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Three new cases, 10 more recoveries from COVID-19 in province
There are three new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, with 10 more recoveries. The provincial total, with one case removed for an out-of-province resident is now at 1,602.The new cases, as detailed i...
Aug 24, 2020
National Guard called out after police shoot Black man
KENOSHA, Wis. - Wisconsin's governor summoned the National Guard for fear of another round of violent protests Monday after the police shooting of a Black man under murky circumstances turned Kenosha ...
Aug 24, 2020
Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause "unavoidable adverse impacts," the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer...
Aug 24, 2020
One year out from Games, Dixon says Paralympic athletes thrive in adversity
Stephanie Dixon had a simple message to Canada's Paralympic athletes one year out from the Tokyo Games: You've got this. Like the Olympics, the Paralympics were pushed back a year due to COVID-19...
Aug 24, 2020
Gun-control reforms passed last year might not be fully in place until 2022: memo
OTTAWA - An internal government note says several federal gun-control measures that received royal assent over a year ago, including expanded background checks, might not come into effect before ...
Aug 24, 2020
California high court rejects Scott Peterson's death penalty
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the conviction but overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, and said prosecutors ma...
Aug 24, 2020
Bank of Canada looks for broader input in updating inflation-target framework
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is turning to the public for input on its inflation-rate target that underlies any changes to the central bank's trend-setting interest rate. The bank had already planned o...
Aug 24, 2020
Evacuation alert lifted for Penticton, B.C., wildfire threat has 'subsided'
PENTICTON, B.C. - An evacuation alert has been lifted for nearly 3,700 properties in the path of a wildfire in British Columbia's south Okanagan region, while hundreds of others forced out of their ho...
Aug 24, 2020
Military lifts order grounding Snowbirds team, some restrictions still in place
OTTAWA - The Snowbirds are allowed back in the air after a deadly crash this spring saw the aerobatic team's iconic jets grounded in British Columbia for more than three months. The Royal Canadian Air...
Aug 24, 2020
MP Gary Vidal welcomes Erin O'Toole as new Conservative leader
The Conservative Party of Canada will now have Erin O'Toole at the helm.Over the past eight months, leadership candidates modernized campaign techniques to reach as many Canadians as possible during t...
Aug 24, 2020