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Coast Guard: California oil spill likely 25,000 gallons
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The amount of crude oil spilled in an offshore pipeline leak in Southern California is believed to be close to 25,000 gallons, or only about one-fifth of what officials...
Oct 14, 2021
SaskMusic Opens 2021 Saskatchewan Music Award Nominations
SaskMusic is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination submission period for the 2021 Saskatchewan Music Awards. The fourth annual awards will honour excellence in the Saskatchewan music indus...
Oct 14, 2021
Defending-champion Blue Bombers can become first team to clinch playoff spot with win
They've been the class of the CFL this season and so it's fitting that Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have the chance to become the first team to cement a playoff berth. Winnipeg (8-1) ca...
Oct 14, 2021
No sanctions for Besharah after special town council meeting
No sanctions were placed on La Ronge Coun. Abby Besharah after a special meeting was held earlier this week. An independent ethics commissioner had been called in to investigate the councillor due to ...
Oct 14, 2021
Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Bannon
WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the...
Oct 14, 2021
CP NewsAlert: No evidence of freight train involvement in B.C. wildfire: TSB
LYTTON, Australia - The Transportation Safety Board says there's no evidence that a freight train sparked a fire that destroyed the town of Lytton, B.C., this summer. The agency says that unless new i...
Oct 14, 2021
Sask. NDP calling on government to accept help to reimplement treatment and therapy for children
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling for pediatric treatments and therapies to be reinstated with federal help in the province.In a release on Wednesday, the NDP said treatments and therapy options for chi...
Oct 14, 2021
Quebec to hike pay of daycare workers despite ongoing contract negotiations
QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it will immediately hike the pay of daycare workers, despite ongoing contract negotiations that have led to strikes across the province. Families Minister Mathieu L...
Oct 14, 2021
Brady Tkachuk signs seven-year, $57.5 million deal with Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators have agreed to a seven-year, US$57.5 million contract. The Senators made the announcement on Thursday morning, hours before Ottawa's home opener against ...
Oct 14, 2021
Quebec reports 644 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths as hospitalizations remain stable
MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 644 new cases of COVID-19 today and two more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. COVID-19-related hospitalizations remained unchanged compared with the day befor...
Oct 14, 2021