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Possible COVID-19 exposures in P.A., North Battleford and other Sask. communities
Saskatchewan Health Authority is alerting residents of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious: LloydminsterOctober 17May ...
Oct 29, 2020
White Sox reunite with La Russa, hire Hall of Fame manager
CHICAGO - Tony La Russa, the Hall of Famer who won a World Series with the Oakland Athletics and two more with the St. Louis Cardinals, is returning to manage the Chicago White Sox 34 years after they...
Oct 29, 2020
46 cases of COVID-19 linked to wedding events in Vaughan, Ont., health officials say
Charges are possible after more than 100 people attended a wedding north of Toronto that's linked to COVID-19 infections across much of southern Ontario, health officials said Thursday as they added t...
Oct 29, 2020
'They came with dogs:' Genomes show canines, humans share long history
EDMONTON - Somewhere near Lake Baikal on the Siberian steppes, archeologists were opening 7,000-year-old graves. The bodies had been carefully interred. One was buried with a long, carved spoon....
Oct 29, 2020
CFL unveils Grey Cup Unite, a virtual program to celebrate traditional Grey Cup week
TORONTO - There will be no Grey Cup game in November, but that's not stopping the CFL from celebrating its annual championship week. The league announced Thursday it will be staging Grey Cup Unite fro...
Oct 29, 2020
Become a Member of Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation
We invite you to join 33,000 conservationists around Saskatchewan as an SWF Member![CLICK TO PURCHASE YOUR LOCAL BRANCH MEMBERSHIP] If you are a conservationist with a passion for the outdoors, we inv...
Oct 29, 2020
Man who opened fire at Toronto block party granted six more months of day parole
TORONTO - A man convicted of manslaughter in a deadly public shootout at an east Toronto block party is adjusting well to life in the community, officials say in granting him six more months of day pa...
Oct 29, 2020
Alarm bells ring over COVID-19 and long-term care; Ontario to release new projections
Politicians, advocates and public health officials were ringing the alarm Thursday over COVID-19's impact on long-term care homes, as Ontarians awaited fresh projections of how the virus is expected t...
Oct 29, 2020
U.S. OKs extradition of 2 nabbed in ex-Nissan boss' escape
BOSTON - The U.S. State Department has agreed to turn over to Japan two American men accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial, ...
Oct 29, 2020
RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigating sudden death in Southend
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit South is investigating a suspicious death in Southend.That's according to an RCMP news release, which states on the evening of Oct. 22, Southend RCMP found a man de...
Oct 29, 2020