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SGI getting ready to launch facial recognition software
Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) is launching its new facial recognition software on Aug. 24, which will be in place when issuing new driver’s licences and photo ID cards. Facial recognit...
Aug 18, 2016
New website provides immediate lab test results for Sask. patients
There is no longer a need to visit the doctor for the sole purpose of learning the results of a laboratory test in Saskatchewan.To save time and provide better access to patients, the province has lau...
Oct 09, 2019
California races nature, clock to make key dam repairs
SAN FRANCISCO - California is not just fighting nature as it attempts to repair the damaged main spillway at the nation’s tallest dam, pounded last month by surging storm waters. It’s also...
Mar 23, 2017
False alarm at Ontario nuclear plant prompts surge in iodide pill orders
TORONTO - Ontarians placed more than 32,000 orders for iodide pills in the two days following a false alarm about an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. There are normally between 100 an...
Jan 16, 2020
Both sides in Canada-U.S. pipeline debate clash today over cross-border Line 5
WASHINGTON - North America's existential debate about the virtues and dangers of oil and gas pipelines faces a critical test today in Wisconsin. That's where a district court judge will hear arguments...
May 18, 2023
Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish US stockpile
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least...
Mar 12, 2024
Five Canadian teams, Blackhawks dynasty among stories to watch in NHL playoffs
The NHL playoffs kick off Wednesday. Here are some storylines to watch: OH CANADA! After being shut out of the playoffs in 2016, five Canadian teams reached the post-season - Edmonton, Calgary, Toront...
Apr 11, 2017
Police: Ex-Raider Aldon Smith violated monitoring conditions
SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities say former Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers player Aldon Smith is back in a California jail after violating a condition of his bail. Online records show the 28-year-...
Apr 08, 2018
Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket found guilty of murder
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder and faces life in prison. Jurors reached their verdict Monday in the tri...
Sep 23, 2024
DIVIDED AMERICA: Gender equality in 2016? It's complicated
For weeks after the vote, the abuse kept coming: Venomous, sexist phone calls and emails, venting rage at the five women on Seattle’s City Council who outvoted four men to derail a sports arena ...
Oct 02, 2016