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Ohio county says nearly 50,000 voters received wrong ballots
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio's capital, elections officials said Friday as they promised corrected ballots would be mail...
Oct 09, 2020

Edmonton Oilers sign veteran forward Kyle Turris to a two-year contract
The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Kyle Turris to a two-year contract.The 31-year-old from New Westminster, B.C., became an unrestricted free agent Friday after three seasons with the Nashville P...
Oct 09, 2020

Cut Knife, Turtleford MLA candidates begin campaign
Heading into the provincial election in Saskatchewan, one of the more potentially interesting riding is that of Cut Knife - Turtleford. Not only is there no incumbent for the region, there are four ca...
Oct 09, 2020

Feds double pandemic aid for food banks, add a second $100 million in support
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is doubling pandemic aid for the nation's food banks today. Another $100 million is being added to the Emergency Food Security Fund so food ban...
Oct 09, 2020

Chronic Wasting Disease in Saskatchewan
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal, infectious disease of deer, elk, reindeer and moose (cervids) that affects the central nervous system. Caribou, a subspecies of reindeer in Canada, can likely...
Oct 09, 2020

NHL free agency opens amid economic uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 pandemic
The Toronto Maple Leafs hit the ground running at the opening bell of NHL free agency. The club signed gritty, hometown winger Wayne Simmonds to a one-year, US$1.5-million contract shortly after the m...
Oct 09, 2020

Fight the Flu
The Saskatchewan Heallth Authority for Meadow Lake will be hosting a number of Flu Shot clinics in the area.See the posters below for full information.
Oct 09, 2020

Canadian ECHL teams will start after some of American counterparts in next season
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL plans a two-phased start to its 2020-21 season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirteen of the 25 active teams will begin play Dec. 11 and the other 12 kick off on Jan. 15, 20...
Oct 09, 2020

'Friendsgiving': N.S. students create new holiday traditions inside Atlantic bubble
HALIFAX - Haneesha Relwani, third-year marketing student at Acadia University, would normally be preparing at this time of year to travel home to St. Kitts and Nevis to see family. Instead, she and ma...
Oct 09, 2020

Maple Leafs sign gritty winger Wayne Simmonds to one-year, US$1.5-million contract
TORONTO - Wayne Simmonds has decided to go home. The gritty winger from Toronto signed a one-year, US$1.5-million contract with the Maple Leafs as NHL free agency opened Friday. Simmonds, 32, has regi...
Oct 09, 2020