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Liberals face pressure for concrete ideas, economic plan in spending update
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being warned that they need to provide a detailed plan on navigating the health and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in a key spending document next week. ...
Nov 27, 2020
Cher in Pakistan to help 'world's loneliest elephant'
ISLAMABAD - Iconic singer and actress Cher is in Pakistan to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the "world's loneliest elephant," who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after...
Nov 27, 2020
Get Outdoors This Winter at Prince Albert National Park!
Winter is here and Prince Albert National Park invites visitors to come and enjoy a range of experiences under crisp, sunny skies, on frozen lakes, and through vast, snow-capped forests. Whether you'r...
Nov 27, 2020
BOB Awards recognize the best in Battlefords and area
The community has spoken. With over 198,000 votes submitted online, the 2021 Best of the Best (BOB) Awards have been decided.As has become customary over the past four years, battlefordsNOW readers ha...
Nov 27, 2020
SHA increasing testing and contact tracing capacity
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is ramping up testing and contact tracing capacity in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, but says it won't be able to keep pace unless people limit their co...
Nov 27, 2020
Ice-dancers Moir and Virtue among 114 Order of Canada inductees
OTTAWA - Champion ice-dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are among 114 athletes, artists, scholars and community leaders named to the Order of Canada today. Gov. Gen. Julie Payette's office announced...
Nov 27, 2020
Ice-dancers Moir and Virtue among 114 Order of Canada inductees
OTTAWA - Champion ice-dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are among 114 athletes, artists, scholars and community leaders named to the Order of Canada today. Gov. Gen. Julie Payette's office announced...
Nov 27, 2020
A COVID-19 Black Friday and stricter rules in Saskatchewan: In The News for Nov. 27
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 27, 2020
Advocates aim to shape 'Vancouver model' for drug decriminalization
VANCOUVER - City councillors in Vancouver voted unanimously this week to ask the federal government to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use, a decision advocates hope will bla...
Nov 27, 2020
Top officials weighed Canadian warship's passage through sensitive strait near China
OTTAWA - Newly released documents have shed light on the secret government talks and debate that took place ahead of a Canadian warship's passage through a sensitive waterway near China last year. Tho...
Nov 27, 2020