Fred Sasakamoose, one of NHL's first Indigenous players, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis
A trailblazer, who was among the first Indigenous players in the NHL, has died after being hospitalized for COVID-19.
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RCMP in North Battleford have made a significant drug and weapons seizure after searching two homes in the city.
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Saskatchewan officials will bring forward “further measures” to slow the spread of COVID-19 at a press conference on Wednesday.
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As part of its pandemic response, Saskatchewan's corrections ministry is setting up modular living units in trailers at its facilities in Saskatoon and Regina in hopes of reducing the spread of COVID-19 among inmates.
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Montreal paramedics told to suspend resuscitation on some patients for months due to COVID-19 risks
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The federal government has signed a deal to secure up to 26,000 doses of a COVID-19 therapeutic drug from Eli Lilly, with the option to receive thousands more, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday. He also sought to temper Canadians' expectations around the timing and rollout of vaccines.
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Albertan junior and high school students are being sent home to learn and the province is introducing stricter gathering limits in hopes of curbing the spread of COVID-19.
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The newly released results of a Statistics Canada survey are shedding light on the complications that older Canadians face in the caregiving realm, revealing that almost a quarter of Canadians over the age of 65 are also caregivers themselves, and are facing a new horde of challenges during COVID-19.
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'America is back': Biden pushes past Trump era with nominees
Declaring "America is back," U.S. President-elect Joe Biden introduced his national security team on Tuesday, his first substantive offering of how he'll shift from Trump-era "America First" policies by relying on experts from the Democratic establishment to be some of his most important advisers.
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