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Saskatchewan Summer Games postponed to 2021
The 2020 Saskatchewan Summer Games have been postponed to next year, due to health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19.Originally scheduled to take place in Lloydminster from July 26 to Aug. 1, t...
Apr 29, 2020 The medals will have to wait until next summer to be handed out, after it was announced the Saskatchewan Summer Games will be postponed to July 2021. (Facebook/Saskatchewan Summer Games)

U of T associate professor not optimistic CFL will get government assistance
TORONTO - An associate professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management calls the CFL's bid for securing financial aid from the Canadian government a "Hail...
Apr 29, 2020

N.L. tells 'come from aways' to stay away after pandemic rules flouted
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is clamping down on travel to the province after reports of tourists arriving by ferry to view icebergs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief medical...
Apr 29, 2020

Ontario Conservative MPs pass motion demanding Sloan apologize for attack on Tam
OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan could face expulsion from his party's caucus over remarks he made questioning the loyalty of the country's chief public health officer. Sources tell ...
Apr 29, 2020

Doctors fret over surgery backlog after immediate COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Doctors say they're becoming increasingly concerned about how they're going to handle the swelling backlog of elective surgeries once the immediate COVID-19 threat has ebbed. Hospitals have p...
Apr 29, 2020

Manitoba to ease some COVID-19 restrictions starting in May
WINNIPEG - Many non-essential Manitoba businesses that have been shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic are to be allowed to reopen as of Monday. The Progressive Conservative government released a ph...
Apr 29, 2020

Soldiers get orderly training ahead of Quebec long-term care deployment
MONTREAL - Canadian Forces soldiers got a crash course in senior care Wednesday as members with no medical background or orderly experience prepared to deploy to Quebec long-term care homes harde...
Apr 29, 2020

Supreme Court moves provincial appeals of carbon tax to September
OTTAWA - Canada's national fight over the carbon tax won't get sorted out at the Supreme Court of Canada until the fall. The Supreme Court says appeals from both Saskatchewan and Ontario over cases th...
Apr 29, 2020

Layoffs coming to some employees at U of S as early as May 4
An undetermined number of layoffs will be coming to some employees at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S).Gord Hunchak, the U of S chief communications officer, told 650 CKOM that the total number...
Apr 29, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Men arrested following chase face numerous charges
Battlefords RCMP laid charges following the arrests of two men, who fled law enforcement early Tuesday morning following a report of gunfire. Korbin Gladue, 18-year-old man from North Battleford, face...
Apr 29, 2020 More than 30 charges were laid by RCMP following the pursuit and subsequent arrest of two men Tuesday morning. (File photo/battlefordsNOW staff)