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U of S engineering students design innovative N95 mask
An engineering team at the University of Saskatchewan is on the front line of innovation in medical equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.The group has designed a new mask with a removable filter. ...
Apr 23, 2020 Engineering student, Erik Olson, is part of the design team. (Submitted photo)
Baseball Canada cancels 11 national championships due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Baseball Canada has cancelled all its 2020 national championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision announced Thursday affects 11 national tournaments, from the Baseball Canada ...
Apr 23, 2020
Government announces the Reopen Saskatchewan Plan
Saskatchewan residents have a sneak peek at a return to normality amid the COVID-19 health crisis.This morning, Premier Scott Moe and Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab, anno...
Apr 23, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (Facebook)
Canada's COVID death toll passes 2,000; Trudeau pledges $1.1B for research
TORONTO - Canada's COVID-19 death toll passed the 2,000 mark on Thursday as scientists across the country scrambled to find ways to mitigate the pandemic in the form of a treatment or vaccine and...
Apr 23, 2020
Trudeau says military short-term solution to caring for seniors
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the military will respond to provincial requests for assistance at long-term care facilities. But he says the measure is a short-term solution and that Cana...
Apr 23, 2020
Feds pour $1.1B into COVID-19 vaccine development, tracking of cases
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion to help develop, test and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as to determine how widely the virus has spread through Canada, P...
Apr 23, 2020
WATCH NOW: Premier unveils Re-Open Saskatchewan plan
Premier Scott Moe is unveiling what he calls Re-Open Saskatchewan. It's the plan on how to restart the province's economy following a steady decline in the number of COVID-19 cases. . Moe said the pla...
Apr 23, 2020 Premier Scott Moe will reveal his Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan today. (file photo/Canadian Press)
Federal prison tensions rise amid COVID lockdowns; activists want releases
TORONTO - Efforts to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Canada's federal prisons have led to an increase in tensions that have prompted correctional officers to use force on at least two occasion...
Apr 23, 2020
Nova Scotia RCMP officers shot at rural fire hall during search for killer
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog is investigating why two RCMP officers started shooting at a fire hall while a killer disguised as a Mountie was on the loose. Pat Curran, interi...
Apr 23, 2020
What should you do if you can no longer keep up with your bill payments?
The further we get into this period of uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the more concerned many Canadians become about their financial situation. Now more than ever, those who are stru...
Apr 23, 2020