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Throne Speech goes on despite protest outside Legislative Building
The second session of Saskatchewan's 29th legislature started Wednesday with differing priorities for the government and the opposition, and a change of plans thanks to threats.There was supposed to b...
Oct 27, 2021
Iqaluit expects water testing to come back clean; tap water still undrinkable
IQALUIT - Nunavut's capital city says it expects tests on its drinking water to show undetectable levels of fuel. Iqaluit is under a state of emergency and its roughly 8,000 residents haven't been abl...
Oct 27, 2021
Provincial case total currently 2,440, including 742 in Northern Sask; five deaths
The province has announced an additional 223 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 164 cases among unvaccinated people and 62 cases among children between the ages of 0-11.Of the new cases, 63 ar...
Oct 27, 2021
New environment minister says his climate plan is not a 'secret agenda'
OTTAWA - Newly minted Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says his agenda to combat climate change and bring down emissions from Alberta's oilsands is not a secret. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has...
Oct 27, 2021
Quenneville's meeting with Bettman may decide Florida fate
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - For the Florida Panthers, there has never been a better start to a season. The next few days, though, could change everything. Panthers coach Joel Quenneville's future is in jeopa...
Oct 27, 2021
Senior medical health officer discusses letter sent to Sask. government
The doctor behind sending a letter to the Saskatchewan government asking for more COVID-19 measures is providing his reasoning.Senior medical health officer Dr. Cory Neudorf sent the letter showcasing...
Oct 27, 2021
Government still undecided on whether to fight Indigenous child-welfare rulings
OTTAWA - Canada's attorney general says with only two days until the court deadline, the Liberal cabinet still has not decided whether or not to appeal a decision that would see the government pay out...
Oct 27, 2021
New information raises questions about existence of brain syndrome in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's health minister says an epidemiological report has found no known food, behaviour or environmental exposure that could have caused the symptoms of a mystery brain syndrom...
Oct 27, 2021
Coast guard says 106 containers, not 40, fell off cargo ship near Victoria
VICTORIA - The coast guard has updated the number of containers that fell into the ocean from a cargo ship off Victoria to 106, up from the original estimate of 40. It says the owner of the MV Zim Kin...
Oct 27, 2021
Help Afghanistan's neighbours to help refugees fleeing Taliban: UNHCR official
OTTAWA - A top United Nations official says Canada and its international partners need to do more to strengthen Afghanistan's neighbours if they want to help vulnerable people flee the Taliban-control...
Oct 27, 2021