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If you ask grain farmers about their biggest input costs, they are likely to talk about equipment purchases, fertilizer prices or the cost of various crop protection products. One huge cost, grain freight rates are seldom top of mind because producers pay indirectly. Grain buyers pay the huge cost of grain movement by rail and […]

The Umbrella Academy’s Final Season (Netflix) In the fourth and final season of the superhero series The Umbrella Academy, the Hargreeves siblings find themselves in a new timeline where they no longer possess their powers. Despite this, they must confront new adversaries determined to erase them from existence. This season features returning stars like Elliot […]

Statistics Canada says students are facing a particularly challenging summer job market, while recent immigrants are disproportionately affected by the weakening labour conditions. The federal agency’s July labour force survey says the jobless rate held steady at 6.4 per cent last month as the economy shed a modest 2,800 jobs. As the Bank of Canada […]

MOOSE JAW — The Government of Canada has confirmed its commitment to the Snowbirds’ aerobatic team and the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) air demonstration mission after concerns were raised about the team’s future. Ottawa had announced that it was considering eliminating some older military equipment — including the Snowbirds’ 20 CT-114 Tutor jets — […]

VIENNA (AP) — A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a foiled attack on now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria’s interior minister said Friday. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said an 18-year-old was taken into custody Thursday evening in Vienna after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect. Karner announced the arrest during […]

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 […]

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 […]