Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Snowmobile registration fee rises to support trail maintenance
PROVINCIAL — The Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association (SSA) says rising operating costs and a widening funding gap have made a registration fee increase unavoidable. The change, announced this we...
Nicole Goldsworthy / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Dec 07, 2025

Eager students plus gruelling six-hour math exam equals 'fun' at Putnam competition
ST. JOHN'S - Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a gruelling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William L...
Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Transat pilots issue 72-hour strike notice, causing some flight suspensions by Monday
MONTREAL - Air Transat pilots set the stage for a strike as early as Wednesday morning, issuing a 72-hour notice to the struggling company on the cusp of the busy holiday travel season. The Air Line P...
Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Preeceville memorial tree honours loved ones with holiday lights
PREECEVILLE — A long-standing holiday tradition in Preeceville will again bring residents together to honour loved ones who have passed. Community and area residents will purchase Christmas ligh...
Liz Jacobsen Dec 07, 2025

Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller
OTTAWA - Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in recent Canadian history, died Friday after being ill with prostate cancer. He was 66. Thorne spent mu...
Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Gardener's Notebook: A willow that 'self-prunes'
YORKTON - The wonders of nature never cease. Nor does our ability to learn new things. Our cousins were talking about a ‘self-pruning willow” which was new to us, so time for so...
Debbie Hayward Dec 07, 2025

The Meeple Guild: An area-control game that shines
YORKTON - The great thing about receiving a package of games from Kanare Kato and Kanare_Abstract is that at least one will almost assuredly be a gem. In this case the game is Residuel from desig...
The Meeple Guild Dec 07, 2025

Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.'s northwest
British Columbia's logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the province's northwest, with a government briefing note showing a plan to open those areas for harv...
Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Experts urge Ottawa to seek new trading opportunities within the Western Hemisphere
OTTAWA - Canada is missing out on economic opportunities in its own backyard, says a new report from the Canadian Council for the Americas. "Latin America is the neglected ... close cousin of Canada,"...
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025

Canada's crypto tax crackdown reaps millions. So why no criminal charges?
VANCOUVER - A team of Canada Revenue Agency "cryptoasset auditors" has been mining a rich seam of unpaid taxes, working on more than 200 files and reaping more $100 million in the last three years. Wh...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Dec 07, 2025










