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Veteran Simoni Lawrence and Hamilton Tiger-Cats say 2021 is a new ball game
Veteran linebacker Simoni Lawrence and head coach Orlondo Steinauer don't see the Hamilton Tiger-Cats being burdened by the weight of expectation in 2021. After cancelling the 2020 campaign due to the...
Jul 05, 2021

Quebec woman dies after being struck by airplane while driving tractor near runway
SAINT-ESPRIT, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a woman in her 20s has died after she was struck by a plane north of Montreal today. The woman was riding a tractor close to a runway near St-Esprit, ...
Jul 05, 2021

Ottawa spent nearly $20 million on COVID-19 tracking app — with inconclusive results
MONTREAL - The federal government spent $20 million on a smartphone application designed to alert users to possible COVID-19 exposures, and new data obtained by The Canadian Press shows the results di...
Jul 05, 2021

Province reports 360 active cases across Saskatchewan
There were 20 new cases of COVID-19 and 56 new recoveries reported in Saskatchewan on Monday. This brings the provincial total to 48,978 cases; 48,050 total recoveries and 360 cases considered active....
Jul 05, 2021

Canadian women upbeat at California camp before taking off for Tokyo
Relaxed and upbeat, the Canadian women's soccer team finishes off camp in California this week before leaving for Japan on Thursday. "I feel like we're getting some real work done, on the pitch, off t...
Jul 05, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine drive-thru times added
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced additional COVID-19 vaccination clinic availability over the next week ahead of the provincial planned reopening on July 11.The drive-thru clinic in the...
Jul 05, 2021

Twin Rivers Curling Club announces new G.M. among personnel updates for fall 2021
North Battleford's Twin Rivers Curling Club has made a couple of changes to their front office in preparation for the 2021-22 curling season. Kathy McNinch has been named the club's new general manage...
Jul 05, 2021

Trudeau hits road for green announcement in campaign-style appearance
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back on the road doling out hundreds of millions of dollars in climate spending from his Liberal government. Seeing the prime minister, his shave and haircut ...
Jul 05, 2021

Two dead following water-related incident at Turtle Lake
Two people are dead following a water incident on Turtle Lake on July 3.Turtleford RCMP responded to a call of two people in distress off the shore of Thunderchild First Nation. According to the inves...
Jul 05, 2021

'It's very freeing:' Quarantine rules ease for fully vaccinated Canadian travellers
TORONTO - Fully vaccinated Canadians returning to the country from abroad expressed relief Monday at no longer having to quarantine for two weeks. Effective this week, citizens and permanent residents...
Jul 05, 2021