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Rourke: Lions need 'sense of urgency' entering final stretch of CFL season
VANCOUVER - Quarterback Nathan Rourke says the B.C. Lions "have to have a sense of urgency" as they prepare for their final four games of the CFL season. "There's a lot of importance in these last fou...
Sep 26, 2024
Pêmiska Tourism receives provincial hospitality award
A reconciliation destination south of Prince Albert has received a Hospitality Saskatchewan Award of Excellence. Pmiska Tourism has been named Indigenous Tourism Experience of the Year. "We're so hono...
Sep 26, 2024
Online Photo Contest Celebrating Agriculture
In conjunction with Agriculture Week, FFC SK is hosting an online photo contest running from October 1 to October 31, 2024. The contest is open to residents from Saskatchewan wanting to showcase the b...
Sep 26, 2024
NDP MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism
OTTAWA - An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities. If the bill is pas...
Sep 26, 2024
Riders Give Fans a Taste of What Kind of Team They Were Hoping to Be
"The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Pattison Media and this site."Last week I went to a couple of Rider practices t...
Sep 26, 2024
Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil announces retirement from swimming
Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil has retired from swimming. The gold medallist in the women's 100-metre butterfly at Tokyo's Summer Games in 2021 made the announcement in a social media post. The 24-y...
Sep 26, 2024
MPs debate another Tory non-confidence motion after Liberals survive first vote
OTTAWA - Less than 24 hours after the Conservatives lost their first attempt to topple the government the Tories are trying again. A new motion being debated this morning states that the House of Comm...
Sep 26, 2024
Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state's parole board...
Sep 26, 2024
Trudeau, French president Macron meet in Ottawa as trade deal challenges continue
OTTAWA - French President Emmanuel Macron is in Canada for a brief visit to Ottawa and Montreal. Macron arrived last night from New York and had an informal dinner at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's h...
Sep 26, 2024
Disability rights groups launching Charter challenge against MAID law
TORONTO - A coalition of disability rights groups says it is launching a Charter challenge against a part of Canada's law on medical assistance in dying. The group, which also includes two individual ...
Sep 26, 2024