Saskatchewan News
Aside from a couple of crying babies, there were no conscientious objectors to be found at the culinary war playing out in the old Sears Clearance Centre parking lot Sunday afternoon.... Read more
SWIFT CURRENT — Western Canada Summer Games co-chair Mark Benesh won't be settling into a comfy chair now that the 10-day event has concluded.... Read more
GIBRALTAR - An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization has lifted its anchor and begun moving away from Gibraltar, marine traffic monitoring data showed late Sunday.
The trail left by GPS data on... Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. - Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state’s first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, has died.
After struggling for years with cancer, Blanco died Sunday in hospice care... Read more
Two racers from Alberta and Saskatchewan teamed up Sunday to fundraise for the War Amps Child Amputee Program.
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier argued to a crowd of flag-waving, cheering candidates and supporters that not inviting him to take part in the official election debates means excluding the only political party leader who has anything different to say.
“It won’t be a real debate if I’... Read more
GIBRALTAR - An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization has lifted its anchor and begun moving away from Gibraltar, marine traffic monitoring data showed late Sunday.
The trail left by GPS data on... Read more
MEDINAH, Ill. - Justin Thomas had more stress than he needed Sunday before regaining control with four birdies on the back nine at Medinah to win the BMW Championship and claim the No. 1 seed going into the FedEx Cup finale.
Thomas closed with a 4-under 68 for a three-shot victory over Patrick... Read more
A Regina mother has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence after the tip of her baby's penis was severed during a circumcision.
AUSTIN, Texas - Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.
Benson’s attorney, Sam Bassett, said Austin law enforcement told him that Benson was killed in the wreck... Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. - Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state’s first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, has died.
After struggling for years with cancer, Blanco died Sunday in hospice care... Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. - With both the left and the right declaring victory following a long-hyped rally that had Portland, Oregon, on edge it seems the liberal city will continue to be a flashpoint in an increasingly divided country.
City officials were mostly relieved that a downtown gathering... Read more
Saturday afternoon saw quite the commotion in Regina’s downtown core as six teams competed in the second annual Amazing Race Against HIV. Read more
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has condemned violence in Hong Kong amid escalating tension between pro-democracy protesters and police.
She made the remarks in a joint statement issued Saturday with her counterpart in the European Union, Federica Mogherini.
The... Read more
MONTREAL - A jubilant, rainbow-hued crowd lined the streets of Montreal on Sunday as federal and provincial political rivals set their differences aside to march together in the city’s annual Pride parade.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party... Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. - Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state’s first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by Hurricane Katrina, has died.
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office confirmed Blanco had died Sunday in hospice care in Lafayette... Read more
OTTAWA - A pre-election chill has descended over some environment charities after Elections Canada warned them that discussing the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could be deemed partisan activity.
An Elections Canada official warned groups in a... Read more
They’ve been up in Regina for a while: billboards showing Regina-Wascana MP Ralph Goodale shaking the hand of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and imploring voters get Goodale out of office.
Now, the group behind that billboard is expanding across the country.
The Canada Growth Council is the... Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. - With both the left and the right declaring victory following a long-hyped rally that had Portland, Oregon, on edge it seems the liberal city will continue to be a flashpoint in an increasingly divided country.
City officials were mostly relieved that a downtown gathering Saturday... Read more
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier argued that not inviting him to take part in the official election debates means excluding the only political party leader who has anything different to say.
“It won’t be a real debate if I’m not there,” Bernier, the leader of the People... Read more
OTTAWA - The United Kingdom is shirking its share of the international community's duty to help keep the world safe from terrorism, the federal government suggested Sunday after the British Home Office revoked the citizenship of a dual citizen imprisoned in Syria.
Jack Letts, a British-Canadian man... Read more
Frank Lampard climbed the steps in the tunnel and emerged to rapturous applause from Chelsea fans, a flame display and a giant banner at one end of Stamford Bridge that read “Welcome Home Super Frank.”
“The stuff of dreams,” Lampard described his homecoming on Sunday.... Read more
KABUL - The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens - and Afghanistan grieved... Read more
LONDON - Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the European Union without a trade deal on Oct. 31, according to a report.
The Sunday Times newspaper published what it said was what the British government... Read more
Hong Kong streets were turned into rivers of umbrellas on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people marched through heavy rain down a major road in the Chinese territory, where massive pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity. Organizers said at least 1.7 million... Read more
TORONTO - Starter Yusei Kikuchi threw a complete-game shutout, and his Seattle Mariners clubbed four home runs in a 7-0 win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.
The Japanese left-handed pitcher gave up only two hits in his outing and never allowed a runner past second base. Kikuchi (5-8)... Read more
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier says not inviting him to take part in the official election debates means excluding the only political party leader who has anything different to say.
Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, says the Liberals, the Conservatives, the NDP, the... Read more
AUSTIN, Texas - Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.
Benson’s attorney, Sam Bassett, said Austin law enforcement told him that Benson was killed in the wreck... Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. - With both the left and the right declaring victory following a long-hyped rally that had Portland, Oregon, on edge it seems the liberal city will continue to be a flashpoint in an increasingly divided country.
City officials were mostly relieved that a downtown gathering... Read more
AUSTIN, Texas - Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.
Benson’s attorney, Sam Bassett, said Austin law enforcement told him that Benson was killed in the wreck... Read more
OTTAWA - A pre-election chill has descended over some environment charities after Elections Canada warned them that discussing the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could be deemed partisan activity.
An Elections Canada official warned groups in a training... Read more
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Andre De Grasse missed out on a Dimaond League medal by just four one-hundredths of a second.
De Grasse, from Markham, Ont., was fifth in the 100-metre dash in 10.13 seconds on Sunday at the Diamond League event in Birmingham, England. Jamaica’s Yohan Blake... Read more
AUSTIN, Texas - Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.
Benson’s attorney, Sam Bassett, said Austin law enforcement told him that Benson was killed in the wreck... Read more
Frank Lampard’s winless run at the start of his tenure as Chelsea manager extended to three games Sunday after Leicester fought back to earn a 1-1 draw in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
After a 4-0 loss at Manchester United on the opening weekend and then a penalty... Read more
CINCINNATI - The Reds have placed first baseman Joey Votto on the 10-day injured list with lower back tightness that has kept him out of Cincinnati’s last three games.
The move is retroactive to Thursday. In a corresponding move, the Reds recalled utility player Brian O’Grady from... Read more
MADRID - Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States’ latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria.
The ship... Read more
OTTAWA - The United Kingdom is shirking its share of the international community’s duty to help keep the world safe from terrorism, the federal government suggested Sunday after the British Home Office revoked the citizenship of a dual citizen... Read more
Police said they are attempting to track down a "male youth" who they say was seen leaving the area on a bicycle.
KABUL - The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul’s strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens - and Afghanistan grieved... Read more
A Regina mother has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence after the tip of her baby's penis was severed during a circumcision.