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What To Do If You See Wildlife in Distress
If you see any wildlife in distress, anywhere across the Province, please give us a call at 306-242-7177.We know everyone has been hit hard by this big snowstorm, so please be safe out there. Please a...
Nov 13, 2020
Radio Starmaker Fund Announces Creation Of New Artist Funding Program for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
The deadline for applications being submitted is 5:00 PM EST, Thursday, November 19, 2020. Go to: www.starmaker.ca to apply. The Board of Directors of the Radio Starmaker Fund announces the creation o...
Nov 13, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Hydro-Québec over plan for new transmission line
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Hydro-Qubec has the right to construct a new electric-power transmission line along an existing corridor running from the Quebec City area to Laval. The story...
Nov 13, 2020
Louis Riel exoneration debate continues
Next week will herald the 135th anniversary of the death of Louis Riel, and there are renewed calls from Mtis groups in Quebec and British Columbia for the federal government to exonerate the man who ...
Nov 13, 2020
Quebec considers closing schools to slow COVID transmission: In The News for Nov. 13
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 13 ...What we are watching in Canada ...T...
Nov 13, 2020
COVID-19 testing down as positive case numbers soar in most provinces
OTTAWA - Two months after the City of Ottawa scrambled to expand its COVID-19 testing options to deal with a massive spike in demand, it is now set to cut back on hours at testing sites this weekend b...
Nov 13, 2020
UK's "Yorkshire Ripper" serial killer Peter Sutcliffe dies
LONDON - Britain's Prison Service says that serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, who was widely known as the "Yorkshire Ripper," has died in the hospital. The 74-year-old had tested positive for COVID-19 an...
Nov 13, 2020
B.C. top doctor says Santa 'probably' immune to COVID but Christmas will be different
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor has some good news about Christmas. Dr. Bonnie Henry says Santa Claus is "probably" immune to COVID-19, but Christmas will still look a little different this y...
Nov 13, 2020
Snow, cold and COVID-19 precautions usher in early ski season in Western Canada
CALGARY - Western Canadians tired of isolating at home are filling the slopes at mountain ski resorts that are opening earlier than usual as worries rise about surging cases of COVID-19. Two Banff Nat...
Nov 13, 2020
Former B.C. minister Kash Heed can cross examine witness at money laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER - Former British Columbia cabinet minister Kash Heed has been granted limited participant status at the public inquiry into money laundering so he can cross-examine a former RCMP officer. Co...
Nov 13, 2020