Author Archives:
B.C. coroner calls for better safety training after young BMX champ dies at fish farm
VICTORIA - An investigation report says a Canadian BMX riding champion who died in a workplace accident at a Vancouver Island fish farm lacked proper training to safely do his job.A BC Coroners Servic...
Jan 20, 2021
Inauguration sows doubt among QAnon conspiracy theorists
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - For years, legions of QAnon conspiracy theory adherents encouraged one another to "trust the plan" as they waited for the day when President Donald Trump would orchestrate mass arr...
Jan 20, 2021
Senate confirms Biden 1st Cabinet pick as Democrats control
WASHINGTON - Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Biden's inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government to tackle t...
Jan 20, 2021
Immigrants cheered by possible citizenship path under Biden
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Immigrants cheered President Joe Biden's plan to provide a path to U.S. citizenship for about 11 million people without legal status, mixing hope with guarded optimism Wednesday amid...
Jan 20, 2021
Biden to review Trump's changes to national monuments
SALT LAKE CITY - President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration's downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest, including one on lands consi...
Jan 20, 2021
Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-frien...
Jan 20, 2021
Trudeau will be first foreign leader to speak with Biden on Friday: White House
WASHINGTON - The White House says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will speak with newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday. Press secretary Jen Psaki says Trudeau will be the first foreign l...
Jan 20, 2021
Onion lake RCMP searching for 22 year-old female
Onion Lake RCMP are asking the public for assistance in locating 22-year-old Kayla Brannan Carter from Onion Lake Cree Nation.Kayla is described as 5'4" tall, approximately 200 lbs, with brown eyes an...
Jan 20, 2021
Local sports bars happy to provide night out for fans
From NFL playoffs to the beginning of a new NHL season, professional sports are back and in full swing to kick off 2021.And while capacity limits on bars and restaurants across the province remain res...
Jan 20, 2021
Saskatchewan set to work with Biden administration: Moe
Premier Scott Moe says his government is ready to get down to business with Joe Biden's administration.Moe issued a statement Wednesday following Biden's inauguration in which the premier said he hope...
Jan 20, 2021