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29 more COVID-19 hospitalizations, three more deaths in Saskatchewan
There are now 244 hospitalizations in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19, according to the provincial government's Saturday update. That's an increase of 29 from Friday's update. Of the hospitalizations, 26...
Jan 22, 2022

Eggert, Benecken win 6th World Cup luge doubles championship
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken are World Cup overall champions for the sixth time, getting that title back just in time for the Olympics. Eggert and Benecken won the se...
Jan 22, 2022

NDP calls on government to give emergency one-off payment to desperate seniors
OTTAWA - New Democrats want the federal government to give the most cash-strapped seniors a one-off emergency payment to help them pay for basics, including food and rent. Rachel Blaney, the NDP's spo...
Jan 22, 2022

Prime minister calls freezing deaths of four near U.S. border mind-boggling, tragic
Canada is doing all it can to stop people from risking their lives by crossing the border illegally, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau was responding to the deaths of a family that tr...
Jan 22, 2022

Saskatchewan hockey legend Clark Gillies dead at age 67
Clark Gillies, a Regina Pats legend and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, died Friday at the age of 67.The Moose Jaw-born Gillies starred with the Pats from 1971 through '74, winning a Memorial Cup...
Jan 22, 2022

Official: 1 officer killed, 1 seriously hurt in NYC shooting
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York Police Department officer was killed and another gravely injured Friday night after responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to a law enforcement official. A sus...
Jan 21, 2022

RCMP issue Canada-wide arrest warrant for Michael Gordon Jackson
The Saskatchewan RCMP has issued a nationwide warrant for Michael Gordon Jackson's arrest.In a news release issued Friday afternoon, Saskatchewan RCMP charged Jackson with one count of abduction in co...
Jan 21, 2022

Mike Edem back for 2022 Riders’ season
Mike Edem will be back next season patrolling the defensive backfield for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The Canadian safety has signed a contract extension to keep him in green and white for 2022, the ...
Jan 21, 2022

Bell teaching music in Stanley Mission, releases new single
Nigel Bell continues to make a name for himself in the music industry. The Lac La Ronge Indian Band member, who goes by the stage name Nige B, released a new single today called Come Unto Me featuring...
Jan 21, 2022

Ottawa's talks with Quebec shipyard to build much-needed icebreakers shrouded in fog
OTTAWA - Questions are swirling over yet another delay in Ottawa's nearly $100-billion plan to rebuild the fleets of Canada's navy and coast guard - only this time the delay isn't due to the stalled c...
Jan 21, 2022