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Wright hoping to follow hockey royalty by making Canada's world junior team at age 16
Shane Wright is well aware of the names to come before him. Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid are among the 16 year olds to suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Wr...
Nov 18, 2020
Project Poinsettia cancelled this year
For the last number of years, Project Poinsettia has been a staple of the Christmas season in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake. However, this year the event will not be held, due to the ongoing pandemi...
Nov 18, 2020
'Tired to the bone': Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases
Overwhelmed hospitals are converting chapels, cafeterias, waiting rooms, hallways, even a parking garage into patient treatment areas. Staff members are desperately calling around to other medical cen...
Nov 18, 2020
Milanovich reunites briefly with former assistant coaches OShea, Steinauer
It was virtually and for roughly 35 minutes, but the gang was back together again. Scott Milanovich, Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer opened the Grey Cup Unite coaches availability Wednesday. The CFL...
Nov 18, 2020
Potential vaccine news brightens dark day marked by rising COVID-19 cases, deaths
Ontario's health minister on Wednesday suggested Canada could start receiving millions of doses of COVID-19 as soon as January, providing a glimmer of hope on an otherwise dark day marked by rising ca...
Nov 18, 2020
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation investigating shooting of livestock
Warning: This article contains a photo of a graphic image.Saskatchewan has been experiencing an upward trend in the criminal shooting of livestock throughout this year.Due to an abundance of reported ...
Nov 18, 2020
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine candidate one step closer to approval
One of the vaccines in Canada's COVID-19 arsenal is another step closer to approval, after Pfizer reported more results from its clinical trials Wednesday. The company said new test results show its c...
Nov 18, 2020
B.C. premier to call on prime minister for national travel policy to fight COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he will lobby Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to work with the provinces on developing a national travel plan to fight the spread of COVID-19. ...
Nov 18, 2020
Families fear U.S. has made a mistake in allowing Boeing 737 Max to fly again
Canadians who channeled their grief into trying to keep Boeing 737 Max aircrafts grounded after losing loved ones in a deadly crash fear American regulators have made a mistake in allowing the planes ...
Nov 18, 2020
Province records another death, 132 new cases of COVID-19
The province has announced another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19. The total number of deaths in the province is 32.There are 132 cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the total to 5,553...
Nov 18, 2020