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OUTLOOK – Will Hardy and his brother were like two peas in a pod. They were inseparable. Growing up in Outlook, the pair were securely linked in whatever they did. Wherever Will was, there was usually his older brother ‘Bud’ (real name Winton), and vice versa. There was only a one-year age difference between the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Perseids are back to dazzle the sky with bursts of light and color. The annual meteor shower, active since July, peaks before dawn Monday. It’s one of the brightest and most easily viewed showers of the year, producing “bright blue meteors — and lots of them,” said University of Warwick astronomer Don Pollacco. […]

VIENNA (AP) — Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible […]

Rents are still rising in Canada but the year-over-year pace of growth has slowed, according to a new report. The data from Rentals.ca and Urbanation says asking rents for all residential property types averaged $2,201 in July, up 5.9 per cent from last year. The year-over-year increase is the slowest rise since early 2022, while […]

The Saskatchewan government says it will pay for some of the costs of a landfill search that found the remains of a missing woman.  Policing Minister Paul Merriman says he will provide further details Thursday alongside Saskatoon police, which found the remains of Mackenzie Lee Trottier last week in the city landfill following a 93-day search.  He […]

262,720 people made their way through the gates at this year’s edition of the Queen City Ex. Organizers are reporting good attendance at other events connected to the “Ex”, including the Pile o Bones Rodeo at Brandt Centre, and the nightly concerts held in Confederation Park. The Queen City Ex says 220,600 mini donuts were […]

Saskatchewan’s real estate market continued its upward trend in July, with the province reporting 1,667 home sales according to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association’s monthly report. This figure represents a seven per cent increase from last year and is over 20 per cent above the long-term, 10-year average. This marks the thirteenth consecutive month of above-average […]

Starting Monday, the City of Regina will introduce its first Community Safety Zone in the Cathedral neighbourhood to improve road safety. These zones will have a reduced speed limit of 40 km/h. Chris Warren, the Director of Roadways and Transportation for the City of Regina, emphasized the importance of this initiative, saying in a media […]

KINDERSLEY – A Saskatoon man is facing several charges including assault a police officer with a weapon after two police vehicles were rammed in Kindersley. On Aug. 4, at approximately 5:40 p.m., RCMP received a report of a fuel theft from a Kindersley business. After investigating, police determined a truck filled up with diesel and left without […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby is taking a breather Wednesday over the western Atlantic Ocean but it isn’t done dousing the coastal Carolinas before it slowly marches north. Debby was expected to restrengthen and turn north toward the South Carolina coastline for a second landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday, weather officials said. The storm […]