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Paramedics are often the first to respond to people who are in medical distress, or in an emergency situation. To help keep the paramedics safe and fully prepared for every call they attend, medical c...

Fear of the unknown was holding Markus Thormeyer back in the pool. When the Canadian swimmer told teammates he was gay, the walls he'd built up came down and Thormeyer felt liberated to swim fast...

OTTAWA - Canada’s central bank made yet another unscheduled rate cut Friday to bring its key interest target down to a crisis-level low, and the federal government upped its financial lifeline t...

It's becoming an increasingly ambiguous scenario: the elevator door opens and someone is already inside. Do you go in, or do you wait for the next one? Public health officials have been urging Canadia...

DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche say one of their players has recovered after testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. The player was at home in isolation since the symptoms first appeared. Colorado ma...

The City of Regina is laying off 360 of its casual employees due to the impact COVID-19 has had on the city. It will also be postponing the recall of about 500 seasonal employees. "The virus has resul...

Montreal Alouettes quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. won't be heart-broken if training camp is pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Camps are scheduled to open May 17 but...

On the same day the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced it had opened a new primary care assessment site for COVID-19 in Regina, the province announced nine new cases of the virus. That hike...

The Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association (SHCA) has been collecting N-95 masks from its members and giving them to the Saskatchewan Health Authority. President Shantel Lipp said the health auth...

The head of a union that represents thousands of health-care workers in Saskatchewan has some particular criticisms of how the provincial government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. “That is o...