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Province records 81 new cases, 53 patients are in hospital
After announcing further restrictive measures to combat COVID-19, the province is reporting 81 new cases and 108 recoveries.The new amount brings the provincial total to 4,513 cases. The new cases are...
Nov 13, 2020
Major police operation underway in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood
MONTREAL - A major police operation was underway Friday in a neighbourhood north of downtown Montreal, near the offices of video-game maker Ubisoft. Police officers holding firearms could be seen out ...
Nov 13, 2020
Two local business owners recognized for helping tourism in Saskatchewan
The 2019 Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence recipients have been announced including two local business owners, Brad Muir and Gordon Olson.Brad Muir from Anglin Lake owns Sundogs Excursions and...
Nov 13, 2020
Stars travel to La Ronge for first road swing of season
The Battlefords North Stars will return to action Friday night, for the first of what will be back-to-back games versus the Ice Wolves in La Ronge this weekend.The North Stars enter play looking to bo...
Nov 13, 2020
2 workers dead, 1 person missing in veterans hospital blast
WEST HAVEN, Conn. - An apparent steam pipe explosion Friday in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed a VA employee and a contractor and left a third person missin...
Nov 13, 2020
N.L. report promotes alternative paths to justice for sexual assault survivors
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A new report from a women's group in St. John's says despite years of reforms, the Canadian justice system is failing sexual assault victims. It calls on advocates to put more resou...
Nov 13, 2020
More COVID-19 cases found in North; Nunavut shuts some schools, mandates masks
Another case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in western Nunavut to add to the territory's three other infections.It's prompted the chief public health officer to close the Kivalliq region's schools, ma...
Nov 13, 2020
Friday the 13th bikers descend on Port Dover, Ont., despite pleas to stay away
PORT DOVER, Ont. - The frequent roar of motorcycles drowned out warnings from politicians who had called on bikers to sit out their traditional Friday the 13th pilgrimage to this otherwise sleepy Lake...
Nov 13, 2020
Canadian receiver Mardner stepping up as big-play threat for Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
FBC-Canadian-College-Gameday Add Nick Mardner's name to the growing list of big-play Canadian receivers in the NCAA. The six-foot-six, 190-pound redshirt sophomore from Mississauga, Ont., had six catc...
Nov 13, 2020
Province expands mandatory masking order, limits alcohol service in updated health order
The province has issued additional public health measures to try and slow the spread of the virus. The measures will include mandatory masking in indoor public places in all communities with populatio...
Nov 13, 2020