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Loon Lake residents report benefits from horse therapy
Equine therapy involves more than simply feeding or petting a horse. Massage therapist Juanita Prosser developed Holistic Healing Farm Youth Project with Horses after recognizing the healing capacity ...
Aug 10, 2020

Provincial government announces $35 million to help tourism, event operators
Tourism operators in Saskatchewan struggling to make ends meet can apply for some financial relief soon.Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison and Tourism Minister Gene Makowsky announc...
Aug 10, 2020

Judge grants stay to Quebec English school boards as legal challenge plays out
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has granted a stay to English school boards challenging a provincial government law abolishing them, pending the outcome of a legal challenge on it...
Aug 10, 2020

New York Rangers win NHL draft lottery
TORONTO - The New York Rangers have won the NHL draft lottery. The club had a 12.5 per cent shot of securing the top pick in the second phase Monday after a placeholder secured the No. 1&nbs...
Aug 10, 2020

Trump abruptly escorted from White House briefing
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. He returned m...
Aug 10, 2020

Charges laid after P.A. National Park incident
Waskesiu/Prince Albert RCMP have laid charges in connection to the incident at Prince Albert National Park in the early hours of Sunday morning.30-year-old Christopher Anthony Sanderson has been charg...
Aug 10, 2020

Ottawa sets minimum unemployment rate at 13.1 per cent for EI calculation
OTTAWA - The federal government has temporarily set a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1 per cent to calculate employment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those people living in regions...
Aug 10, 2020

Canada 'deeply concerned' by crackdown in Belarus, says Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is "deeply concerned" by a violent crackdown following presidential elections in Belarus. Dozens of people have been inju...
Aug 10, 2020

Province records five new cases of COVID-19
There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province as of Aug. 10, which brings the total amount of cases to 1,450. None of the new cases are in the North: one is in the Saskatoon zone, thr...
Aug 10, 2020

Royal Montreal Golf Club to host Presidents Cup in 2024, last hosted in 2007
MONTREAL, Ont. - Royal Montreal Golf Club has been named the host of the 2024 Presidents Cup. The storied golf course also hosted the international golf event in 2007, highlighted by Mi...
Aug 10, 2020