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P.A. photographer offers tips on how to see Monday's 'Great Conjunction'

Sky watchers will have the chance to see a rare astrological event Monday as Saturn and Jupiter - the solar systems' two largest planets - appear to merge in the night sky. The last time the two plane...

Dec 21, 2020

NHL, NHLPA reach deal for 56-game season starting Jan. 13

The NHL and the NHL Players' Association settled on a plan for the upcoming season Sunday. The league and union agreed to a 56-game schedule that includes an all-Canadian North Division - for the 2020...

Dec 20, 2020

Increased police presence on Sturgeon Lake First Nation

There is an increased police presence on Sturgeon Lake First Nation.According to a media release, the RCMP are currently on scene at a rural home on the First Nation and police are securing the area.P...

Dec 20, 2020

Pandemic forced Trudeau back to centre stage, improved his political fortunes

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that's turned out...

Dec 20, 2020

2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under c...

Dec 20, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Canada passes 500,000 COVID-19 cases following Saskatchewan report

Canada has surpassed 500,000 cases of COVID-19 as infections continue to surge in several provinces.Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold today, with 252 new cases reported.Earlier i...

Dec 19, 2020

Regina woman offers first-hand look at getting COVID vaccine

What is it like to get a COVID-19 vaccine?One Regina woman thinks it's fairly similar to getting any other kind of vaccine.Jill Straker works at the drive-through COVID testing site on the grounds of ...

Dec 19, 2020

COVID contact tracers encountering ‘fear, anxiety, confusion’

Contact tracers across the province have had their detective hats on to try and determine how COVID-19 is spreading.Contact tracers are tasked with finding out where community transfer of the virus is...

Dec 19, 2020

SHA facing 'challenges' in finding enough ICU personnel to meet Surge Plan goals

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced in Thursday's press conference it may not have enough highly-trained personnel to achieve all the goals set out in its Surge Plan.One of the province'...

Dec 17, 2020

Advocacy group calls for protection of Nesslin Lake Forest

A group that organized in the summer of 2019, the Nesslin Lake Forest Advocates are campaigning to put a temporary stop to clear-cut logging in the Nesslin forest, and are asking the government to tak...

Dec 17, 2020