Saskatchewan Woman Found Not Guilty For Abandoning Baby in Toilet

A Saskatchewan woman has been found not guilty of abandonment after leaving her newborn baby in a Walmart toilet April Halkett, 22, testified earlier in the trial that she felt sick while visiting the Walmart in...

Canadian farmers take on Monsanto over GM alfalfa

The Monsanto Corporation wants to introduce it's genetically modified form of alfalfa into Canada.  These crops are designed to work effectively with Monsanto's herbicide Roundup.  If Monsanto is...

AMATEUR BOXING SASKATCHEWAN - NEWS & FLASHBACKS

A look at Amateur Boxing past & present in Saskatchewan.

The Burqua Experiment

       Today I wore my burqua in public. I bought the thing last autumn on the internet. I wanted to see what it was like to wear one, and hoped also to find the courage to wear it in public. I...

Some Peanut Products Are Poison. Recalls In USA Continue Daily.

UPDATED March 20, 2009  LIST OF RECALLS.************************************ Since there are still daily recalled products continuing daily and are too many to post here, please go to the FDA website link...

36 Cyclists to Pedal 6,800 km across Canada!

One of the world's longest charitable cycling events on behalf of childhood cancer is taking place this summer from June 13 to June 24, 2008. Gordon Drummond, 49 of Peace River, Alberta, is one of the 36 National...

3 provinces to study joint remand centre for gangsters

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Finally a good idea whose time has come, though the Arctic would make a better prison setting for Gangsters to cool their heels permanently. " Canada's three westernmost provincial governments will consider whether it is possible to jointly build and...

Health Alert for Lean Ground Veal -- E. coli

The CFIA has issued an alert for lean ground veal packaged by New Zealand Lamb, of Etobicoke Ontario.  The veal may be contaminated by E. coli 157:H7.  This is the strain of E. coli that causes what is...

Hygaard Brand Subs May Have Listeria Contamination

A food recall was issued by the CFIA for some Hygaard brand mini pizza subs." OTTAWA, January 16, 2009 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and HQ Fine Foods EST 318 are warning the public not to consume certain Hygaard brand sandwich products described below because...

Canada Leads North America with Sustainable Communities

There's a brand new neighbourhood housed within Canada's borders: a solar-powered community, the first of its kind in North America.  52 homes in Okotoks, Alberta are powered by solar energy, which provides over...

Harper has hoodwinked Canadians

"Stephen Harper has hoodwinked all the media and all of Canada, especially the opposition. It's not about saving his government, or saving the PM job, it's about getting a majority government. To do that he needs an election engineered to appear the opposition created it. ...

Another Meteorite?

Saskatchewan, home of fireballs?  We already have plenty of crop circles, now two space fire balls less than a month apart!From Saskatoon Homepage:Could it have been another meteor?We have recieved numerous calls this morning from people who live around Biggar, Invermay,...

Don't go take a walk in Saskatoon!

There's been a rash of pedestrians hit by autos in Saskatoon this year.  Rapid economic and population growth has resulted in an overloaded infrastructure.  Attempts to upgrade this infrastructure have closed...

Water Main Break

24 Hours Without Running Water According to the Watermain Break Clock an average of 700 water mains break in Canada and the USA every day. Yesterday our block was one of them. A water main is the giant pipe in...

Self checkout arrives at the grocery store!

Last night I went to my preferred grocery store for my shopping. On the way in I noticed a new thing.  At first I thought they'd replaced all the checkouts, then I saw it was just a few checkouts were brand new....

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