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Chamber of Commerce urging businesses to explore grants
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, along with it's regional chapters, is urging business owners to see if they qualify for the reopened Canada United grant. More than 2,000 businesses across the co...
Feb 24, 2021
White nationalist gets prison over rape threat, extortion
A self-proclaimed white nationalist was sentenced Wednesday to nearly three-and-a-half years in federal prison for threatening to rape the wife of a man who was part of a separate racist group that he...
Feb 24, 2021
Hunters and trappers blow past Wisconsin's wolf kill target
MADISON, Wis. - Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin's wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn't supposed to happen for another nine months an...
Feb 24, 2021
Prince Harry and Meghan support completion of relief centre
LOS ANGELES - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's foundation has helped support the completion of an emergency relief centre in the Commonwealth. World Central Kitchen announced Wednesday that the constr...
Feb 24, 2021
Hunters and trappers blow past Wisconsin's wolf kill target
MADISON, Wis. - Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin's wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn't supposed to happen for another nine months an...
Feb 24, 2021
Vaccination decision at P.A. care home questioned after three people 'jump the queue'
Questions are being raised in Prince Albert with respect to why two board members with the Mont St. Joseph (MSJ) care home were provided with COVID vaccinations last month, one of whom is under the ag...
Feb 24, 2021
'60 Minutes' will have streaming spinoff on Paramount+
NEW YORK - CBS News is launching a streaming version of "60 Minutes" on the new Paramount+ service, hoping to expose the durable brand to a younger and more diverse audience. The "60 Minutes+" program...
Feb 24, 2021
Number of inmates dead in Ecuador prison riots rises to 79
QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador experienced its deadliest prison riots ever this week when seemingly co-ordinated fights broke out in facilities in three different cities, leaving 79 inmates dead as of Wedne...
Feb 24, 2021
Bats, birds among wildlife pummeled during Southern freeze
DALLAS - As many people in the southern U.S. hosted neighbours who had no heat or water during the vicious February storm and deep freeze, Kate Rugroden provided a refuge for shell-shocked bats. Starv...
Feb 24, 2021
Palm Beach County refuses to lower flags for Rush Limbaugh
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Palm Beach County defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, refusing to lower its courthouse flags to half-staff in honour of the late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh - a m...
Feb 24, 2021