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Town of Battleford plans to present proposed 2021 budget with no tax increase
The Town of Battleford administration is not proposing any property tax increase for ratepayers for the 2021 budget.Chief Administrative Officer Ash Alam said the proposed budget will be presented at ...
Dec 03, 2020
Twist of fate: Prairie provinces become COVID-19 hot spot in pandemic's second wave
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada - surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest hi...
Dec 03, 2020
SHA confirms latest surge plans as COVID cases escalate
Amid the continued increase in COVID-19 cases, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is announcing the next phase of its surge plan to meet the expected demand for COVID-19 patients in the next two ...
Dec 03, 2020
North Battleford releases fire safety guidelines for Christmas
The City of North Battleford and the North Battleford Fire Department released fire safety tips and guidelines earlier this week, ahead of the Christmas holidays.The release covers several areas for p...
Dec 03, 2020
Raptors' Siakam wants to rediscover joy of playing after struggling in NBA bubble
Pascal Siakam wants to rediscover his love for the game. The Toronto Raptors forward struggled mightily in the NBA bubble near Orlando, Fla., when teams reconvened after the league's three-month COVID...
Dec 03, 2020
California imposes new virus rules based on ICU capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will impose a new stay-at-home order for areas where capacity at intensive care units falls below 15%. Newsom announced the new plans...
Dec 03, 2020
Province reaches over 4,000 active COVID-19 cases
Another resident in their 80s from the province's South zone has died after testing positive for COVID-19. With seven deaths, December is already Saskatchewan's second deadliest month of the pandemic ...
Dec 03, 2020
Hillary, Chelsea Clinton to tell unheralded heroes' stories
LOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, are forming a film production company that they say will tell the stories of people whose voices are often overlooked. Their first proje...
Dec 03, 2020
Children and youth with special needs 'left out' of pandemic response: B.C. watchdog
VANCOUVER - A report from British Columbia's representative for children and youth says the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing problems with the support system for children with special needs, lea...
Dec 03, 2020
Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat
JERUSALEM - The Israeli government on Thursday urged its citizens to avoid travel to the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, citing threats of Iranian attacks. The travel advisory com...
Dec 03, 2020