Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald suffered a cardiac event Sunday after returning from the NHL’s all-star game in Toronto. The 70-year-old wrote in an Instagram post Monday on the Calgary Flames alumni account that two nurses heading to their own flights at Calgary International Airport helped him when he was in distress. “It’s true […]
Every year the Canadian Council of the Blind host White Cane Week to bring awareness to those who deal with visual impairment. Here in Regina, the week literally gets rolling with the Media Bowl-a-thon at the Golden Mile Lanes. Monday marked the 51st year of the event which brings together the media, City of Regina […]
The Government of Saskatchewan has applied to intervene in the ongoing legal challenges to the federal firearms ban currently before the Federal Court of Appeal. Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre expressed confidence in the case’s merits, citing administrative and constitutional grounds. The original challenges, heard in Ottawa in April 2023, were dismissed by the Federal Court […]
Physicians in the province have resoundingly ratified a new four-year contract with the Government of Saskatchewan. Health Minister Everett Hindley and SMA President Dr. Annette Epp jointly announced the groundbreaking agreement, boasting an impressive 93 per cent approval from physicians. The contract encompasses a substantial boost of approximately $245 million in ongoing funding, focusing on […]
This Thursday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation announced a one-day, provincewide withdrawal of noon-hour supervision. The withdrawal of noon-hour supervision means teachers will not be available to supervise students eating lunch at school or participating in noon-hour activities. Teachers will leave the building during each school’s designated lunch break period. School divisions will inform parents and […]
The sexual assault case against five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team made its first appearance in a southwestern Ontario court Monday and is set to return at the end of April. Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and Michael McLeod were not present in the London, Ont., court and their […]
LONDON, Ontario (AP) — Authorities scheduled a news conference for Monday to discuss a 2018 case that has led to sexual assault charges against four current NHL players and a former NHL player, all of whom were on Canada’s world junior hockey team that year. Five players from that team have been charged with sexual assault: Carter Hart […]