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Unvaccinated and under 40 represent majority of new COVID-19 cases
With 519 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported today, the province is reporting another high day of cases with today taking the second highest day currently recorded.Of the new cases, 78 per cent o...
Sep 20, 2021

Battlefords Humane Society 'Shelter Us' campaign launch raises over $21,000
The Battlefords Humane Society is thrilled after its "Shelter Us" capital campaign launch Saturday raised $21,602 in one day.The campaign was started to raise funds to build a new replacement shelter ...
Sep 20, 2021

Veteran quarterback Watford to make second straight start for Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - Veteran quarterback Dave Watford will make a second straight start Wednesday night when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats visit the Ottawa Redblacks. Ticats head coach Orlondo Steinauer told reporter...
Sep 20, 2021

Local teams shine as high school volleyball returns to community
It was a big weekend for volleyball, and high school athletics in general, at both John Paul II Collegiate (JPII) and North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) over the weekend.The JPII junio...
Sep 20, 2021

Leafs' Matthews, Marner focused on the present following another playoff disaster
TORONTO - Auston Matthews isn't really interested in looking back. Unless, that is, the topic's something other than his Maple Leafs. Toronto's star centre made waves in July when television cameras c...
Sep 20, 2021

Canadian women's hockey team to play B.C. Junior A men as part of Olympic prep
CALGARY - Canada's women's hockey team will play a pair of games against male Junior A teams in B.C. next month. The national women's team, currently centralized in Calgary to prepare for the 2022 Win...
Sep 20, 2021

Eight hurt after fire at lumber-drying facility southeast of Quebec City
BEAUCEVILLE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say eight people were injured in an early morning fire at a lumber-drying facility southeast of Quebec City. Provincial police say they received 911 calls ...
Sep 20, 2021

Man arrested in suspicious death investigation
Spiritwood RCMP have arrested a 60-year-old male in relation to the suspicious death reported on Friday.Walter Jack Abbott of Pelican Lake First Nation was arrested later that day and has been charged...
Sep 20, 2021

COVID vaccine records with QR codes now available
A new proof of vaccination option is available to Saskatchewan residents - QR codes.Any Saskatchewan resident with a MySaskHealthRecord account can now access their COVID-19 vaccination record in a ne...
Sep 20, 2021

White House to require by November that foreign visitors to U.S. be vaccinated
WASHINGTON - By early November, most adult foreign nationals will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to travel to the United States, the White House announced Monday. The news is th...
Sep 20, 2021