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Saskatchewan cabinet Minister deletes ‘pray and repent’ tweet over COVID-19
REGINA - A Saskatchewan cabinet minister who tweeted an Old Testament passage where God tells people to pray and repent to cure an epidemic says he deleted it out of concern it may have sent the wrong...
Mar 29, 2020 Greg Ottenbreit. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Canada’s sports organizations eager to unite country when pandemic passes
Tom Renney remembers exactly where he was during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It was the first time the New York Rangers had ever held their training camp in Manhattan. Renney, who was entering his ...
Mar 29, 2020 Hockey Canada CEO Tom Renney speaks at the unveiling of Team Canada's Olympic hockey jersey during an event in Toronto on Wednesday Nov. 1, 2017. Tom Renney, now the chief executive officer for Hockey Canada, was director of player personnel for the New York Rangers when the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center happened.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Uganda’s Bobi Wine sings against virus, criticizes leaders
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who released a song urging Africa's people to wash their hands to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, is criticizing African gov...
Mar 29, 2020
U.S. hotspots grow as virus cases surpass 620,000 globally
DETROIT (AP) - As confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States led the world - with more than 105,000 infections - cities such as Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans grew as hotspots Saturday, while ...
Mar 28, 2020 A person emerges from a tent set up in the driveway of the emergency entrance to Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York, Saturday, March 28, 2020, as others wait in line to be tested for coronavirus. The hospital is caring for a high number of coronavirus patients in the city. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Injured Humboldt Broncos player launches lawsuit against drivers in 2018 crash
CALGARY - A hockey player paralyzed from the chest down in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has launched a lawsuit that names both drivers involved. Ryan Straschnitzki is seeking damages from the driver...
Mar 27, 2020
Sask. teachers will begin working again Monday to provide learning opportunities for students
Saskatchewan teachers will soon be teaching lessons once again. The Government of Saskatchewan's education response planning team gave an update on Friday, saying teachers at the 27 school divisions i...
Mar 27, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. provincial parks closed to limit potential spread of COVID-19
Residents wanting to head into the great outdoors this weekend won't be able to do so in any of Saskatchewan's provincial parks. In a media release Friday, Saskatchewan Parks said provincial parks are...
Mar 27, 2020 (Saskatchewan Parks/Facebook)
Trudeau seeking U.S. decision on troops at border; calls possibility a mistake
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday it would be a mistake for the United States to position troops near the Canadian border. And Trudeau said he has made that clear to the Trump adminis...
Mar 27, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on March 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Hold the elevator? How to stay safe in close quarters during COVID-19
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...
Mar 27, 2020
British Prime Minister Johnson tests positive for virus
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the first leader of a major nation to contract COVID-19, but he insisted Friday that he remains in charge of ...
Mar 27, 2020
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Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be.
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8:30 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...