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Longtime Winnipeg Jets star Dale Hawerchuk dies after cancer battle
Dale Hawerchuk, a hockey phenom who became the face of the Winnipeg Jets en route to the Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 57 after a battle with cancer. The Ontario Hockey League's Barrie Col...
Aug 18, 2020
Longtime Conservative MP Diane Finley says she won't run in next election
OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative MP Diane Finley says she's not running in the next election. Finley says she's had a "heck of a ride" but it's time to move forward. She's represented the Ontario riding...
Aug 18, 2020
Heat warnings blanket Saskatchewan
Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for nearly all of Saskatchewan.The province is broken up into 32 regions on the Environment Canada alerts page - and 26 of them were put under a heat warnin...
Aug 18, 2020
Keeping sick people out of schools needs to be priority, Shahab says
As classes get set to resume, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the big priority needs to be keeping sick people out of schools.Speaking on Gormley on Tuesday morning, Dr. Saqib Shahab ...
Aug 18, 2020
Roughriders turn attention to financial troubles after cancelled 2020 season
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are now turning their attention to navigating through an impending financial crisis the team faces.The CFL officially cancelled the 2020 season on Monday after being denie...
Aug 18, 2020
Nisga'a Chief who led nation to landmark treaty, Joe Gosnell, dies of cancer
NEW AIYANSH, B.C. - Joe Gosnell, a renowned treaty negotiator, politician and leader of the Nisga'a Nation, has died at the age of 85. A statement from the Nisga'a Lisims government of northwestern Br...
Aug 18, 2020
La Ronge RCMP looking for wanted man
La Ronge RCMP are searching for a 20-year-old man wanted on a number of charges. According to a Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers Request for Information, Sampson Roberts is wanted for flight from police, d...
Aug 18, 2020
Sentencing hearing for father of toddler found dead outside Edmonton church
EDMONTON - A sentencing hearing is being held today for a man who was convicted of manslaughter in his young son's death. Joey Crier and his then-girlfriend, Tasha-Lee Doreen Mack, were each char...
Aug 18, 2020
Alcohol seized at Wollaston Lake, four charged with bootlegging
Four adults have been charged with bootlegging in Wollaston Lake. According to an RCMP media release, on the morning of Aug. 16, a boat was stopped after having come from Barge Landing and docking at ...
Aug 18, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 18
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2020: There are 122,872 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,206 confirmed (including 5,721 deaths, 53,930 res...
Aug 18, 2020