Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Riders' original Gainer the Gopher reflects on fans, fun and donning a stinky suit
One of Don Hewitt's core memories from three years as the furry, minuscule mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the late 1970s can be summed up in two letters - P.U. "They'd wash the suit once at...
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Quebec daycare crash: Final arguments begin in challenge of high-risk offender status
MONTREAL - Final arguments are set to begin today in a hearing involving a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023. Lawy...
Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Carney's 1st budget wins support for infrastructure, immigration plans: poll
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney secured broad support from across party lines and provincial borders for some major items in his first federal budget, new polling suggests. But one pollster warns ...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Soraya Martinez Ferrada to be sworn in today as mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL - Montreal's new mayor will formally assume the city's top role today during a swearing-in ceremony. Soraya Martinez Ferrada, who arrived in Canada as a child refugee from Chile in 1980, take...
Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Saskatchewan Roughriders' Samuel Emilus explains ‘hardest part’ of his Grey Cup week
Saskatchewan Roughriders' receiver Samuel Emilus is from Montreal, Quebec so for the 112th Grey Cup, he has the opportunity to do interviews in two different languages. "To be ...
Allan Ly Nov 13, 2025

Riders’ Trevor Harris wants team to ‘stay true to who we are’ when Saskatchewan takes field for Grey Cup
WINNIPEG -- Saskatchewan Roughriders' quarterback Trevor Harris isn’t a big fan of change when it comes to taking the field in football games come CFL playoff time. Generally, if you’v...
Randy Palmer Nov 13, 2025

Riders' Rolan Milligan Jr. looking forward to facing Alouettes in Grey Cup with a healthy defensive secondary
WINNIPEG -- The last time the Saskatchewan Roughriders faced the Montreal Alouettes in Week 15 of the Canadian Football League season, it’s safe to say things didn’t go all that wel...
Randy Palmer Nov 12, 2025

Emerging Indigenous filmmaker lands major Telefilm grant
SASKATCHEWAN — Swampy Cree filmmaker Peter Kolopenuk has been selected for Telefilm Canada’s prestigious “Talent to Watch” program, earning national support for an upcoming fea...
Aaron Walker / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter / Windspeaker.com Nov 12, 2025

A.J. Ouellette ready to rumble for Roughriders vs. Alouettes in Grey Cup
WINNIPEG - Saskatchewan Roughriders running back A.J. Ouellette is nicknamed 'Thor' in part because he wields a hammer associated with Norse god of thunder. "The hammer is here, yes, it's in the locke...
Jim Bender, The Canadian Press Nov 12, 2025

Sask Polytech programs meet students where they are
REGINA — For Heidi Wakaluk, retirement didn’t feel like a reward. It felt like a rut. “I was bored, watching too much TV and letting myself go,” says Wakaluk, who had spent yea...
SaskToday Nov 12, 2025










