesday he once faced another impaired driving charge.This is separate from an impaired driving incident in 1992, and the fatal crash in which he was inv...
Oct 07, 2020
Sask. teachers share experiences about return to school in new survey
Nine in 10 teachers in a survey say it has been difficult to maintain social distancing since the return of school in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) heard from 2,108 people o...
Oct 07, 2020
Province records 10 new COVID-19 cases, 11 more recoveries
There are 10 new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province and 11 more recoveries.The provincial total is now at 1,994.The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (four), Central West (one), Central ...
Oct 07, 2020
International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception
Alia Youssef and Mohamed El-Sawah have been in a long-distance relationship for the better part of a year, though they live just a 35-minute drive apart. Youssef lives in Windsor, Ont., El-Sawah in a ...
Oct 07, 2020
Meadow Lake NDP candidate promises a vision to 'put people first'
Unlike her incumbent competitor, provincial election candidate Harmonie King doesn't have much in the way of political experience - but that fresh, new perspective is something she thinks will entice ...
Oct 07, 2020