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Veteran CFL quarterback Dakota Prukop among 16 players released by Calgary Stampeders
CALGARY - Veteran CFL quarterback Dakota Prukop was among 16 players released Thursday by the Calgary Stampeders. Prukop, an American, signed with Calgary in January. He spent his first three CFL seas...
Jul 29, 2021
Archdiocese apologizes after priest accuses residential school survivors of lying
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg archdiocese will no longer allow a Catholic priest to preach publicly or teach after he suggested during a sermon that residential school survivors lied to get settlement money. ...
Jul 29, 2021
Canadian MLS teams given green light to finish out season using home stadiums
Major League Soccer confirmed Thursday that the three Canadian teams can continue playing at home through the remainder of the regular season and playoffs. All three are back home already with Toronto...
Jul 29, 2021
Sask. health minister asks northern leaders to act before COVID-19 outbreaks occur
There are plenty of vaccines to go around in northern Saskatchewan, according to Health Minister Paul Merriman, and northern leaders should communicate that with their communities.Merriman told Gormle...
Jul 29, 2021
Conservatives push feds to ensure Canadians who got mixed vaccines can travel abroad
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are urging the Liberal government to do more to ensure that Canadians who received two different doses of COVID-19 vaccines are able to travel internationally. Tory ...
Jul 29, 2021
Michèle Audette, commissioner of MMIWG inquiry, among five named to Senate
OTTAWA - Michle Audette, one of the commissioners for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, is among the five newest members of the Senate.Audette was named as a s...
Jul 29, 2021
NSRBL presents awards for MVP, Top Pitcher and Top Batter
The North Sask River Baseball League presented their awards for League MVP, Top Pitcher and Top Batter Wednesday evening. Jaydon Gartner - 2021 MVP, Top PitcherJaydon Gartner of the defending-champion...
Jul 29, 2021
Congress poised to pass Capitol security money, Afghan aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is expected to pass emergency legislation Thursday that would bolster security at the Capitol, repay outstanding debts from the violent Jan. 6 insurrection and increase the...
Jul 29, 2021
Province reports 26 new cases of COVID-19 in northern zones; 52 total across the province
The Saskatchewan government is reporting 52 new cases of COVID-19 across the province today as well as 16 recoveries from the virus. This brings the provincial total to 49,882 cases; 48,892 total reco...
Jul 29, 2021
Tons of rock break off Stawamus Chief in Squamish, B.C., possibly due to heat
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Numerous rock climbing routes on the renowned Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief in Squamish, B.C., are closed after a large slab broke off. The society that supports rock climbing in t...
Jul 29, 2021