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Saskatchewan firefighters receive enhanced cancer coverage
Six new types of cancer have been added to the list that Saskatchewan Worker's Compensation Board (WCB) covers for most firefighters.The addition of coverage for primary site penile, pancreatic, thyro...
Dec 16, 2024

Calgary Stampeders unveil overhauled coaching staff for 2025
The Calgary Stampeders' coaching staff for 2025 has been overhauled after the departure two longtime members. Craig Dickenson, older brother of head coach Dave Dickenson, takes over as special teams c...
Dec 16, 2024

Ottawa promises $1.3 billion for border security as U.S. tariff threat looms
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to spend $1.3 billion over six years to beef up Canada's border security but still won't say exactly how that money will be spent. The figures are part of ...
Dec 16, 2024

Edmonton Elks sign running back/returner Leake to two-year extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks have signed running back/returner Javon Leake to a contract extension through the 2026 season, the team announced Monday. Leake was slated to become a free agent in Februa...
Dec 16, 2024

Pressure mounts for Trudeau to step aside after Freeland resigns from cabinet
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is reeling after suddenly losing its top cabinet minister, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, reigniting calls for Trudeau to step...
Dec 16, 2024
New trial ordered in sex assault of 5-year-old in Battlefords area
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a man who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a historic case from 2013. According to court documents, ...
Dec 16, 2024

PA to host U-18 provincial curling playdowns
The province's best U-18 curlers will hit the pebbled ice at the Prince Albert Curling Centre later this month.The city is playing host to the provincial playdowns with a total of nine girls teams and...
Dec 16, 2024

Ottawa police use DNA from 1996 murder to identify Vancouver stabbing suspect
Police in Ottawa say they've identified a suspect in an unsolved 1996 stabbing death on the Portage Bridge using DNA evidence to track down the man who was arrested in Vancouver last week. Ottawa poli...
Dec 16, 2024

French president declares mourning period after cyclone strikes Mayotte and will visit
MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he will declare a national mourning period after a deadly cyclone slammed the Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte, and said ...
Dec 16, 2024

'Rural Saskatchewan roots': Lt. Gov. Designate Bernadette McIntyre takes on new role
Bernadette McIntyre has spent a lifetime in service to others and now, she is about to become the provincial representative of a Head of State that has also spent his life in service to others.McIntyr...
Dec 16, 2024