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Women provide successful test of Calgary's curling bubble ahead of Brier
CALGARY - All systems are go for the Canadian men's curling championship after the women proved elite curling can happen in a pandemic. Curling Canada says no one tested positive for the COVID-19 viru...
Mar 01, 2021

Prince Albert woman wins over $300,000 from TeleMiracle 50/50
Prince Albert resident Kim Wawro won the first ever online TeleMiracle 50/50 from the Kinsmen Foundation.She is now precisely $363,060 richer after she received a phone call on Friday explaining she'd...
Mar 01, 2021

Ridge of high pressure to bring melting temperatures
The temperature is expect to reach 7 C in La Ronge by Saturday. That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Terri Lang, who said the average temperatures for this time of y...
Mar 01, 2021

MPs to hear from ministers, officials on safety of returning travellers in quarantine
OTTAWA - MPs will hear from federal ministers and officials as early as this week on the safety of returning travellers after two women were allegedly sexually assaulted during mandatory COVID-19 quar...
Mar 01, 2021

White House declarative on whether U.S. will share vaccines with Canada, Mexico: 'No'
WASHINGTON - The White House is making it abundantly clear it has no plans to share America's COVID-19 vaccines with Canada or Mexico. Press secretary Jen Psaki has been indicating for weeks that the ...
Mar 01, 2021

Vancouver Whitecaps looking to build on lessons learned in tumultuous season
VANCOUVER - Axel Schuster's first season as sporting director of the Vancouver Whitecaps was anything but boring. Despite navigating a series of unprecedented challenges, he believes the club finished...
Mar 01, 2021

Armas likes what he sees in Toronto FC camp but there are still issues to resolve
Toronto FC can count on roster continuity and an extended training camp in the buildup to the 2021 MLS season. While Monday marked the first day most other teams were able to have their coaches and te...
Mar 01, 2021

Northeast Sask. woman publishes children's book
A northeast Saskatchewan mindfulness educator, bodytalk practitioner, business owner, and mental health advocate is adding author to her title.The children's book Lily's Loud Mouth by Laura Lawrence o...
Mar 01, 2021

Milan designers hit reset button during digital fashion week
MILAN - Fashion is off the hamster wheel, taking a deep breath that is allowing some freshness to seep into the once relentless cycle. "It is so weird thinking about fashion, and the kind of hamster w...
Mar 01, 2021

154 cases and no new deaths reported in the province
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 154 new cases of COVID-19 on March 1, bringing the provincial total to 28,801 cases; 26,865 recoveries and 1,551 cases considered active.No deaths were repo...
Mar 01, 2021