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Seventeen Canadians per day died from opioids in 2020: Public Health Agency of Canada
OTTAWA - Canada's public health agency says the COVID-19 pandemic drove an increasingly deadly overdose crisis last year that continues to take lives and corrode communities. Grim new numbers from the...
Jun 23, 2021
'We are Canadians': La Ronge council not united in cancellation of Canada Day events
Not all members of La Ronge council were in favour of cancelling Canada Day celebrations. During a special meeting last week, Coun. Hugh Watt and Coun. Joe Hordyski both voiced their opposition to a m...
Jun 23, 2021
New lawsuit filed against Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon over alleged sex assault
MONTREAL - Quebec entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon is facing a new lawsuit, this time from the complainant in the criminal case in which he was acquitted six months ago. Lawyers for Annick Charette f...
Jun 23, 2021
Sajjan military assistant had inappropriate relationship while with Vancouver police
OTTAWA - An army reservist who was ordered suspended from the Vancouver Police Department for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate has been working as a military assistant to Defenc...
Jun 23, 2021
Order of Catholic nuns agrees to enhance access to residential school records
VICTORIA - An order of Catholic nuns whose members taught at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia says it has reached an agreement to improve access to its private archival recor...
Jun 23, 2021
Canadiens' success leading to business boom for Montreal bars after COVID-19 closures
MONTREAL - Kevin Beaudry says there's never been a better time to be operating a restaurant in Montreal. The manager of La Cage sports bar and restaurant at the Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Canad...
Jun 23, 2021
Canadiens' success leading to business boom for Montreal bars after COVID-19 closures
MONTREAL - Kevin Beaudry says there's never been a better time to be operating a restaurant in Montreal. The manager of La Cage sports bar and restaurant at the Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Canad...
Jun 23, 2021
Bizarre own-goal helps Spain advance to last 16 at Euro 2020
SEVILLE, Spain - A bizarre blunder by the goalkeeper helped Spain find its scoring touch at the European Championship. And it also helped them advance to the round of 16. An embarrassing own-goal by g...
Jun 23, 2021
Lewandowski, Poland out of Euro 2020 with 3-2 loss to Sweden
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Even with two goals, Robert Lewandowski still couldn't stop Poland from making an early exit at the European Championship. The FIFA player of the year made amends for an astou...
Jun 23, 2021
COVID-19 cases continue to drop in province
For the third consecutive day, there have been less than 50 new COVID-19 cases reported. There were 32 new cases announced in Wednesday's COVID-19 update from the Government of Saskatchewan after 36 w...
Jun 23, 2021