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Charest says leaders must listen to health experts on lifting federal COVID mandates
OTTAWA - Jean Charest says when it comes to lifting federal COVID-19 mandates, leaders should listen to health experts and not replace that advice with their own judgment. Federal Conservatives and th...
Mar 18, 2022

Canada's Einarson ran pandemic gauntlet to compete in a 'normal' world championship
Kerri Einarson's team spent the back half of their four years together curling through a pandemic, and posted some of their greatest successes during that time. Eyebrows raised when a team of former s...
Mar 18, 2022

Receiver Justin Hardy among three Americans signed by Ottawa Redblacks.
American receiver Justin Hardy, who played in a Super Bowl with the Atlanta Falcons, was among three players signed Friday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Hardy, 30, spent five seasons with Atlanta (2015-19)...
Mar 18, 2022

Samuel McLeod Business Awards
Proudly sponsored by Saskatchewan Polytechnic, the Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us for the annual Samuel McLeod Business Awards on Thursday, April 14th, 2022. This event celebrates and reco...
Mar 18, 2022

Spring - Time To Remember Dangers of Rotten Ice
Have you ever heard of rotten ice? When ice forms, every layer does not freeze the same way to create a smooth, hard surface. Instead, there can be snow, dirt or air pockets between layers. When thawi...
Mar 18, 2022

In video call, Biden presses China's Xi on Russia support
WASHINGTON (AP) - Key figures for a war half a world away, President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday as the White House looked to deter Beijing from providing mil...
Mar 18, 2022

Bump in COVID-19 cases 'not unexpected' as public health measures lifted, Tam says
OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says increased COVID-19 transmission is "not unexpected" as public health measures are lifted and cases pick up internationally. Tam says the numbe...
Mar 18, 2022

Unlikely playoff push complicates trade deadline for new Canucks front office
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have not made Jim Rutherford's job easy. The team languished at the bottom of the Pacific Division standings when Rutherford was appointed president of hockey operati...
Mar 18, 2022

Arkansas deputy guilty of negligent homicide in teen's death
CABOT, Ark. (AP) - A former Arkansas deputy was found guilty Friday of negligent homicide but acquitted of the more serious offense of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a white teenager whose deat...
Mar 18, 2022

Bayern says Canada's Alphonso Davies several weeks away from returning to action
MUNICH - Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies is still several weeks away from returning to action. That prognosis would rule him out of Canada's final thr...
Mar 18, 2022