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The Democratic National Convention begins Monday in Chicago with roughly 50,000 people expected to arrive in the Windy City. That includes thousands of anti-war activists who plan to demonstrate near the United Center where Vice President Kamala Harris will officially accept the party’s nomination for president. Earlier this month, delegates made Harris their nominee in a virtual roll call. […]

Famed director David Lynch was once credited with saying “cinema can translate ideas.” At their core films are ideas brought to life by actors, writers, directors, camera people, prop and set designers, electricians, grips, craft services people, and so many more that it’s not possible to note them all here. These people and the work […]

The country’s two main freight railways are ramping up the amount of cargo being turned away ahead of a potential lockout next week that could snarl supply chains and disrupt industries. Canadian National Railway Co. schedules show that, starting today, it is barring container imports that originate at ports ranging from New York City to […]

More than three weeks after everyone in Jasper had to flee raging wildfires through a curtain of darkness and smoke, some returned Friday morning, greeted by soot-covered tree stumps, Mounties, and long lines of orange traffic cones. Welcome Back was written on a banner at the RCMP checkpoint into the Rocky Mountain tourist town. Residents […]

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 2.1 per cent to $69.6 billion in June, as sales for the transportation equipment, chemical product and primary metal subsectors moved lower. Overall, the agency says sales were down in 17 of the 21 subsectors. Sales in the transportation equipment subsector dropped 2.9 per cent to $11.0 billion in […]

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July climbed 16 per cent compared with June. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in Canada for July was 279,509 units, up from 241,643 in June. The increase came as the annual pace of urban […]

On April 28, human remains were found in a rural area northeast of Moose Jaw, leading to an investigation by Moose Jaw RCMP. Police released images of items found nearby to help identify the person and searched the area, finding unreadable papers. Forensic experts re-hydrated the papers, revealing a potential name. DNA analysis confirmed the […]

Food security is an on-going concern for many families. The cost increases due to inflation after the pandemic has seen people who have good jobs, finding themselves making difficult decisions. Food or rent. Bills or food. The Regina Food Bank sees as many as 17,000 clients per month, and the need is even greater than […]

Harvest progress went up a little bit in Saskatchewan, as six per cent has been combined. According to the provincial crop report Thursday morning, it’s up from four per cent last week and slightly ahead of the five and ten year averages of five per cent. Producers in the southwest lead other regions in harvest […]

MOOSE JAW — Calgary businessmen Charlie Pastuszka and Josh Fong recently experienced some of Moose Jaw’s friendly hospitality after their airplane developed engine trouble and they were forced to land at the municipal airport. Pastuszka and Fong purchased a second-hand 1965-era Citabria plane in Winnipeg on May 5 and, after fuelling up, began what they […]