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Film production in Sask. gets a boost with LED Volume Wall

Film production in Sask. gets a boost with LED Volume Wall

Mar 19, 2024 | 11:11am
It was an exciting day for the film and TV industry in Saskatchewan Monday as the LED Volume Wall was finally officially unveiled. The LED Volume Wall, located at the John Hopkins Regina Soundstage in Regina, will feature cutting edge technology will be utilized to provide backgrounds during the filming of motion picture and TV […]
‘Completely discouraged’: Auditor slams First Nations housing, policing failures

‘Completely discouraged’: Auditor slams First Nations housing, policing failures

Mar 19, 2024 | 8:12am
The federal auditor general is “completely discouraged” to see so little improvement to substandard housing in First Nations over the past two decades, a new report says. Karen Hogan also looked at the planned expansion of the highly criticized First Nations policing program, and found poor management is leaving communities underserved and funds unspent. The […]
February inflation rate slows to 2.8% as price growth unexpectedly eases

February inflation rate slows to 2.8% as price growth unexpectedly eases

Mar 19, 2024 | 8:04am
Canada’s annual inflation rate unexpectedly fell to 2.8 per cent last month, amid sharp declines in cellular and internet services as well as slower grocery price growth. Statistics Canada released its February consumer price index report Tuesday, which shows price growth softened for a second consecutive month. Economists were widely expecting Canada’s inflation rate to have risen above January’s […]
Moe, Cockrill accuse STF of targeting Hoopla for job action

Moe, Cockrill accuse STF of targeting Hoopla for job action

Mar 19, 2024 | 7:56am
The reaction from the Saskatchewan government was the expected one Monday on news that Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation was threatening job action that puts in jeopardy the Hoopla provincial basketball championships. Premier Scott Moe called “disappointing” the announcement from STF that they planned a one-day province-wide strike impacting Budget Day on Wednesday, and would pull extracurriculars province-wide on Thursday and Friday, […]
Basketball, music festival hang in balance in teacher labour dispute

Basketball, music festival hang in balance in teacher labour dispute

Mar 19, 2024 | 7:42am
The escalating labour dispute between teachers and the Sask Party Government has left a provincial basketball tournament hanging in the balance, with some students saying it’s frustrating the adults can’t play well together. The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is planning a one-day provincewide walkout Wednesday — the same day the government is to introduce its 2024 budget. Teachers […]
MPs pay tribute to former prime minister Brian Mulroney

MPs pay tribute to former prime minister Brian Mulroney

Mar 18, 2024 | 2:27pm
Members of Parliament stood in solemn reflection in the House of Commons Monday in tribute to the late Brian Mulroney, the former prime minister of Canada who died last month. His wife Mila and their children Nicholas, Mark, Ben and Caroline looked on from the gallery above. The House of Commons ground to a halt […]
Court adjourns MLA Greg Lawrence’s criminal charges for a month

Court adjourns MLA Greg Lawrence’s criminal charges for a month

Mar 18, 2024 | 2:21pm
Moose Jaw Wakamow MLA Greg Lawrence has had his court charges adjourned to Monday, April 15, so his defence lawyer can acquire more information about his case. Lawrence, 58, was not present in Moose Jaw Provincial Court on March 18 when his matters were discussed. Instead, defence lawyer Estes Fonkalsrud appeared on his behalf and […]
Saskatchewan sex offender who fled to U.S. with children gets four-plus years in jail

Saskatchewan sex offender who fled to U.S. with children gets four-plus years in jail

Mar 18, 2024 | 10:53am
A convicted sex offender living in Saskatchewan who cut through a fence to drive across the Canada-U.S. border with two children and their mother has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. Benjamin Martin Moore was sentenced last Friday to a 52-month term in South Dakota Court after previously […]
National home sales in February up nearly 20% compared with year ago

National home sales in February up nearly 20% compared with year ago

Mar 18, 2024 | 7:52am
The Canadian Real Estate Association says February home sales jumped 19.7 per cent compared with a year ago. The association says the increase in part reflected weakness last year, as the result for February 2023 was one of the lowest for the month in the past two decades. On a month-over-month basis, CREA says seasonally […]
Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

Mar 18, 2024 | 7:44am
President Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years on Monday with a highly orchestrated landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times. While the result was never in doubt, Russians attempted to defy the inevitable outcome, heeding a call to protest Putin’s repression at […]

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