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Official says US will deport 'massive' number of Haitians
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - A US official says the Biden administration is planning "massive movements" of Haitian migrants in a small Texas border town on flights to Haiti starting Sunday. Plans have yet t...
Sep 17, 2021
Fortin's lawsuit over removal from vaccine post now pointless, federal lawyers argue
OTTAWA - Federal lawyers argue Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign is now moot because the job no longer exists. In a newly filed Federal...
Sep 17, 2021
Man found dead in Pelican Lake First Nation
Spiritwood RCMP investigating the circumstances of the suspicious death of an adult male.Police received a report of the deceased earlier this morning, located at a residence on Pelican Lake First Nat...
Sep 17, 2021
SHA takes next step in fight against COVID
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is stepping up its efforts in order to fight the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the province.In a media release Friday, the SHA said it was activating "a second phase of ...
Sep 17, 2021
Ex-Algerian president Bouteflika, ousted amid protests, dies
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who fought for independence from France in the 1950s and 1960s and was ousted amid pro-democracy protests in 2019 after 20 years...
Sep 17, 2021
Police arrest two suspects involved in Meadow Lake kidnapping
One day after receiving reports of an abduction, officers from the Meadow Lake and Loon Lake RCMP have taken two individuals into custody. On Sept. 16 at 3 a.m., both detachments were informed of an a...
Sep 17, 2021
High turnout of mail-in ballots, drop-offs available
As election day looms right around the corner, those who haven't mailed in their ballots have options to get them in on time, adding to another extremely high turnout of early voting.There were around...
Sep 17, 2021
Tenacious Belgium immigrant pioneered Canada's mussel industry in the 1970s
CHARLOTTETOWN - When Joe Van Den Bremt first floated the idea of producing cultured mussels on P.E.I. in the 1970s, the local fishermen laughed at him. "They were all telling me, 'We use that stuff fo...
Sep 17, 2021
Montreal Alouettes face B.C. Lions minus head coach Khari Jones in COVID-19 isolation
MONTREAL - With head coach Khari Jones in COVID-19 isolation, the Montreal Alouettes' play-calling Saturday will be by committee led by Andre Bolduc. The Alouettes (2-2) are at home to the B.C. Lions ...
Sep 17, 2021
Veteran TFC fullback Justin Morrow looks to keep making a difference post-soccer
TORONTO - Justin Morrow cost Toronto FC some US$100,000 in allocation money when he came over in a December 2013 trade with the San Jose Earthquakes. Back then, it was a fair chunk of change - a sourc...
Sep 17, 2021