Murray Wood: Mosquitopalooza
Mosquitoes are, sadly, part of summer in Saskatchewan but on a camping trip Murray found this is an epic year for the bu...
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Province gives green light to six school infrastructure projects
Six schools in communities across Saskatchewan will be built or refurbished through $110.5 million in funding announced Tuesday by the Saskatchewan government. The funding is part of the province̵...
Jun 23, 2020
Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus
BELGRADE, Serbia - Novak Djokovic tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia. The top-ranked Serb is the fourth p...
Jun 23, 2020
Bootlegging charge laid in Pelican Narrows
A woman has been charged with bootlegging after an RCMP traffic stop in Pelican Narrows on Saturday. The RCMP had received word that a vehicle would be travelling to Pelican Narrows with a large amoun...
Jun 23, 2020 (Submitted photo/Pelican Narrows RCMP)
Eight more weeks of CERB to cost $17.9 billion, budget officer says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer estimates in a new report that it will cost the federal government $17.9 billion to provide eight extra weeks of payments through the Canada Emergency Respons...
Jun 23, 2020
Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu pulls out of Charleston tournament
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the Credit One Bank Invitational tennis tournament. The tournament posted an update on its website shortly before the&n...
Jun 23, 2020
SHA faced ‘challenges’ with COVID-19 protocols in Hutterite communities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and Hutterian Safety Council (HSC) say "a false sense of security" contributed to a recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Hutterite colonies in southern Saskatchewan. ...
Jun 23, 2020
Police investigating 'White Lives Matter' banner
BURNLEY, England - Police are looking into an incident in which a plane pulled a banner with the words "White Lives Matter Burnley" on it over Manchester City's Etihad Stadium at the start of a Premie...
Jun 23, 2020
FIFA has 13 ongoing investigations, plus 62 other cases
GENEVA - The FIFA ethics committee has 13 formal investigations ongoing, plus preliminary enquiries in 62 more cases, the soccer body's lawyers noted during a two-day online review that ended Tuesday....
Jun 23, 2020
Two-thirds favour keeping two metres of physical distance: Leger poll
OTTAWA - Two-thirds of Canadians don’t want to relax physical distancing rules imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, a new poll suggests. And even if they were relaxed, a strong majority would...
Jun 23, 2020
MLB plans 60-game slate, shortest since 1878, as union balks
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players' association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting...
Jun 22, 2020
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