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SaskTel increases investment in fibre optic broadband technology
SaskTel is doubling its efforts to put fibre optic broadband technology into rural Saskatchewan.The Crown corporation announced Friday it was putting $50 million into its Rural Fibre Initiative, incre...
Jun 26, 2021

‘Every day was hell on earth’: Marieval survivor shares his story
For Marieval Indian Residential School survivor Robert Kakakaway, every day at the school was a nightmare."From Day 1 until my final day there on June 30, 1966, every day was hell on earth, that's wha...
Jun 26, 2021

Riders sacked for $7.5M loss by COVID; pandemic seen as multi-year problem
The Green and White saw a lot of red in their finances for 2020.But the Saskatchewan Roughriders feel like they were able to weather the storm in the first of a multi-year crisis.According to the fina...
Jun 26, 2021

Flames hamper rescue effort amid rubble of Florida condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Fire has spread amid the rubble of the collapsed condominium in South Florida, hampering rescue efforts, officials said Saturday. The flames are deep and firefighters have not be...
Jun 26, 2021

COVID-19 restrictions could still limit celebrations as Habs try to win Stanley Cup
Montrealers won't be the only ones to start celebrating next week as the Habs make a run for Canada's first Stanley Cup in 28 years. Fans and beer drinkers from across the country will be lifting thei...
Jun 26, 2021

'Legacy horrific' but Ontario trucker's retrial more sensitive to victim: lawyers
EDMONTON - Lawyers say the retrial of a man to be sentenced next week for killing a woman in his hotel room 10 years ago is an example of how cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women and ...
Jun 26, 2021

Documents detail outreach, take-up of little-used federal victims benefit
OTTAWA - Newly released documents on a little-used federal benefit for parents of crime victims show an increase in aid being paid out after an overhaul of the program, but the rate of denied applicat...
Jun 26, 2021

Expert explains about the 'heat dome' hovering above B.C., Alberta and territories
Much of British Columbia, northern Alberta and parts of Yukon and the Northwest Territories are experiencing a "heat dome" that is expected to shatter high-temperature records over the next few days. ...
Jun 26, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Jun 26, 2021

Vasilevskiy shines again, Lightning blank Islanders 1-0
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy had 18 saves and Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of their NHL playoff semifinal ...
Jun 25, 2021