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Senior Environment Canada climatologist's top weather stories of 2022
From "springuary" for the winter that wouldn't leave to "hotumn" for the fall that never came, Canadians got a whole new vocabulary for wild weather this year. Here is a list of Canada's top 10 weathe...
Dec 21, 2022
Nick Marshall returns to Roughriders on one-year extension
The man who holds the Saskatchewan Roughriders' all-time record for interception-return touchdowns is returning to the CFL team in 2023.The Roughriders announced Wednesday that American defensive back...
Dec 21, 2022
'Weird and wacky': Hurricane Fiona top weather story in stormy, wet, windy, dry year
If nothing else, 2022 gave Canadians a slew of new weather words. There was "springuary" for the winter that wouldn't leave. There was "hotumn" for the fall that never came. "Derecho" got new currency...
Dec 21, 2022
Saskatchewan population passes 1.2 million for first time
More people than ever before are calling Saskatchewan home.According to the provincial government, record-high growth of 10,316 in the third quarter of 2022 sent the provincial population over 1.2 mil...
Dec 21, 2022
Experts say F-35 startup costs will be high due to infrastructure, network upgrades
OTTAWA - Experts say they are not surprised that Canada intends to spend billions on an initial set of F-35s given the large startup costs associated with buying a new fighter jet. The Canadian Press ...
Dec 21, 2022
Carrot River’s Wiens placed on IR with lower-body injury
Saskatoon Blades forward and Carrot River product Jayden Wiens has been listed as being out indefinitely after suffering a lower-body injury earlier this month. According to a release from the club, W...
Dec 21, 2022
Extreme cold still lingering in PA
Prince Albert and surrounding areas are still feeling the bite of an extreme cold warning.The alert remains for the city and surrounding communities with Environment Canada saying windchills close to ...
Dec 21, 2022
Vulcans reach number one in SAAHL North Division standings
A local hockey club has wrapped up the first half of the season and finds itself at the top of the standings in its division.The Prince Albert U18 AA Vulcans are now first in the North Division of the...
Dec 21, 2022
Olympic speedskaters Gilmore Junio, Kaylin Irvine and Marsha Hudey retire
CALGARY - Canadian Olympic speedskaters Gilmore Junio, Kaylin Irvine and Marsha Hudey announced their retirements on Wednesday. Junio, from Calgary, won 12 World Cup medals over the course of his 12-y...
Dec 21, 2022
Mall shooter told ex he would `take others' if he died
GREENWOOD, Indiana (AP) - The ex-girlfriend of a 20-year-old man who fatally shot three people at an Indianapolis-area mall said he told her he didn't expect to make it to 21 and that if he killed him...
Dec 21, 2022