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Public Health Order Extended to January 31
Saskatchewan's current public health order will be extended to January 31, 2022. Under the current public health order, masking is mandatory in all indoor public spaces including schools, and proof of...
Nov 29, 2021

Iran nuclear deal talks resume in Vienna amid muted hopes
VIENNA (AP) - Talks over Iran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers have resumed in Vienna. That's according to Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, which reported the start of the talks Monday...
Nov 29, 2021

Swedes elect 1st female PM - for the 2nd time in a week
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Magdalena Andersson, who last week was Sweden's first woman prime minister for a few hours before resigning because a budget defeat made a coalition partner quit, was on Mon...
Nov 29, 2021

Stage set for Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Two years after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide behind bars, a jury is set to be picked Monday in New York City to determine a central question in the long-running sex trafficking case: Was ...
Nov 29, 2021

Man United hires Rangnick as manager until end of season
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - German coach Ralf Rangnick was hired Monday as Manchester United manager until the end of the season. The 63-year-old Rangnick has left his role as head of sports and develo...
Nov 29, 2021

Actress Lindsay Lohan announces engagement in Instagram post
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Actress Lindsay Lohan has told her followers on Instagram that she's engaged. Lohan announced her engagement to boyfriend Bader Shammas and showed off a traditional ...
Nov 29, 2021

Omicron arrives in Canada and B.C.'s flood forecast: In The News for Nov. 29
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 29, 2021

Pandemic pressures: Nova Scotia offers pioneering helpline exclusively for men
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has established what is believed to be Canada's first 24-hour helpline exclusively for men in response to an urgent need that arose as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Soon after...
Nov 29, 2021

Saskatchewan moves to amend Constitution amid civil trial with Canadian Pacific
REGINA - The basis of a lawsuit between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the Saskatchewan government moves to the floor of the provincial legislature Monday, before possibly heading to Ottawa in a bi...
Nov 29, 2021

Canada supports plan for international pandemic treaty
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World H...
Nov 29, 2021