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Bloomberg out, Biden resurgent after Super Tuesday victories
WASHINGTON - New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her candidacy, as the winnowing process in the De...
Mar 04, 2020
Majority of Canadians unhappy with Trudeau’s handling of blockade crisis: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians weren't happy with Justin Trudeau's handling of the natural-gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia that led to nationwide rail and road blockades mounted in so...
Mar 04, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Anti-virus measures take drastic turns in Saudi, Iran, Italy
BANGKOK (AP) - Saudi Arabia banned citizens from performing this year's Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca, Italy weighed closing schools nationwide and Iran cancelled Friday prayers for a second week as nati...
Mar 04, 2020 Army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe and the United States on Tuesday, with governments taking emergency steps to ease shortages of masks and other supplies for front-line doctors and nurses. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Saskatchewan exports dropped by 3% in 2019
China's restrictions on Canadian products -- most notably canola -- affected Saskatchewan's bottom line in 2019. According to Statistics Canada data released Tuesday, Saskatchewan's exports to China d...
Mar 03, 2020
Transit providers take measures to safeguard against COVID-19
Some Canadian transit agencies are quietly taking steps to protect customers against the novel coronavirus that's been sounding alarm bells around the world. Several say they have stepped up efforts t...
Mar 03, 2020
Sask. Party in better shape for snap election, U of R professor says
University of Regina political science professor Jim Farney says there are good reasons why Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe isn't saying whether or not he will call an early election. "You can see why ...
Mar 03, 2020
Canadians at forefront of COVID-19 research as SARS outbreak informs response
VANCOUVER - The potential for a worldwide pandemic has kept scientists in Canada at the ready and placed them at the forefront of the global response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, several pr...
Mar 03, 2020
Sask. man recounts deadly Nashville tornado
A man from Saskatchewan who lives in Nashville full-time is coming to terms with a tornado that ripped through his city Tuesday morning and killed at least 19 people statewide in Tennessee. "It is com...
Mar 03, 2020 A man walks by buildings destroyed by storms Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding buildings and killing multiple people. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Virus crisis spreads in Iran, ebbs in China; G7 vows resolve
BEIJING (AP) - The coronavirus spread deep into Iran's government, South Korea ramped up its fight against the epidemic by starting drive-thru testing, and seven major economies tried to shore up glob...
Mar 03, 2020 South Korean army trucks spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Ulsan, South Korea, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. China's coronavirus caseload continued to wane Tuesday even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia. (Kim Young-tae/Yonhap via AP)
Unlike the Big Apple, SaskTel isn't hanging up on payphones
It may be the last call for payphones in New York City, but Saskatchewan won't be following suit anytime soon. The City That Never Sleeps plans to remove some 3,000 payphones from its streets because ...
Mar 03, 2020 (Brett Horton/980 CJME)
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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...