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In the news today: Travel restrictions lifted in B.C., phone disruptions in NWT
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Evacuation, travel orders lifted as fires diminish The last travel restriction ...
Aug 25, 2023
Chamber, businesses asking residents to shop local during holiday season
Area chamber of commerce representatives are encouraging people to shop local this holiday season to help merchants and the economy during the pandemic.Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Chief Operating ...
Dec 02, 2020
Venice 'on its knees' after second-worst flood ever recorded
MILAN - The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in ...
Nov 13, 2019
Caddies and paper bags: Schools figuring out new world of cellphone bans
From cellphone "hotels" to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones. But some say that des...
Sep 24, 2024
Caddies and paper bags: Schools figuring out cellphone bans
From cellphone "hotels" to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones.But some say that desp...
Sep 24, 2024
Canadian swimmer Brent Hayden hopes his swim comeback is for Tokyo
Brent Hayden will take that "seniors discount" at the pool in order to swim fast. Almost nine years after winning an Olympic bronze medal in the men's 100-metre freestyle, the 37-year-old fr...
Jan 14, 2021
Health committee cheers idea of national pharmacare program, but cost an issue
OTTAWA - Publicly funded prescription drugs under a universal pharmacare program would provide better health care to Canadians at a lower cost than the status quo, the House of Commons health committe...
Apr 18, 2018
32 possible COVID-19 exposures in Prince Albert, others across the province
Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious:There are 32 different po...
Nov 04, 2020
Public falls in love with Humboldt SPCA's 'Neuter Your Ex' campaign
Some Saskatchewan felines are helping mend broken hearts this Valentine's Day.The Humboldt & District SPCA recently put out a call online to scorned and jilted lovers, offering them the chance to ...
Feb 14, 2024
Highlights from the Ontario budget unveiled on Wednesday
Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa has unveiled the Liberal government’s last budget before the spring election. Here are the highlights: ____ MULTI-YEAR DEFICITS After a year of balanced bo...
Mar 28, 2018