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Save-On-Foods raises over $3K for P.A. Food Bank
The shelves at the Prince Albert Food Bank will be filled up, thanks to a $3,200 donation from Save-On-Foods.The money was raised during the company's second annual Share it Forward campaign.From June...
Jun 29, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic impacting television host Izumi's business and personal lives
The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on TV fishing host Bob Izumi's professional and personal life. The affable Izumi resumed filming for his Real Fishing television show about&...
Jun 29, 2020

Buzzing through air and space: New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut
REGINA - A Saskatchewan scientist has named a new species of bee after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Cory Sheffield says he came across a unique looking female bee while cataloguing insect s...
Jun 29, 2020

Planned power outage in Nipawin and area
SaskPower is alerting some local residents of a planned power outage.The power will be off Tuesday, June 30 from 4:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. for customers north of Nipawin Road E. in the town of Nipawin, incl...
Jun 29, 2020

CEO of Victoria Hospital Foundation Appointed to Board of The Association of Fundraising Professionals
Our Board of Directors is proud to announce that Sherry Buckler, CEO of the Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) has recently been appointed to the Board of The Association of Fundraising Professionals ...
Jun 29, 2020

MMA fighter Rory (Red King) MacDonald turns film-maker with digital series
While the Professional Fighters League is on hiatus due to COVID-19, training and family are keeping Canadian MMA fighter Rory (Red King) MacDonald busy. The 30-year-old welterweight offers a loo...
Jun 29, 2020

New models show COVID-19 progress but with 'hotspots' to monitor: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal models show continued progress in suppressing COVID-19, but with significant hotspots. He says the restrictions Canadians have lived with throug...
Jun 29, 2020

Democracies must unite to share intel in disinformation fight, LeBlanc says
WASHINGTON - The federal minister in charge of Canada's electoral integrity says democracies around the world have a lot to teach each other about how best to combat online disinformation. N...
Jun 29, 2020

N.L. liquor corp. to change "Old Sam" logo over concerns about racist branding
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corp. says it will change the logo - but keep the name - of a locally bottled rum brand that appears to depict a laughing Black man. T...
Jun 29, 2020

Adjusting to COVID, Sundance to expand footprint nationwide
NEW YORK - The Sundance Film Festival, held annually at altitude in the snowy reaches of a Utah ski town, is expanding beyond the mountains. Sundance, the premier independent film festival, isn't givi...
Jun 29, 2020