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Virus pushes twin cities El Paso and Juarez to the brink
A record surge in coronavirus cases is pushing hospitals to the brink in the border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, confronting health officials in Texas and Mexico with twin disasters in the tig...
Oct 28, 2020
Legal pot price as much as 80 per cent more than illicit: StatCan
The average cost of a gram of cannabis from the illicit market continues to drop as legal prices rise - with authorized retailers charging as much as 80 per cent more, according to an analysis by Stat...
Jul 10, 2019
Repairing bridges deemed best option
The Town of Battleford explored a number of options before determining it would be most cost efficient overall to repair the two Finlayson Island bridges, despite the high price tag to improve their c...
Oct 05, 2018
Floods that saturated Louisiana also damaged its seed rice
NEW ORLEANS - The floods that inundated Louisiana in August also damaged rice harvested as seed for this year’s planting. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says he’s tempor...
Feb 21, 2017
Via Rail Commitment to Indigenous Peoples
VIA Rail is offering a 33% discount for Indigenous people -a comfortable way to travel for less in Economy, Business, Touring or Sleeper Plus class!Conditions Book now Engaging with Indigenous communi...
Aug 16, 2021
Alberta UCP government tables budget with cuts to civil servants, universities
EDMONTON - Alberta is blazing a new trail for its red-ink economy with a budget that preserves health and education funding but takes a big stick to cities, civil servants and universities. The first ...
Oct 26, 2019
Owner of spice shop in hot water in Quebec over English-only website
MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal spice shop that is struggling financially says he may close it because of pressure from Quebec’s language watchdog over an English-only website. Peter Bahlawan...
Jul 27, 2017
Heads Up: Distracted Driving Penalties Are Getting Tougher
The Cost Of A First-Time Ticket Will More Than Double; Repeat Offenders To Pay Even More Drivers in Saskatchewan who make the unsafe decision to drive while distracted will soon be paying more for a t...
Jan 06, 2020
BUFC's Club Day bringing communities, youth together
The Battlefords United Football Club (BUFC) is hosting its annual Club Day this Sunday, June 18 in North Battleford. Featuring teams from around the region, including Saskatoon, Kindersley, Meadow Lak...
Jun 13, 2023
A timeline of the E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares and a central kitchen
CALGARY - More than 250 people, mostly children, have been infected in an E. coli outbreak linked to 11 daycares in Calgary. Twenty-five are in hospital. Six of those patients are on dialysis, which i...
Sep 13, 2023