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James Franklin signs one-year extension with Riders
While he has never played a game for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, James Franklin is being given a contract extension.Franklin, who joined the CFL team during the 2020 off-season, has signed a one-yea...
Jan 12, 2021

Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe
DETROIT - Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the m...
Jan 12, 2021

Province records 248 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths
As of January 12, a total of 9,880 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan.On January 11, 903 of these doses were administered in the province with 210 in Prince Albert, 88 in...
Jan 12, 2021

Supreme Court wrestles with Georgia college free speech case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with whether to revive a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian lit...
Jan 12, 2021

US shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise
WASHINGTON - Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots. The move came af...
Jan 12, 2021

Health minister dismisses eHealth board, orders full review
Big changes are coming to eHealth, just days after a privacy commissioner's report heavily criticized the agency's handling of one of Saskatchewan's largest privacy breaches ever.In a news release iss...
Jan 12, 2021

Regulator investigating Canadian nurses who spoke at anti-lockdown rally in D.C.
TORONTO - Two Canadian nurses who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., on the day of the deadly storming of the Capitol are under investigation by their regulatory body. One of them, w...
Jan 12, 2021

Spike Lee's children named Golden Globe ambassadors
LOS ANGELES - Spike Lee's daughter and son have been chosen as the Golden Globe ambassadors to assist with the awards ceremony. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday morning that S...
Jan 12, 2021

Local Healthcare, For Our Children, Right Here at Home
The Victoria Hospital Foundation is thrilled to announce a major gift of $50,000 from the Northern Lights Community Development Corporation toward our NICU for the North campaign. The campaign gift br...
Jan 12, 2021

Saskatchewan Releases COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Plan
Saskatchewan has developed a COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Plan, and will be ready to administer the vaccine when the first shipment is received. Saskatchewan is working closely with the Public Health Age...
Jan 12, 2021