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Whitmer offers plan to supply propane after pipeline closes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration released a plan Friday to make sure Michigan will have enough propane if a controversial pipeline is shut down. The strategy addresses a f...
Mar 12, 2021

Province reports 176 new cases and three deaths
The province reported 176 new cases of COVID-19 and 131 recoveries in Saskatchewan on March 12, bringing the provincial total to 30,369 cases.Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID...
Mar 12, 2021

New panel named to advise Trudeau on choosing governor general to succeed Payette
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is re-establishing an advisory panel to help select the next governor general. Six people are on the panel, which was announced today by Intergovernmental Affairs Minis...
Mar 12, 2021

Cuomo defiant as wave of lawmakers calls for him to resign
ALBANY, N.Y. - Facing unprecedented political isolation, a defiant New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted on Friday that he would not step down in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual harassment an...
Mar 12, 2021

Canadian Cyle Larin adds to goal total with Besiktas in Turkey's Super Lig
ISTANBUL - Canadian Cyle Larin added to his goal total in Turkey on Friday, scoring in Besiktas' 3-2 win over Istanbul Basaksehir in Super Lig play.The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont., opened the scor...
Mar 12, 2021

Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant captures silver at world championships
ASPEN, Colo. - Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant captured a silver medal in the men's slopestyle event at the world championships on Friday. Norway's Marcus Kleveland won gold with 90.66 points, ...
Mar 12, 2021

Hasidic Jews in court to challenge Quebec's COVID-19 curfew in COVID red zones
MONTREAL - The Quebec Council of Hasidic Jews is heading to court to challenge the province's COVID-19 curfew, which it says will impede religious rights after daylight time comes into effect Sunday. ...
Mar 12, 2021

No biological explanation to tie AstraZeneca vaccine to blood clots: Sharma
OTTAWA - Health Canada's chief medical adviser says there is no scientific explanation to suggest a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots.Dr. Supriya Sharma says Health ...
Mar 12, 2021

Legal action against MN-S voting rules announced
The president of the Mtis National Council is seeking to reverse a new rule he says is unconstitutional and will limit the amount of people eligible to vote in the upcoming Mtis Nation Saskatchewan (M...
Mar 12, 2021

Probe faults mayor, officials for keeping Prude death secret
NEW YORK - An investigation into the official response to Daniel Prude's police suffocation death last year in Rochester, New York, is faulting the city's mayor and former police chief for keeping cri...
Mar 12, 2021