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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 […]

Hot summer days, and warm summer nights are still a few months away, but its never too early to think about reserving your prized campsite. April 1st, reservations open for “seasonal campsites” and on April 2nd reservations open for nightly, camp-easy, and group campsites. The province has also added 28 new seasonal sites across Buffalo […]

A case of old hockey cards uncovered in a Regina home is being hailed as a “once-in-a-generation” treasure trove of the game’s Great One. And the bidding has already topped $1 million. Jason Simonds, the sports consignment director at Heritage Auctions, says the lot contains 16 sealed boxes of O-Pee-Chee’s 1979-80 hockey card collection, amounting […]

The Canadian economy grew 0.2 per cent in November, marking the first month of expansion in six months, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. A preliminary estimate suggests real gross domestic product increased 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter after declining 1.1 per cent in the third quarter. That would bring economic growth in 2023 to […]