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Ageing infrastructure, staff recruitment and retention biggest hurdles according to 2019 SHA Long Term Care Facility report

A 251-page report and survey released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) on Friday gave a summary of visits to each long-term care facility in the province and overall quality of care assessme...

May 31, 2020

Protesters rally against anti-black, Indigenous racism in Toronto

TORONTO - Thousands of protesters took to the streets of downtown Toronto on Saturday, chanting "justice for Regis" as they rallied in the aftermath of high-profile, police-involved deaths in bot...

May 31, 2020

Federal officer killed guarding courthouse near protest

OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal law enforcement officer in California was killed and another critically injured after being shot while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland amid one of the ...

May 30, 2020

Canada's Davies helps Bayern top Fortuna 5-0 to take 10-point Bundesliga lead

MUNICH - Edmonton's Alphonso Davies and his Bayern Munich teammates continue to dominate the Bundesliga in empty stadiums. Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich took a confident step closer...

May 30, 2020

Police: 1 dead after shots fired into car at Detroit protest

One person was killed in downtown Detroit after someone fired shots into a vehicle during a protest over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody, a Det...

May 30, 2020

Police see increase in speedy drivers on quieter streets during pandemic

EDMONTON - Lyle Massie takes his bright-orange motorcycle out for a ride around the city once or twice a week. The Edmontonian says he's noticed way more speeding on the roads since the COVID-19 pande...

May 30, 2020

'What do we do now?' Labour dispute at Regina refinery nears 6 months

REGINA - For Dean Funke, getting hired at Regina's Co-op oil refinery felt like winning the lottery. "For a blue-collar worker, you can't get better than the refinery. And it's always been that way," ...

May 30, 2020

Minneapolis protest misinformation stokes racial tensions

CHICAGO - The false social media posts started just hours after protesters first began chanting and carrying banners around the Minneapolis neighbourhood where George Floyd, an African American man, d...

May 30, 2020

Carpenter High School class of 2020 graduation ceremony goes virtual

Carpenter High School's 2020 graduation ceremony will look different than previous years due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The ministry of education announced May 7, classes will not resume for the...

May 29, 2020

New Northland Pioneer Lodge long-term care facility will not offer enriched housing for seniors

The Northland Pioneer Lodge long-term care facility currently under construction, will not offer enriched housing for seniors at its new site. In 2019, Meadow Lake city council were advised by the Sas...

May 29, 2020