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Canadian fighter Alexis Davis returns to action Saturday on UFC card in Las Vegas
Canadian Alexis Davis returns to action Saturday with a surgically repaired shoulder and a renewed zest for fighting. The 36-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont. who now makes her home in California, ste...
Feb 25, 2021
Public health agency investigating quarantine sexual assault allegations
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is launching an investigation and reviewing its practices after two returning travellers were allegedly sexually assaulted during their mandatory quarantine...
Feb 25, 2021
B.C. businessman dinged for illegal donation to NDP MP's 2015 campaign
OTTAWA - A British Columbia businessman who made an illegal contribution to New Democrat MP Peter Julian's 2015 election campaign has been ordered to pay $7,500 to the receiver general of Canada. Elec...
Feb 25, 2021
Pandemic spending, no tax increases: Some highlights from the Alberta budget
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - No new taxes or tax increases. - Deficit of $18.2 billion on estimated revenues of $4...
Feb 25, 2021
Logging delay agreement for B.C. old-growth tree stand helps endangered spotted owls
An agreement to delay logging of an old-growth stand of British Columbia forest has given a one-year reprieve to one of Canada's most endangered species. But governments now have to come up with a per...
Feb 25, 2021
SHA changes COVID vaccination appointment strategy after concern from public
After confusion and frustration in recent weeks regarding how the public will be informed about COVID-19 vaccines and when, Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone came to Thursday's press...
Feb 25, 2021
La Ronge belt drawing attention as price of gold increases
The CEO of MAS Gold Corporation believes results from a drill program underway in the La Ronge Gold Belt will lead to the development of a mine site.Representatives from the company, including CEO Jim...
Feb 25, 2021
Liberal plan to repeal mandatory minimum sentences, receiving mixed reviews
The president of the union representing legal aid staff and lawyers in Saskatchewan, says the Liberal government's recent bill that will put an end to mandatory minimum sentences for drugs and some gu...
Feb 25, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeal of Theodore case
A legal battle over funding for Catholic schools in Saskatchewan appears to be over.The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it won't hear an appeal by the Good Spirit School Division (GSSD), which w...
Feb 25, 2021
At divided time, Ohio unites behind statue of John Glenn
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Political divisions these days may be deep, but Ohioans never cease to agree on John Glenn. Both Republicans and Democrats on a state panel heaped praise on the late astronaut and U.S...
Feb 25, 2021