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Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the […]

Over the weekend, current US President Joe Biden announced he will step aside in the divisive campaign south of the border and throwing his support behind his Vice-President, Kamala Harris. Should we care what happens in the US? The answer is yes, because they’re our closest foreign nation, our closest ally, and the most powerful […]

The first debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump may not have brought the surge of excitement among voters that both leaders were looking for ahead of the November election. The matchup saw the current president and his political rival exchange personal barbs as well as criticism over their legacies in the Oval Office.  But […]

After a quarter century at the helm of the province’s premier medical facility for kids – Brynn Boback-Lane the CEO and President of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation is stepping away from the post, and moving down the road to retirement – although she is reluctant to call it that. “I’m calling it something […]

There is a long list of names in Rider’s history who are synonymous with the ideals of the football club that means so much to every football fan in Saskatchewan. Near the very top of that prestigious list is Jim Hopson. Hopson passed away at the age of 73, after a battle with colon cancer. […]

President Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years on Monday with a highly orchestrated landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times. While the result was never in doubt, Russians attempted to defy the inevitable outcome, heeding a call to protest Putin’s repression at […]

  The Canadian Cattle Association has announced details of executive selections for 2023. Nathan Phinney has been re-elected president. He first became president last December after the passing of Saskatchewan producer Reg Schellenberg. Phinney previously served as chair of the New Brunswick Cattle Producers Association. Saskatchewan Stock Growers president Garner Deobald says Phinney has been […]

The newly elected president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association has some ambitious goals for his two year term. Reg Schellenberg of Beechy wants Ottawa to set up a foot and mouth vaccine bank and improve livestock business risk programs. He says livestock vaccines for foot and mouth are available in the U.S. but Canada should […]

Saskatchewan’s general farm group has a new president. Ian Boxal of Tisdale has been elected president of APAS. Boxall says his goals are to seek improved farm support programs, rural internet and cell phone service. He says other issues include changes to grain delivery contracts. Ian Boxall replaces Todd Lewis, who completed his six year […]

The new president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association is a livestock producer from Caron, about 100 kilometers west of Regina. Kelcy Elford says producers have been hit hard this year. He points to meatpacking plant shut-downs and a backlog in processing cattle during the coronavirus. He says the backlog is slowly being cleared. Elford […]