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Jasper wildfire burns buildings, while poor air quality forces some fire crews out

Jasper wildfire burns buildings, while poor air quality forces some fire crews out

Jul 25, 2024 | 5:06am
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on social media that Ottawa has approved Alberta’s request for federal assistance after a fast-moving wildfire hit Jasper National Park and its townsite late Wednesday. The park’s social media account says the fire has caused significant loss within the townsite, but the specific locations or neighbourhoods affected are not being […]
Sask Gov’t Spent 70K to Brag about “Dumpster Fire” – Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Sask Gov’t Spent 70K to Brag about “Dumpster Fire” – Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Jun 10, 2024 | 9:54am
The Saskatchewan government has come under fire for spending approximately $70,000 to advertise its latest budget, according to documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The spending has been labeled as ironic and wasteful by CTF Prairie Director Gage Haubrich, who criticized the government for using taxpayers’ money to promote a budget that projects significant […]
Regina’s German Club has New AC Unit Gutted by Thieves

Regina’s German Club has New AC Unit Gutted by Thieves

Jun 6, 2024 | 5:51am
Regina’s German Club is now grappling with a significant setback. Last fall, the club’s old air conditioning unit, vital for their summer banquet business, broke down. Recognizing the necessity of this cooling system, the club started months of diligent research, saving, and fundraising- which finally paid off when they secured a new air conditioning unit. […]
An unusual way to find a baby name

An unusual way to find a baby name

May 30, 2024 | 8:26am
The first job I ever had was looking after a cemetery near my hometown with a friend of mine. I loved that job because it was a very peaceful place with lots of history, plus one always wants to keep the cemetery in immaculate shape for visiting relatives of the deceased. It’s a comforting feeling […]
Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion

Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion

Apr 11, 2024 | 7:20am
LONDON (AP) — Instagram said it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media platform said in a blog post Thursday that it’s testing out the features as part of its campaign to fight sexual scams and other forms of […]
Reaction pouring in, after the death of Riders’ Jim Hopson

Reaction pouring in, after the death of Riders’ Jim Hopson

Apr 3, 2024 | 10:08am
Reaction has begun to pour in from across Saskatchewan and beyond on news that former Saskatchewan Roughriders President and CEO Jim Hopson has passed away. The Saskatchewan Roughriders football club has confirmed Hopson has died on April 2 at age 73, after a lengthy battle with colon cancer. Roughriders President and CEO Craig Reynolds has issued […]
Word of yellow mustard being phased out at Subway trends on social media

Word of yellow mustard being phased out at Subway trends on social media

Feb 26, 2024 | 3:21pm
There are trending topics every day on social media, on Friday it was Subway and yellow mustard. A Friday morning post on X—formerly known as Twitter—by Canada’s Food Professor Dr. Sylvain Charlebois at Dalhousie University in Halifax started the ball rolling. He said Subway has told its Canadian franchisees that yellow mustard would no longer […]
Online News Act funding capped for private broadcasters, CBC: regulations

Online News Act funding capped for private broadcasters, CBC: regulations

Dec 15, 2023 | 4:58pm
The Liberal government has put a cap on how much money CBC and other broadcasters can get from Google after the tech company agreed last month to pay $100 million annually to compensate Canadian news companies. CBC/Radio-Canada will get no more than a $7-million share of the annual fund, while another $30 million at most […]

All news in Canada will be removed from Facebook, Instagram within weeks: Meta

Aug 2, 2023 | 8:48am

Discovering news articles and videos on Facebook and Instagram will soon become a relic of the past, as Meta announced it is officially ending news availability in Canada. Meta said Tuesday that within a few weeks, it will remove news for all Canadian users of its popular Facebook and Instagram platforms. In June, the company started running a […]

Report into “Experience Regina” launch released by REAL

Jul 13, 2023 | 11:38am

An independent review is shedding light on the controversial rebranding of Tourism Regina to “Experience Regina.” The 144-page report, conducted by George B. Cuff & Associates Ltd., based in Spruce Grove, Alta., details what happened and how the “incident” happened. Cuff found that on the same day of the “Experience Regina” launch, a REAL staff […]

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