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Saskatchewan’s live music venues need and deserve immediate support.
SaskMusic is proud to release the second set of t-shirts in support of the Sask Venues Project. We have once again partnered with an array of artists, designers and music venues across the province to...
Oct 05, 2020
York 9 winger Michael Petrasso joins England's Barnet on season-long loan
TORONTO - Winger Michael Petrasso, who signed a new two-year deal with York 9 FC of the Canadian Premier League last week, is headed to England on a season-long loan with Barnet FC.Barnet plays in the...
Oct 05, 2020
New Brunswick First Nations filing lawsuit to seek Aboriginal title
FREDERICTON - Six First Nations in New Brunswick announced today they will be filing a lawsuit seeking title to their traditional lands in New Brunswick, which include much of the western half of the ...
Oct 05, 2020
Toronto Maple Leafs bring back veteran centre Jason Spezza on another one-day deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed centre Jason Spezza to a one-year, US$700,000 contract extension. It marks the second straight one-year deal at the NHL minimum with the Leafs for the 37-...
Oct 05, 2020
Five-year-old Canadian orphan in Syrian camp set free, will come to Canada
OTTAWA - A five-year-old Canadian girl stuck inside Syria after her family was killed in an airstrike is being allowed to leave the country. Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne s...
Oct 05, 2020
U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery
STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...
Oct 05, 2020
U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery
STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...
Oct 05, 2020
New pandemic aid and health-care workers at risk: In The News for Oct. 5
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 5. What we are watching in Canada ... The...
Oct 05, 2020
Microsoft plans $1 billion data centre venture in Greece
ATHENS, Greece - Microsoft has announced plans to build three data centres in greater Athens, providing a badly needed investment of up to $1 billion to the Greek economy which has been hammered by th...
Oct 05, 2020
14 days of solitude: The lonely success of the 'Atlantic bubble'
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Laurie Leek has spent four of the past eight weeks alone in her home in St. John's. She was alone for her birthday. She was alone in the weeks immediately following her mother...
Oct 05, 2020