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A giant has fallen in North Vancouver. Capilano River Regional Park has said goodbye to one of its last standing sentinel trees. The Douglas fir tree, estimated to be around 500 years old, two metres in diameter, and 58 metres tall, fell on Dec.

A man banished from Onion Lake Cree Nation was arrested there on Dec. 8, 2020. RCMP arrested Terrance Stonechild, 32, on Onion Lake Dec. 8, 2020, and charged him with weapons and drug-related offences.

The SJHL may not be back on the ice yet for real, but they are coming back this week — virtually. The SJHL has announced it is planning to hold a Virtual Showcase on the Twitch streaming platform on Jan. 29 and 30.

There were 304 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan - this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 33,353. As of January 24, 102 per cent of the doses received have been administered.

Are you happy it is again time to consider purchasing seeds for growing your garden this year? Have you thought about growing something that will lure some interesting critters into your space, so you can enjoy yet another aspect of your garden? Thin

Submitted Preliminary statistics* from SGI show 87 people lost their lives in road collisions in 2020 on Saskatchewan roads.

Submitted The president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is strongly denouncing what she says is an effort by a small group of protesters to harass and intimidate one of the SMA’s members, Saskatchewan Chief Medical Health Officer Dr.

Buses are not running Monday in Living Sky School Division. The school division confirmed on Twitter that due to the cold temperatures in excess of minus 30, school buses are not running today across the division.

Submitted The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, reveals a new Oxfam report rel

Starbucks will close 300 restaurants in Canada by March. Other chains will likely follow suit. But have no fear, chains will surely open other stores but certainly not in city centres