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A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Aug 11, 2021
China sentences Canadian to 11 years in case tied to Huawei
DANDONG, China (AP) - A Chinese court sentenced Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spying case linked to Beijing's pressure campaign against the Canadian governm...
Aug 10, 2021
Upton, Gosselin each drive in 2, Angels top Jays in opener
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Justin Upton and Phil Gosselin each had two hits and two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Tuesday in the first game of an unusual doublehea...
Aug 10, 2021
B.C. Prosecution Service says no further charges in legislature spending scandal
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says two special prosecutors have declined further charges after receiving the final RCMP report into the spending activities of senior staff at the...
Aug 10, 2021
Riders’ offence not worried about second-half struggles against Lions
Jason Maas thinks a few factors played into why the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offence had two very different halves Friday.One of those was the B.C. Lions making adjustments during the teams' CFL game...
Aug 10, 2021
Yukon's chief medical officer announced as federal Liberal candidate
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's chief medical officer of health has been nominated as the candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the territory for the next federal election. Dr. Brendan Hanley says he can ...
Aug 10, 2021
Mendicino-Mayorkas meeting readout makes no mention of Canada-U.S. travel imbalance
WASHINGTON - Canada's immigration minister talked Canada-U.S. border issues Monday with the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the federal government's official account of the ...
Aug 10, 2021
Battlefords Pride volunteers gear up for Pride Week by painting rainbow crosswalks
Battlefords Pride have put a splash of colour on the streets of the Battlefords as they prepare to launch the annual Pride festivities next week.Pride members and volunteers from the community came to...
Aug 10, 2021
Saskatchewan school divisions get $21M for support programs this fall
School divisions across Saskatchewan have received $21 million in "extra" COVID-19 money for some new programming for the fall, according to the provincial Ministry of Education.The province doled out...
Aug 10, 2021
In rough Olympics, viewers perked up a bit in second week
NEW YORK (AP) - In what was otherwise a rough two weeks in Tokyo for NBC, television viewers responded - at least slightly - to the U.S. Olympic team's strong performance in the second half of the Gam...
Aug 10, 2021