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Potential COVID-19 exposures at businesses in communities across Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the residents of possible COVID-19 exposures at businesses in multiple communities across the province.The SHA is instructing those who were at the ...
Oct 22, 2020

Unsatisfied with PM's answer, Blanchet vows to press Trudeau on prof's use of slur
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet says he plans to ask Prime Minister Justin Trudeau later today for his position on a the suspension of a professor who used a derogatory word for Bla...
Oct 22, 2020

Canadian figure skating championships pushed back a month due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The Canadian figure skating championships have been pushed back a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is now scheduled to take place Feb. 8-14 at Vancouver's Doug Mitchell Thunderbi...
Oct 22, 2020

Ottawa provides $100 million to research ways to cut GHG emissions in oil and gas
CALGARY - The federal government says it will provide $100 million from its strategic innovation fund over four years to accelerate the development and use of technologies to lower the oil and gas ind...
Oct 22, 2020

Prime minister is asked to help with search for NFLD man who disappeared in B.C.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The case of a Newfoundland and Labrador man who recently went missing in British Columbia reached the prime minister Wednesday during a virtual town hall with members of Memorial Un...
Oct 22, 2020

Navy investigating unexplained breakdown on brand-new Arctic patrol vessel
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy says it is investigating an unexplained breakdown on its brand-new, $400-million Arctic patrol ship. The problem first emerged last week as HMCS Harry DeWolf's crew wa...
Oct 22, 2020

Crash-prone ferry MV Apollo, slated for new life as Quebec tourist site, to be junked
MONTREAL - The crash-prone ferry MV Apollo, which officials on Quebec's North Shore had hoped to sink and turn into an underwater diving attraction, is likely headed for the scrapyard. A non-profit or...
Oct 22, 2020

Elections watchdog announces charges against former leader of defunct Bridge party
OTTAWA - Canada's elections watchdog says the former leader of the defunct Bridge Party of Canada and another individual are facing charges under both the Canada Elections Act and the Criminal Code. E...
Oct 22, 2020

Man shot while sleeping in backseat of parked vehicle: court testimony
A man who had passed out in the backseat of a vehicle outside a residence where people were drinking and partying, was suddenly awoken after being shot.This was among the facts read out in court last ...
Oct 22, 2020

Jurors in Fredericton mass murder trial hear recordings of accused killer
FREDERICTON - A lawyer for the accused Fredericton mass shooter says his client repeatedly demanded to be released and often refused to take legal advice during their meetings together in 2019. Defenc...
Oct 22, 2020