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Calgary woman who died of COVID-19 was expecting 2020 to be best year: husband
CALGARY - A Calgary man whose wife died of COVID-19 last month says the two of them were expecting 2020 to be the best year of their lives. But things changed quickly in mid-March when Deb Diemer...
Apr 08, 2020
Demographic data 'essential' to track impacts of COVID-19: researchers
OTTAWA - Researchers are calling for more detailed data on who is getting and dying from COVID-19, to find out if specific minority or socioeconomic groups are unduly impacted. The Unit...
Apr 08, 2020
Provincial COVID-19 totals at 271 with 103 recovered
The province's North has three more COVID-19 cases, bringing the region's total to 51, while there are four cases in the Far North region. On Wednesday, April 8, the province announced there are 11 ne...
Apr 08, 2020 Saskatchewan Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)
La Ronge man taken by COVID-19 remembered as great father, outdoorsman
Ron Mackay's family doesn't want him to be remembered for the way he was taken from this world, but for the way he lived in it and the way he loved it.The 85-year-old former owner of Red's Camps in La...
Apr 08, 2020 Ron Mackay is pictured here at Red's Camps in La Ronge, Sask. (Lisa Saelhof/Submitted)
Lafrenière tops list of NHL draft-eligible prospects
Alexis Lafrenire, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rim...
Apr 08, 2020
NHLers reflect on league pause: 'All of a sudden someone turns the car off'
Josh Morrissey figures he has more close friends on the Edmonton Oilers than any other rival NHL team. It led to some unusual heat-of-the-moment conversations for the Winnipeg defenceman the...
Apr 08, 2020
Local business offering free oil changes to frontline healthcare workers and first responders
A local business is doing what they can to help out frontline healthcare workers and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic.Bridges Chevrolet Buick GMC in North Battleford is offering free full...
Apr 08, 2020 Spencer Wasmuth working on a healthcare worker's vehicle. (Supplied photo/Duane LaFreniere)
Europe struggles to agree on economic response to virus
BRUSSELS - European governments remained at loggerheads Wednesday over measures to help the economy weather the coronavirus outbreak, breaking off a meeting of finance officials who clashed over aid c...
Apr 08, 2020
Airbus cuts production by a third as airlines struggle
LONDON - European planemaker Airbus said Wednesday it is reducing production by about a third as demand for aircraft and travel plummets due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it delivered ...
Apr 08, 2020
Armed Forces reports 20 military suicides last year, largest number since 2014
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has quietly revealed that 20 service members took their own lives last year, the largest number of military suicides since 2014. The increase comes despite the feder...
Apr 08, 2020