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Source: Blue Jays' stadium capacity to rise to 30,000 starting next week
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will get a home-field advantage boost when they return to Rogers Centre next week. Seating capacity at the downtown stadium will be doubled to 30,000 starting with Tues...
Sep 24, 2021
Alberta's COVID crisis and calls for a new defence minister: In The News for Sept. 24
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 Sept. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 24, 2021
SIGA to operate new online gaming site with half of revenues to benefit First Nations
Indigenous leaders are celebrating a newly signed agreement with the province that will have the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority operate a new online gaming site.Since 2002, the province has had ...
Sep 24, 2021
Federal deficit hit $48.5 billion over first four months of fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of more than $48 billion over the first four months of its fiscal year, about $100 billion less than the treasury pumped out during the same period one ye...
Sep 24, 2021
Italy to release detained Catalan leader sought by Spain
ROME (AP) - A judge in Sardinia will order jailed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont released from jail later on Friday ahead of a court decision on Spain's extradition request, Puigdemont's ...
Sep 24, 2021
Riders set to clash with roaring Lions
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are heading to Vancouver for a pivotal showdown with the B.C. Lions.The Riders and Lions both have 4-2 records heading into Friday's CFL game at B.C. Place. Kickoff for th...
Sep 24, 2021
Saskatchewan reaches 80 per cent mark for first doses of COVID vaccines
Saskatchewan has reached a milestone in its response to COVID-19.In a media release Friday, the provincial government said 80 per cent of all residents who are eligible to get their first dose of a CO...
Sep 24, 2021
Pope keeps German archbishop criticized over abuse scandal
BERLIN (AP) - Pope Francis has decided to leave in office a prominent German archbishop who has faced criticism for his handling of the church's sexual abuse scandal, but the cleric has decided to tak...
Sep 24, 2021
Huawei CFO's surprise court date in New York thickens plot in Meng Wanzhou saga
WASHINGTON - Meng Wanzhou is expected to dial in to a surprise court hearing today in New York, fuelling reports of a long-awaited breakthrough in the case of the Huawei Technologies executive. Meng, ...
Sep 24, 2021
Ronald McDonald House Charities SK Radio Blitz
Join us as we celebrate 5 years of serving families in Saskatchewan through the Ronald McDonald Family Room in Prince Albert. At Ronald McDonald House Charities Saskatchewan (RMHC-SK), families are ab...
Sep 24, 2021