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Active COVID-19 cases drop below 700 for first time since Aug. 11
For the first time since the summer, active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan have fallen below the 700-threshold. After 70 new cases and 96 recoveries were reported in Sunday's provincial update, there ...
Dec 05, 2021
Legault should intervene in ongoing Quebec daycare strike, unions say
MONTREAL - Three major unions representing daycare workers in Quebec joined parents and opposition parties today in asking Premier Franois Legault to intervene in a strike that's shuttered hundreds of...
Dec 05, 2021
Russia beats Croatia to win Davis Cup after 15-year wait
MADRID (AP) - Russia's 15-year wait for a Davis Cup title ended Sunday after another clutch performance by Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev beat Marin Cilic 7-6 (7), 6-2 in the second singles match to give R...
Dec 05, 2021
MPs on finance committee ready for review of Liberals' latest pandemic aid package
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs are getting ready to review the Liberals' latest package of pandemic aid and grill Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about myriad economic issues. The 12-member House of Commo...
Dec 05, 2021
Maxime Bernier, Peoples' Party of Canada founder, handily holds on to leadership
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier has easily held on to the leadership of the party he founded. Almost 96 per cent of votes cast in a leadership review were in favour of Bernier staying at the helm of the Peopl...
Dec 05, 2021
Canada's Fleming adds to trophy case as Chelsea's women complete domestic treble in England
LONDON (AP) - Canadian international Jessie Fleming added to her trophy case Sunday, helping Chelsea win the Women's FA Cup to clinch a domestic treble for the first time. Australia striker Sam Kerr s...
Dec 05, 2021
Argos quarterback Bethel-Thompson on field warming up prior to East Division final
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts will have starter McLeod Bethel-Thompson for the East Division final. The veteran quarterback was on the field Sunday morning in preparation for the afternoon game betw...
Dec 05, 2021
Sask. woman sings back up on new Rod Stewart album
A woman from Saskatoon recently got the opportunity of a lifetime.Melissa Zeszi-Gawanas, who has been living in the U.K. for the past seven years, sang backup on Road Stewart's newest album, The Tears...
Dec 05, 2021
Military repairing cracks in the tails of some CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters
HALIFAX - The Canadian military's fleet of maritime helicopters is undergoing inspections and repairs after cracks were recently found in the tails of four CH-148 Cyclones. The Royal Canadian Air Forc...
Dec 05, 2021
Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindlin...
Dec 05, 2021