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Pandemic fatigue leaves Canada in 'tricky moment', Freeland says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is at a "tricky moment" as we near the two-year mark of a global pandemic that has left everyone tired, grouchy and grasping for signs of hope. ...
Feb 04, 2022
NASCAR bet more than $1 million to bring cars into Coliseum
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASCAR's top stars have seen the Los Angeles Coliseum on television and they know what it looks like as a football stadium. But as a racetrack? This they had to see right away, up c...
Feb 04, 2022
Candice Bergen shakes up O'Toole's parliamentary leadership team, drops Quebec MP
OTTAWA - New Conservative Interim Leader Candice Bergen has done a clean sweep of former leader Erin O'Toole's leadership team in Parliament. Tory MPs were informed Friday of the major shakeup, which ...
Feb 04, 2022
Ottawa locals hit the streets in a 'community safety walk' amid convoy demonstration
OTTAWA - On a frosty Friday morning, a few dozen masked people gathered on the corner of Bank and Somerset Street in downtown Ottawa. The group came together to attend a community safety walk, the fir...
Feb 04, 2022
Feds to press ahead with anti-hate bill, including online speech: minister
OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government is preparing to press ahead with a law to combat racial and religious hatred, including online hate. In an interview, the minister condemne...
Feb 04, 2022
Waffle House shooter found guilty on 4 counts of murder
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in a 2018 early morning attack has been found guilty on four counts of 1st-degree murder. A jury returned the ...
Feb 04, 2022
Local businesses optimistic for turning the corner on COVID-19
Battlefords businesses are feeling positive with the potential of more COVID-19 restrictions being lifted in the province soon.Capitol Theatre North Battleford general manager Aleksi Anseth said it ha...
Feb 04, 2022
Feature: City manager reflects on a 40 year career
A career spanning over 40 years and five different communities is coming to an end next month for Prince Albert's current city manager.Earlier this week, Jim Toye announced his intentions to retire at...
Feb 04, 2022
NDP calls for emergency debate on planned changes to public health measures
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling for the legislature to be recalled for emergency debate on the planned loosening of public health measures in the province.On Thursday, the province announced a plan fo...
Feb 04, 2022
Renovations closing some services at Battlefords Union Hospital
The operating room and medical device processing at the Battlefords Union Hospital are closed for a week.Renovations underway at the facility will keep the rooms unavailable today until Feb. 11, when ...
Feb 04, 2022