Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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Riders' Dickenson not expecting perfection in first game
Head coach Craig Dickenson isn't expecting to see a virtuoso performance on Thursday. His Saskatchewan Roughriders are on the road to meet the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the first game of the 2019 CFL re...
Jun 13, 2019
Committee of MPs decides against calling for school-bus seatbelts
OTTAWA - A committee of MPs who probed bus-passenger safety in Canada has decided not to call for seatbelts to be installed in Canadian school buses, urging further study instead. The House of Commons...
Jun 12, 2019
St. Louis Blues parents all nerves in advance of Game 7
Mitch Bozak was feeling the butterflies Wednesday as the St. Louis Blues prepared for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. The thing is, Bozak isn't even playing. His son, Tyler, and his Blues teammates a...
Jun 12, 2019 Saskatchewan-born players Brayden Schenn (L), Jaden Schwartz (C) and Tyler Bozak (R) played in the Stanley Cup final with the St. Louis Blues. (File photo from the St. Louis Blues/Twitter)
Collaros excited to play against former Hamilton teammates
Zach Collaros will finally play the team that traded him as the veteran quarterback gets a sort of homecoming game Thursday. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are to meet the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Tim Hor...
Jun 12, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
APAS calls on governments for drought assistance
The drought conditions in Saskatchewan this spring have prompted the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) to call for help. In a media release issued Wednesday, APAS revealed it h...
Jun 12, 2019 (Wikimedia Commons)
SLGA full prices now appearing in fine print
Customers may want to double check price tags the next time they're at a liquor store. The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) now displays two prices on store shelves: One retail price as...
Jun 12, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Husky fined $3.8M for leak into North Saskatchewan River
LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy has been fined $3.8 million for a pipeline leak that spilled oil into a major river and tainted the drinking water supply for thousands of people in Saskatchewan. Th...
Jun 12, 2019 Residue from the Husky Energy oil spill on the North Saskatchewan River in July 2016. (Bryan Eneas/paNow)
Expert panel recommends single-payer, universal pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - Canada's governments have to work together to transform, rather than tinker with, a patchwork of prescription-drug plans to create a public plan for every Canadian, says the chair of the expe...
Jun 12, 2019 Dr. Eric Hoskins, Chair of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on June 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will accept nearly 100 changes the Senate has made to a bill overhauling the federal environmental-assessment process for major construction projects but are rejecting do...
Jun 12, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
With LaBatte questionable, Riders' O-line prepared for challenge
Saskatchewan Roughriders centre Dan Clark could be without his left-hand man Thursday. Brendon LaBatte, a six-time CFL all-star at left guard, hasn't practised all week due to a groin injury and is qu...
Jun 11, 2019 The Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive line does drills during practice on June 10, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
On Friday, Evan discusses guide dogs, artificial intelligence campaigns trying to amplify division amongst political mov...