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Apology from Pope a start in reconciliation efforts says local advocate
When Pope Francis apologized for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools when Indigenous delegations visited the Vatican earlier this month, it was a step forward, but more work needs ...
Apr 11, 2022
People injured in fire at residential building in downtown Vancouver: chief
VANCOUVER - Two people were taken to hospital and officials were trying to account for everyone who lived in a building that caught fire Monday in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, the fire chief sai...
Apr 11, 2022
B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
VANCOUVER - British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year's flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding. Abbotsford M...
Apr 11, 2022
Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world
OTTAWA - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the wo...
Apr 11, 2022
Saskatchewan Conservative MP’s criticize federal budget
Conservative Members of Parliament did not hold back in the days following the release of the Government of Canada's 2022 budget.Gary Vidal of Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River, told meadowlakeNOW th...
Apr 11, 2022
P.A., North Battleford, & Saskatoon seeing increase in COVID levels: study
COVID levels are increasing in Prince Albert, North Battleford, and Saskatoon.The three communities are a part of a wastewater study being done by the University of Saskatchewan to determine how preva...
Apr 11, 2022
SGI asks you to be cautious as more cyclists hit the road
As the snow slowly disappears on roads in northern Saskatchewan, more cyclists will be out and about which can pose a risk to drivers and those on the bikes.In 2020, SGI reported 92 collisions involvi...
Apr 11, 2022
Ex-officer convicted of storming Capitol to disrupt Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal jury on Monday convicted a former Virginia police officer of storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Bide...
Apr 11, 2022
2012 Quebec election-night shooting 'unpredictable,' police witnesses testify
MONTREAL - The provincial police officer charged with the personal security of then-premier-designate Pauline Marois during Quebec's 2012 fatal election shooting testified on Monday that he is satisfi...
Apr 11, 2022
Analysis: CFL-CFLPA collective bargaining talks get off to encouraging start
TORONTO - It has been an encouraging start to collective bargaining talks between the CFL and CFL Players' Association. Negotiations between the two sides resumed Monday. Thus far, they've managed to ...
Apr 11, 2022