A freight train has derailed in southwestern Saskatchewan. The Transportation Safety Board says 47 cars holding 95 containers left the tracks late Sunday near the village of Chaplin. A spokesman with Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says none of the cars were carrying dangerous goods. There were no injuries reported. Investigators from the safety board are on […]
The Star Blanket Cree Nation in Saskatchewan says ground-penetrating radar has discovered more than 2,000 areas of interest at the site of one of the longest-running residential schools in the country. One fragment of a jaw bone dating from the late 1800s, belonging to a child between four and six years old, was also found. […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday. He was 95. Pope Francis will celebrate his funeral Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, an […]
Connor Bedard had two goals and four assists as Canada pounded Austria 11-0 for the host country’s second straight blowout win at the world junior hockey championship Thursday. The 17-year-old phenom who plays for the WHL’s Regina Pats, tied Jordan Eberle, also a former Regina Pat, for the national record with his 14th career goal […]
Jaroslav Chemeler and Matous Mensik scored 33 seconds apart during a five-minute power play as Czechia stunned Canada 5-2 in the opener for both countries at the world junior men’s hockey championship Monday. Stanislav Svozil and David Spacek, with a goal and an assist each, and David Moravec provided the rest of the offence for […]
Canada’s annual inflation rate edged down slightly to 6.8 per cent in November. In its latest consumer price index report released Wednesday, Statistics Canada said slower price growth for gasoline and furniture last month was offset by rapidly rising shelter costs and stubbornly high grocery prices. Grocery prices climbed at a faster annual rate in November. The […]
With windchill values approaching dangerous lows – bus cancelations have been announced for: Regina Public School Division Regina Catholic Divisions Standing Buffalo School Division Prairie Valley School Division (Regina and Indian head weather towers) Windchill values are currently at -46 degrees Celsius in Regina and surrounding area, with these temperatures expected to remain low until […]
Bundle up if you’re going outside this week because it’s going to be a bitterly cold experience. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada , talked about some of the highlights: “Cold is the weather for the next few days, certainly into the weekend,” said Lang. “There’s some … patches of light […]
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion. Messi scored two goals and then another in a shootout as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties Sunday to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappé scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 […]
Thanks to a pretty significant drop of snow on Regina, the city is putting the “snow routes” in effect. Its starts tomorrow (Friday) morning at 6 am, and runs for 24 hours on all streets designated by a sign with a blue snowflake. You aren’t allowed to park on a snow route, when they are […]
