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Loraas Environmental set for annual food drive
'Tis the season for community support.Loraas Environmental Services is bringing back their annual Food Bank Food Drive for Dec. 17, where employees will gather non-perishable food for the Empty Stocki...
Nov 16, 2021
Captain Gord Perrin retires from Canada's men's volleyball team
Gord Perrin, Canada's captain at the Tokyo Olympics, has retired from the men's national volleyball team. Perrin had previously suggested that the 2021 Summer Games would be his last national team app...
Nov 16, 2021
2,500 doses of J&J vaccine available in Sask. starting Wednesday
The first jabs of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Saskatchewan starting Wednesday.In a media release Tuesday, the Saskatchewan government said the province's i...
Nov 16, 2021
Climate making disasters like B.C. rain more frequent and more intense: scientists
Scientists say climate change is likely playing a role in this week's catastrophic flooding in British Columbia. Highways are blocked and communities have been evacuated after bucketing rain caused mu...
Nov 16, 2021
Source: Blue Jays, pitcher Berrios agree to seven-year extension
TORONTO - Jose Berrios made quite an impression on the Toronto Blue Jays after being acquired at the trade deadline last season. The team plans to have him serve as one of the anchors of its rotation ...
Nov 16, 2021
Canadian men and women learn draw for Dubai kickoff to 2022 World Rugby Sevens Series
Canada's men have been drawn in a pool with Olympic champion Fiji, Australia and France for the opening event of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series later this month in Dubai. The Canadian women will p...
Nov 16, 2021
CSIS info-sharing with RCMP in extremist probe 'very limited,' security watchdog says
OTTAWA - A new security watchdog report says long-standing, systemic problems hampered co-operation between Canada's spy service and national police force on the investigation of an extremist threat. ...
Nov 16, 2021
Health Canada receives submission to approve Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for kids
OTTAWA - Health Canada says it has received a submission from Moderna to authorize use of its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six to 11. The agency says it will prioritize the review of the submiss...
Nov 16, 2021
The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia for Nov. 16, 2021
The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia (all times Eastern): --- 11:35 a.m. Single-lane, alternating traffic is expected to begin moving on the Malahat Highway, the main link on ...
Nov 16, 2021
Roughriders' Williams, Stampeders' Sankey, Argos' Muamba named CFL's Top Performers
Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Duke Williams was named the CFL's top performer of the week on Tuesday, with linebackers Darnell Sankey of the Calgary Stampeders and Henoc Muamba of the Toronto Argo...
Nov 16, 2021