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Improvements underway in La Ronge trail system
Trail maintenance and enhancement is currently underway in La Ronge by the Boreal Outdoor Recreation Association (BORA).It's part of an approximately $240,000 project paid for by the Town of La Ronge,...
Sep 14, 2021

Desmond inquiry: focus of hearings shifts to examination of domestic violence
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 turned its attention today to the issue of domestic violence. The executive direc...
Sep 14, 2021

N.S. family who perished in trailer fire were busy and boisterous: neighbour
AMHERST, N.S. - A mother, father and four children who perished in a fire inside their vacation trailer are being recalled as an active, boisterous family by a friend who rented them the Amherst, N.S....
Sep 14, 2021

Calgary firm advances new trial, manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says it has signed two contracts to have its developmental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 manufactured in Canada. The company says it has signed a $90-million...
Sep 14, 2021

SaskTel, other providers trying for faster rural internet
Saskatchewan is a large province with a highly spread-out population and not all of the people in the province have access to reliable internet. Gradually, however, that is starting to change.SaskTel ...
Sep 14, 2021

Trudeau pitches Liberals' climate change plan to British Columbia voters
RICHMOND, B.C. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is pitching his climate change strategy to British Columbia voters today, saying the NDP hasn't put forward a "real plan" to fight the problem. Trudeau s...
Sep 14, 2021

Toronto new Grey Cup contender as Riders slip quietly under the covers
It was somewhere east of Saskatchewan, in a thatch of chemically contaminated ground sown with salt where nothing natural grows, that the 2021 Rider season came to an early conclusion.Technically ther...
Sep 14, 2021

2021 SICC First Nations Language Keepers Gathering
SICC invites you to take a virtual walk with us at the 2021 First Nations Language Keepers Gathering. Join us September 21 and 22. Due to the global pandemic, this year's gathering will be virtual to ...
Sep 14, 2021

Alberta's 'Open For Summer' plan was premature: chief medical officer of health
Alberta's top doctor says the province's "Open For Summer" plan set the trajectory for a crushing fourth wave of COVID-19. Chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, told a conference call wi...
Sep 14, 2021

Canadian rugby veteran Connor Braid the latest to retire in wake of Tokyo Olympics
Canadian rugby veteran Connor Braid has announced his retirement. The 31-year-old from Victoria joins sevens teammates Nate Hirayama and Conor Trainer in leaving the sport. All three were part of the ...
Sep 14, 2021