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Death toll from flooding in Japan rises to 50, dozen missing
TOKYO - Japan's disaster management agency says the death toll from recent flooding has risen to 50 and at least a dozen others are still missing. Pounding rain since late Friday in Japan's southern r...
Jul 06, 2020
California Assembly delays session after virus outbreak
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A coronavirus outbreak in the California Legislature has indefinitely delayed the state Assembly's return to work from a scheduled summer recess, highlighting the rapid spread of ...
Jul 06, 2020
Non-payment of rent eviction applications available for landlords effective Aug. 4: Province
If you haven't paid your rent lately, it may be time to break open that piggy bank.On Monday, the province announced that the Office of Residential Tenancies (ORT) will start to accept eviction applic...
Jul 06, 2020
Ducharme Elementary School to see Dene early learning pilot program for youth this fall
Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan (MN-S) is introducing a Dene Early Learning Pilot Project (DELPP) along with the Northern Lights School Division at Ducharme Elementary School in La Loche this fall. The DEL...
Jul 06, 2020
Buffet decision shows LNG projects on shaky political, economic ground: report
OTTAWA - Legendary investor Warren Buffett's decision to walk away from a proposed export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Quebec is being held up in a new report as a sign that the LNG sector in...
Jul 06, 2020
Saskatchewan weather keeping storm chasers busy
Storm chasers are anticipating a repeat performance Tuesday following tornado events in southern Saskatchewan on the weekend.Greg Johnson with TornadoHunter.ca admits being able to actually pinpoint w...
Jul 06, 2020
Native American groups ask NFL to force Redskins name change
WASHINGTON - More than a dozen Native American leaders and organizations sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday calling for the league to force Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder ...
Jul 06, 2020
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms contracts COVID-19
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. "COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive," Bottoms, a potential ...
Jul 06, 2020
NHL/NHLPA announce tentative agreements on return-to-play protocol, new CBA
The NHL and NHL Players' Association have taken a massive step towards resuming the pandemic-hit 2019-20 season later this summer - and securing labour peace for the foreseeable future....
Jul 06, 2020
'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later
CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...
Jul 06, 2020