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B.C. forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices
VICTORIA - British Columbia's forests minister has introduced a bill to amend the Forest and Range Practices Act in what she says will "reshape" forest management in the province. Katrine Conroy told ...
Oct 20, 2021
Closed six weeks: Yellowknife schools to reopen Monday as COVID-19 cases decline
YELLOWKNIFE - Schools in Yellowknife and surrounding areas are to reopen Monday after a six-week closure during a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in the Northwest Territories. Cases have declined in t...
Oct 20, 2021
Health-care workers demand Trudeau fast track paid sick-leave policy
OTTAWA - A coalition of front-line health-care workers has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fast-track proposed legislative amendments to grant paid sick leave to federally regulated workers. Tr...
Oct 20, 2021
More needed to prevent deaths from climate-change driven heat waves, fires: report
OTTAWA - A new report examining the health impacts of climate change says more Canadians than ever are facing serious health risks from heat waves and wildfires, prompting warnings from doctors that w...
Oct 20, 2021
Trudeau urged to make decriminalization of illicit drugs a priority
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being urged to decriminalize the possession and use of illicit drugs as a way to combat the opioid crisis that has resulted in thousands of deaths in Canada. ...
Oct 20, 2021
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer cries as he presents COVID-19 modelling
REGINA - Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer cried Wednesday during a teleconference on COVID-19 modelling in the province. Dr. Saqib Shahab said it's upsetting to see what is happening in Sas...
Oct 20, 2021
Local talents Buziak, McNinch reflect on selection to Team Sask U18 program
When Team Saskatchewan announced their U18 Female Hockey roster this week, for Western Regionals, there were a couple of names that stood out in particular to hockey fans in the Battlefords community....
Oct 20, 2021
Battlefords crews deal with flipped semi
Motorists leaving the Battlefords via the Highway 16 West overpass today had an unusual sight from an accident the previous evening.Emergency and towing crews were on the scene of a semi sidelined whi...
Oct 20, 2021
Moosomin First Nation welcomes new mobile meat processing unit
A Battlefords area First Nation now has increased access to fresh wild game and meats by providing a new mobile meat processing unit for the community to use.Moosomin First Nation Chief Brad Swiftwolf...
Oct 20, 2021
Five reported deaths and 246 new COVID-19 cases announced today
As of Oct. 20, the provincial government announced another 246 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 184 among unvaccinated individuals and 76 cases in children under the age of 11.Five new death...
Oct 20, 2021