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Former Canadian amateur boxing champion Moe Zawadi turns pro

TORONTO - Former Canadian amateur boxing champion Moe Zawadi is turning pro. The 19-year-old middleweight from Barrie, Ont., has signed with Toronto-based Lee Baxter Promotions and is expected to make...

Jan 30, 2021

As California virus cases fall, more people than ever dying

LOS ANGELES - As a hospice nurse, Antonio Espinoza worked to ease people's passage into death. Just 36 years old, it seemed unlikely he soon would be on that journey. But when the unpredictable corona...

Jan 30, 2021

'100 per cent Indigenous:' New mask factory on Alberta reserve to employ band members

EDMONTON - What business school teaches in four years, Jacob Faithful says he learned in four months. The Alberta man from the Frog Lake First Nations says he's worked through several headaches that c...

Jan 30, 2021

Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon finishes third in World Cup super-G

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon captured bronze to win her first medal in nearly five years, while Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami won her third straight World Cup super...

Jan 30, 2021

Karla Hansen appointed to Meadow Lake parks and recreation board; three new positions added

The City of Meadow Lake has appointed Karla Hansen as a city representative on the Parks and Recreation Board, filling the board's fourth and final vacancy.Hansen said she is eager to join the board a...

Jan 29, 2021

Northern health worker turns down vaccine tourism caller

The case of the Vancouver couple accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to get the COVID-19 vaccine has prompted the question - could that happen in Saskatchewan?Former Great Canadian Gaming CE...

Jan 29, 2021

Tisdale farmer, butcher receives support through GoFundMe after December stroke

Support is pouring in for a Saskatchewan farmer and butcher who had a stroke in December and is on his way to recovering.Norm Bromm of Tisdale is an organic farmer in the summer and a butcher in the w...

Jan 29, 2021

Trudeau announces suspended flights, mandatory 3-day hotel quarantine for travellers

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced all Canadian travellers returning from overseas will have to take a COVID-19 test at the airport when they land and quarantine in a designated hote...

Jan 29, 2021

Second World War veteran from Carrot River turning 100

A Carrot River resident will hit the centennial mark on Feb. 2.Kenneth Alfred (Alf) Sauder will turn 100 years old. Sauder served in the Second World War (WWII) from 1942 to 1945 with 413 (Tusker) Squ...

Jan 28, 2021

Plumbing, heating requests spike during cold snap

Many residents who didn't go outdoors over the weekend may not have noticed the sudden drop in temperature immediately, but were in need of assistance once they did.In addition to automotive issues, w...

Jan 28, 2021