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Joni Mitchell marked her first-ever performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday following years of health setbacks, while Celine Dion emerged as a surprise presenter in the final minutes of the show, herself making a rare appearance since announcing her own health troubles. The two Canadian music legends were among the brightest moments on a […]

Saskatchewan’s police watchdog is investigating after a Saskatoon police officer allegedly shot and injured a 34-year-old man. Saskatoon police say the incident occurred while tactical officers were involved in a search warrant at a home as part of an aggravated assault and gun investigation around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. The force says officers found a body […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 66th Grammy Awards are set to take place Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and there’s a lot to be excited about. Women outpace men in the major categories, so expect to see a spotlight on its female nominees. “That’s the same throughout the show, really — it’s dominated by women,” […]

On Wednesday, some 4300 teachers in Saskatchewan will be off the job, impacting approximately 65,300 students. Its the latest round of rotating strikes designed to put pressure on the provincial government to negotiate over “class size” and “class complexity”. That issue is one the Sask Party Government has absolutely refused to talk about at the […]

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is trying to make inroads with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, hoping to forestall the tensions and angst that marked the party’s last time in power. The legacy of the Idle No More movement has shaped how young Indigenous activists and leaders view the Conservatives, an image […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing-off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued […]

A special donut for “Special Olympians” is available for a limited time at Tim Horton’s. Until Sunday, you can pick up this doughnut at Tim Horton’s with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Special Olympics and their programming in Saskatchewan and across the country. “We have done this now for a few years” […]

Celebrity groundhog Shubenacadie Sam slowly waddled out of her tiny barn this morning and, under a grey Nova Scotia sky, reportedly could not see her shadow. According to centuries-old folklore, that’s good news for Canadians tired of wintry weather. The tradition holds that if a groundhog doesn’t see its shadow on Groundhog Day, springlike weather […]

Saskatchewan’s Opposition N-D-P says the public deserves more details after a legislature member was charged with assault by choking. Greg Lawrence faces two counts under the Criminal Code and is to make his first court appearance in provincial court in March. Moose Jaw police say the investigation began seven months earlier in June and involved […]

Moose Jaw police have released some details about a criminal charge, one day after Moose Jaw Wakamow MLA Greg Lawrence was booted from Saskatchewan Party caucus. Moose Jaw Police had a release late this morning that they have charged Lawrence, 58, with assault and assault by choking.  Police said they began an investigation into Lawrence […]