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Edmonton police investigate two separate hate-motivated attacks against Muslim women
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton say they are investigating two separate hate-motivated attacks against Muslim women on the same day. The first took place around noon on Wednesday at the University of Al...
Feb 06, 2021

Trump impeachment trial confronts memories of Capitol siege
WASHINGTON - The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is more than an effort to convict the former president of inciting an insurrection. It's a chance for a public accounting and remembrance of the wors...
Feb 06, 2021

1 dead, several injured in hotel shooting in Chicago suburb
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. - Police say one person was killed and several others were injured in a shooting at a hotel in the Chicago suburb of Bloomingdale. Police said officers who responded about 2:35 a.m....
Feb 06, 2021

920 vaccines administered in North Central Friday, 264 new cases, 4 deaths, 145 recoveries
The North Central zone of the province received 920 of the 2,412 COVID-19 vaccines administered on Friday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced in their Saturday report.The province has now giv...
Feb 06, 2021

Nova Scotia Liberals to choose next leader and premier of the province
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's next premier will be decided on Saturday when members of the provincial Liberal party elect their new leader through a virtual convention.The race, triggered last summer when l...
Feb 06, 2021

Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh dies at 61 from cancer
INDIANAPOLIS - Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh, an attorney and wife of former Gov. Evan Bayh, has died at age 61 "after a long and courageous fight" against brain cancer, her family announced Sa...
Feb 06, 2021

North Stars Florence proud to shine with hometown team
There are few things as fulfilling for an athlete, as suiting up for the hometown team at a high level. For North Stars' defenceman Zane Florence, donning the Stars' crest this season has been nothing...
Feb 06, 2021

Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
NEW DELHI - With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations program, so the small Central American country struck out on its own, securing...
Feb 06, 2021

Entire province under extreme cold warnings
Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for all of Saskatchewan as Arctic air hovers over the province.Wind chills are expected to be in the -40 to -50 range through the weekend.Bitter col...
Feb 06, 2021

‘It’s not worth it’: Referee who contracted COVID says think twice before playing hockey
A Regina man who contracted COVID-19 while refereeing an adult rec game says it's not worth it to be playing hockey right now.Elemer Jerkovits, who has been reffing for almost 25 years, joined the Gre...
Feb 06, 2021