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U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lifted the final barrier that was keeping table potatoes from Prince Edward Island out of the United States. A final federal order posted today clea...
Apr 01, 2022
Athletes can battle effects of maltreatment in sport well into adulthood
Brittany Rogers is an adult now and three years removed from her athletic career, yet the cutting words of her childhood gymnastics coaches still play like a broken record in her mind. You're fat. You...
Apr 01, 2022
Vice Mark Nichols ready for return to Team Gushue lineup at world curling playdowns
Forced into isolation due to COVID-19, Team Gushue vice Mark Nichols could only watch on television as his teammates won the Canadian men's curling championship last month. Now Nichols is set to retur...
Apr 01, 2022
Regina, Saskatoon city councils approve bid to bring 2023 world juniors to Sask.
Saskatchewan will try to get the world junior hockey championship back in the province.In separate meetings Friday morning, Regina and Saskatoon city councils unanimously approved motions to put toget...
Apr 01, 2022
As Pope Francis prepares to come to Canada, a look at past papal visits
OTTAWA - Standing before a room of nearly 200 Indigenous delegates at the Vatican, Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Pope said he felt sha...
Apr 01, 2022
Saskatchewan seeking more organ and tissue donations
The Government of Saskatchewan is urging people to sign up to be organ donors.April is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month, and people are being encouraged to sign up for the provincial...
Apr 01, 2022
Roughriders sign former NFL defensive back
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have added former NFL defensive back C.J. Reavis to their roster.The CFL team announced the transaction Friday.Reavis, 26, played four games for the Jacksonville Jaguars i...
Apr 01, 2022
LLRIB chief surprised by Pope's apology, calls it a strong statement
Lac La Ronge Indian Band chief Tammy Cook-Searson called Friday's apology from Pope Francis to an Indigenous delegation of residential school survivors in Rome a strong statement. "I was surprised to ...
Apr 01, 2022
Flames' Gaudreau named second star, Habs' Caufield top rookie for March
NEW YORK - Calgary Flames left-wing Johnny Gaudreau was named the NHL's second star for March, while Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was named the month's top rookie. Gaudreau ranked second i...
Apr 01, 2022
Loss of namesake bar and grill hits tiny Alabama community
FAUNSDALE, Ala. (AP) - With fewer than 100 residents and only a handful of buildings, this west Alabama community doesn't have much aside from an old water tower and the namesake Faunsdale Bar and Gri...
Apr 01, 2022