Murray Wood: The new phone books are here!
Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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In the news today: Shooting puts focus on convention security
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Shooting puts focus on convention security Thousands of Republicans have arrived in Milwaukee as an assassinat...
Jul 15, 2024
Trump rally shooting casts shadow over Canadian political scene
OTTAWA - The shadow of violence in the United States will be hanging over Canada's political scene this week in the wake of an attempted assassination on former president Donald Trump. A shooting at a...
Jul 15, 2024
July carbon rebates to be deposited, mailed today
OTTAWA - The second instalment of this year's national carbon price rebate will be deposited or mailed out to millions of households today. The Canada Carbon Rebate returns 90 per cent of the revenue ...
Jul 15, 2024
Canada to apologize after labelling Dakota and Lakota as refugees
WHITECAP DAKOTA FIRST NATION, SASKATCHEWAN - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations minister is scheduled to deliver an apology today to nine First Nations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan following decades ...
Jul 15, 2024
Canada's 13 premiers set to begin days of meetings in Halifax
HALIFAX - Canada's premiers will be in Halifax today to begin three days of scheduled meetings in Nova Scotia's capital. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, who is the current chair of the Council of the...
Jul 15, 2024
Nearly 100 wildfires burning in Saskatchewan
There were 95 active fires burning in Saskatchewan on Sunday, all in the northern half of the province. Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said in its daily report on July 14 that 18 of the blaz...
Jul 14, 2024 The majority of the fires identified in SPSA's active wildfire situation map on July 14, 2024 were in the northern part of the province. (Screengrab/SPSA)
Was Saskatchewan's Taylor Swift BacktoSaskatch dance party the biggest in the world?
It was the night Saskatchewan Swifties danced like they knew their lives would never be the same. The BacktoSaskatch movement attempted a world record for the largest Taylor Swift dance party at Count...
Jul 14, 2024 The hashtag campaign started with two morning show hosts musing about ways to bring Taylor Swift back to Saskatchewan. (Z99/Facebook)
SHA reprimanded for not following information access request rules
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has had its wrist slapped after blowing past legislated deadlines for three Access to Information Requests. The first report was from April. The health authority had ...
Jul 14, 2024 The SHA says it’s working on being responsive to Access to Information Requests after it blew past the legislated timeline in three cases this year.
Roughriders lose in B.C. as McInnis goes off for Lions
The Saskatchewan Roughriders didn't have much of an answer for a vaunted B.C. Lions passing attack on Saturday. Lions slotback Justin McInnis, who is a former Rider, had 243 yards and a touchdown for ...
Jul 13, 2024 B.C. Lions' Justin McInnis, right, makes a touchdown reception as Saskatchewan Roughriders' Rolan Milligan Jr. defends during the first half of a CFL football game, in Vancouver, B.C., on July 13, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Canadian leaders say democracy must prevail following Trump rally shooting
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was sickened by the deadly shooting at former president Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania, joining the ranks of Canadian politicians condem...
Jul 13, 2024
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Sarah Mills: It's time to embrace 24 Sussex Drive
The home of Canada's prime minister is steeped in history and shouldn't be left in disrepair. Sarah Mills says the desig...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, June 29
Evan welcomes the leader of the federal Conservatives, Pierre Poilievre, talks about the health of Saskatchewan Crown co...