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An expert in infectious diseases says people should not be distracted by efficacy rates when reading headlines about COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Joseph Blondeau, a microbiologist at Royal University Hospit...

Saskatchewan schools are about to give more tests. The provincial government announced Monday it was shipping 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests to K-12 schools in Saskatchewan. The testing could begin as e...

Richardson International Ltd.’s canola crush plant in Yorkton is growing. The Winnipeg-based company announced Monday an investment that will double the processing capacity of the plant to 2.2 m...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have claimed centre Travis Boyd off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Boyd has three goals and five assists in 20 games this season. The Maple Leafs placed him on...

MUNICH - Canadian Alphonso Davies has been suspended for two games in the wake of his red card in Bayern Munich's 4-0 win over VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. The 20-year-old fullback from Edmonton was yel...

MIAMI - Canada's Leylah Fernandez dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Mihaela Buzarnescu in first-round qualifying play Monday night at the Miami Open.Fernandez, from Laval, Que., won her first career WTA ...

TORONTO - Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley is scheduled to appear before a House of Commons committee Tuesday as part of its study of a private member's bill calling for the legalization of single-eve...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposi...

A Saskatoon school in the city's Catholic division is switching to remote learning. According to a release Sunday evening by Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, St. Mary's Wellness and Education Centr...

INDIANAPOLIS - Ethan Thompson scored 26 points and No. 12 seed Oregon State neutralized Oklahoma State and star freshman Cade Cunningham, rolling to an 80-70 upset in the second round of the NCAA Tour...