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Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics `focused on hosting'
TOKYO - IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled. Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 ...
Jan 22, 2021
Fundraiser for Digital X-Ray Machine
The Wilkie & District Health Foundation is holding a BBQ Fundraiser on May 1st to raise funds for a new digital x-ray machine at the Wilkie Health Center. The cost $5 for a burger/hot dog or smoki...
Mar 27, 2019
Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will take up Mississippi's bid to enforce a 15-week ban on abortion. The court's order sets...
May 17, 2021
55+ Drive-thru vaccine clinic starting in Prince Albert Saturday
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is starting its drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Prince Albert for those 55 years of age and older on Saturday-one day earlier than originally announce...
Apr 02, 2021
N.L. seeking financial help as municipalities recover from major storm
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - One week after a record-breaking blizzard battered eastern Newfoundland, businesses in St. John's were permitted to call in staff Friday to prepare for the lifting of a state of eme...
Jan 26, 2020
Leafs fall to Flyers in a shootout, lose star winger Mitch Marner to injury
TORONTO - Mike Babcock stepped to the microphone after the Maple Leafs' 3-2 shootout loss Saturday and answered the only question on the minds of Toronto fans before he was even asked. What's the stat...
Nov 12, 2019
Province reports 300 new cases, 253 recoveries, one COVID-19 related death
The Saskatchewan government announced 300 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on April 12, as well as 253 recoveries. This brings the provincial total to 36,604 cases; 33,600 recoveries and 2,549 ca...
Apr 12, 2021
Premier to get first-hand look at fire damage in B.C.'s southern Interior
British Columbia Premier David Eby is scheduled to visit the province's fire-ravaged southern Interior today, along with Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston, to ...
Aug 22, 2023
Trump's plan to curb teen vaping exempts some flavours
WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials will begin cracking down on most flavoured e-cigarettes that are popular with underage teenagers, but their plan includes major exceptions that benefit vaping manufa...
Jan 04, 2020
Halifax council studies quiet fireworks displays to avoid alarming veterans
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia city councillor is pushing for quiet fireworks in Halifax out of concern the noise is alarming veterans and people on the autism spectrum. However some in the pyrotechnics indu...
Feb 26, 2020