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With child-care program Trudeau finds a model for influencing provincial policy
OTTAWA - If you had asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year whether the federal government could have a stronger hand in provincial health matters, he says his answer might have been different. ...
Dec 18, 2021
Dentists see pandemic stress in patients with more grinding, cracked, broken teeth
VICTORIA - Stress and anxiety connected to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is revealing itself in people's mouths, say dentists who report increasing cases of patients with cracked, broken and damaged t...
Dec 18, 2021
Japan police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire
OSAKA, Japan (AP) - Japanese police on Saturday searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in an eight-story building, killing 24 people trapped i...
Dec 18, 2021
Canada beats US 3-2 in OT in Game 6 of women's hockey series
ST. LOUIS - Marie-Philip Poulin scored at 3:31 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Friday night in Game 6 of the pre-Olympics women's hockey series. Sarah Fillier and Em...
Dec 17, 2021
Winnipeg Jets lose to Washington Capitals on day head coach Paul Maurice resigns
WINNIPEG - The Washington Capitals spoiled the debut for new Jets coach Dave Lowry on Friday night. Centre Michael Sgarbossa and Alex Ovechkin salted the victory away with empty-net goals during the l...
Dec 17, 2021
Canadian men win speedskating gold in team pursuit at Four Continents
CALGARY - The Canadian men's long-track speedskating team won gold in the team pursuit Friday on the final day of the Four Continents speedskating championship. Calgary's Ted-Jan Bloemen, Toronto's Ha...
Dec 17, 2021
Housing for displaced flood victims high priority as military wraps B.C. assistance
VANCOUVER, Wash. - The mayor of a British Columbia community devastated by last month's floods says finding winter housing for displaced residents is his top priority with recovery efforts underway. P...
Dec 17, 2021
Meadow Lake wrestling group optimistic despite winter games withdrawal
The cancellation of a sporting event highly anticipated by young athletes in Saskatchewan is adding another obstacle to the rebuilding of a local organization.On Friday, the Northern Pikes Wrestling C...
Dec 17, 2021
‘A little bit of patience’: Moe looks ahead to booster shot campaign
When COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in Saskatchewan, it was all hands on deck from the health-care system to get shots out quickly.However, things will look different when the province does...
Dec 17, 2021
Girl, 10, coming to Canada killed at Taliban checkpoint
A 10-year-old girl who was approved to come with her family to Canada from Afghanistan was killed when gunfire erupted at a Taliban checkpoint. Eleanor Taylor of the group Aman Lara, an organization t...
Dec 17, 2021