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Riders report loss of $7.5 million after 2020 CFL season cancelled due to COVID-19
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders reported a loss of $7.5 million at their 2020-21 annual general meeting as the club deals with the financial fallout from the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season....
Jun 26, 2021
Victoria organizers get green light to have fans at Olympic basketball qualifying
Victoria will feel like home court for Canada's men's basketball team after all. Organizers for Canada's last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament which tips off Tuesday in Victoria have been given th...
Jun 26, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions could still limit celebrations as Habs try to win Stanley Cup
Montrealers won't be the only ones to start celebrating next week as the Habs make a run for Canada's first Stanley Cup in 28 years. Fans and beer drinkers from across the country will be lifting thei...
Jun 26, 2021
'Staying alive is an obsession:' Family of survivors reflect on residential schools
The weeds of residential schools are tangled throughout the family tree of Clayton Episkenew and many other Indigenous people in Canada. "I have come a long way but at times feel guilty that I am here...
Jun 26, 2021
SaskTel increases investment in fibre optic broadband technology
SaskTel is doubling its efforts to put fibre optic broadband technology into rural Saskatchewan.The Crown corporation announced Friday it was putting $50 million into its Rural Fibre Initiative, incre...
Jun 26, 2021
‘Every day was hell on earth’: Marieval survivor shares his story
For Marieval Indian Residential School survivor Robert Kakakaway, every day at the school was a nightmare."From Day 1 until my final day there on June 30, 1966, every day was hell on earth, that's wha...
Jun 26, 2021
Riders sacked for $7.5M loss by COVID; pandemic seen as multi-year problem
The Green and White saw a lot of red in their finances for 2020.But the Saskatchewan Roughriders feel like they were able to weather the storm in the first of a multi-year crisis.According to the fina...
Jun 26, 2021
Flames hamper rescue effort amid rubble of Florida condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Fire has spread amid the rubble of the collapsed condominium in South Florida, hampering rescue efforts, officials said Saturday. The flames are deep and firefighters have not be...
Jun 26, 2021
Northwest Saskatchewan prepares for extreme heat again
A heat warning is in place for much of the province, with no sign of it being lifted anytime soon.Northwest Saskatchewan is currently seeing temperatures climb near 30 Celsius and the forecast has hig...
Jun 26, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions could still limit celebrations as Habs try to win Stanley Cup
Montrealers won't be the only ones to start celebrating next week as the Habs make a run for Canada's first Stanley Cup in 28 years. Fans and beer drinkers from across the country will be lifting thei...
Jun 26, 2021