Moose Jaw RCMP are on the scene of a rolled semi on Highway 1, approximately 3 kilometres east of the intersection with Highway 39. Drivers are being asked to slow down in the area with the RCMP reporting that he westbound lanes of the highway may be blocked. We have no word on inures or […]
They came to Ottawa by the thousands with different goals and grievances, but united in their disenfranchisement with the federal Liberal government and COVID-19 health restrictions. The protesters who formed the self-titled “Freedom Convoy” and similar demonstrations across the country blockaded the streets of the capital and international border crossings, marking a new form of […]
With windchill values approaching dangerous lows – bus cancelations have been announced for: Regina Public School Division Regina Catholic Divisions Standing Buffalo School Division Prairie Valley School Division (Regina and Indian head weather towers) Windchill values are currently at -46 degrees Celsius in Regina and surrounding area, with these temperatures expected to remain low until […]
Maljohn plastics in Regina is sliding into special holiday fundraiser for the Ronald MacDonald house. While supplies last – the plastics company is offering handcrafted toboggans for sale – with all proceeds going to the Ronald MacDonald House. Mike Sali with the company says they have been making the sleds for more than 30 years […]
As we close in on Christmas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seeing his popularity go up a little. Compared to last fall, Trudeau’s numbers went up 5 percent, mostly attributed to his testimony at the public inquiry into the use of the emergencies act. Trudeau sits at 43 percent support. On the other side of […]
The massive convoy of demonstrators that rolled into Ottawa this past winter loudly heralded a new era in Canadian politics, with blaring horns and the rumble of hundreds of idling engines. The weeks-long “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa and the kindred demonstrations that appeared at provincial legislatures and international border crossings aimed to force governments to end COVID-19 […]
Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades. “Political avenues, legal avenues are in place,” Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said. “If all else fails, we will blockade.” The Saskatchewan First Act passed its second reading in […]
The Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel is putting the brakes on a proposed rate increase from Sask Energy. In a decision released today, the panel will allow Sask Energy to leave its increase from August of this year in place. That was a commodity rate increase to 31 percent, and an 8 percent increase in the […]
MPs studying the government’s proposed definition of an assault-style firearm will resume talks next month about whether to hear from additional witnesses amid concerns the change would ban some common hunting rifles. The House of Commons public safety committee, which is conducting a clause-by-clause review of a Liberal firearm-control bill, did not meet Thursday as […]
A new poll suggests the Tories still have a small lead over the governing Liberals and have slightly widened the gap. The poll conducted by Leger over the weekend says 33 per cent of respondents would vote for the Conservatives and 30 per cent would vote for the Liberals if a federal election was underway. […]
