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Ottawa reveals details of child welfare agreement
The federal government has laid out the details of its $40-billion child-welfare settlement.On Tuesday, the government said it had reached an agreement in principle with the First Nations Child and Fa...
Jan 04, 2022

THE YEAR AHEAD: Moe looks to economic opportunity in 2022
Where 2021 is now a known quantity, 2022 still has plenty of unknowns to be revealed as the months unfurl.What Premier Scott Moe seems to be hoping for most in those months is economic opportunity and...
Jan 04, 2022

Multiple provinces delay in-person learning as COVID cases and hospitalizations rise
Ontario is joining the list of provinces delaying in-person schooling in the new year, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country.Monday's announcement by Ontario Premi...
Jan 04, 2022

Omicron's New Year's cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
PARIS (AP) - Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were - again - the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good ridd...
Jan 02, 2022

The Quebec government wants to bring an NHL team to the capital, but fans skeptical
MONTREAL - Quebec politicians are meeting with National Hockey League brass in January, but it's unclear what influence the government can have on the league or whether team owners have any interest i...
Jan 02, 2022

Ontario and Quebec set new COVID-19 case count records, hospitalizations climb
Ontario and Quebec are heading into a new year with record-setting COVID-19 case counts, as well as rising virus-related deaths and hospitalizations. Public health officials in Ontario reported 18,445...
Jan 01, 2022

Armed and dangerous suspect taken into custody
UPDATE: Xander Tardiff has been located and taken into custody, according to Manitoba RCMP.Manitoba RCMP are searching for a man believed to be armed and dangerous who might be in Saskatchewan or Mani...
Jan 01, 2022

Liberals eye easing access to maternity, parental leave in EI review, minister says
OTTAWA - Federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says the government is looking at removing rules that make it difficult for some to get their full parental leave as part of a review of the emplo...
Jan 01, 2022

‘Demoralizing:’ Nurses’ union frustrated with province’s COVID response
Nurses in the province are feeling disappointed and demoralized after Thursday's COVID-19 update.Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president and registered nurse Tracy Zambory said nurses are "very t...
Dec 31, 2021

Extreme cold to continue in 2022
Saskatchewan will have a frigid start to the New Year.The weather forecast has the extreme cold continuing throughout most of the next two weeks, with New Year's Eve hovering around -33 Celsius. In th...
Dec 31, 2021