16+ hour, 45+ min ago   (703+ words) In almost 100 fights, Canadian boxing titan George Chuvalo was never knocked out and never fell to the canvas. A five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight challenger, Chuvalo died Saturday in Toronto on his 89th birthday. “He was a capital-T…...

19+ hour, 30+ min ago   (305+ words) TORONTO — Protests are planned for the prime minister’s high-stakes summit aimed at attracting new investment to Canada, with organizers saying Mark Carney is keeping company with business leaders they say are exacerbating global crises. Hundreds of executives and global asset…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (130+ words) BUDAPEST — Three of Canada’s top athletes have been eliminated from their events at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship. Canada’s Marco Arop finished sixth in the men’s 800 metre semifinal. He completed the race in one minute 44.21 seconds and Ireland’s Mark English…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (700+ words) Bats may have a reputation for being creepy, disease-carrying creatures of the night, but a longtime Saskatchewan bat researcher said they deserve a little more appreciation. “They’re in the spider, snake, shark category of animals that people don’t particularly like,…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (561+ words) MONTREAL — A new survey shows that most Quebec workers are suffering from a range of health problems such as dehydration and fatigue due to extreme heat at work. According to the Léger survey, conducted in July at the request of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (560+ words) An eye exam at four months old gave Mercedes Wudrick and her daughter years to prepare for the classroom. Now, as students head back to school, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) is urging other families to make…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (378+ words) REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Opposition is calling on a government backbencher to show his receipts after he says he paid out of his own pocket for a private jet to criss-cross the province. Kevin Weedmark, the Saskatchewan Party legislature member for Moosomin-Montmartre,…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (366+ words) Wild rice harvesting is underway in Northern Saskatchewan. Garth Muirhead has been busy harvesting wild rice at Meeyomoot Lake, which is about 70 kilometers south of La Ronge. He began harvesting Sept. 1 and expects to continue until the end of the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (556+ words) Editor’s note: graphic details shared in this story may be sensitive for some readers. While leaning out the front passenger-side window of a parked vehicle, and relying on the light provided by the moon and the vehicle’s headlights, a man…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (555+ words) Movie buffs of all ages are set to descend on Waskesiu this weekend for the 22nd annual Reel Rave International Film Festival. Seven feature films have been selected for this year’s event that includes three Canadian made productions, with one coming…...