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NHL's road trips looking a lot different in 2021

Brendan Gallagher misses the restaurants, the laughs, the camaraderie and the bonding. He isn't alone. NHL road trips, especially early in the season, are usually chances to get to know new teammates ...

Jan 31, 2021

Payette resignation shines light on generous pension, expense account for former GGs

OTTAWA - Taxpayers will continue paying Julie Payette a generous pension and an even heftier expense account for the rest of her life, even though she served just three years as governor general and r...

Jan 31, 2021

WHO teams visits Wuhan food market in search of virus clues

WUHAN, China - A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited the seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early inf...

Jan 31, 2021

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