Family Day - Holiday For Some, Just Another Day For Most

Family Day - Holiday For Some, Just Another Day For Most Mike WoodFeb 20 2012 Family Day was originally celebrated by Alberta in 1990, with the premier of Alberta at the time, Don Getty, having the third Monday of February proclaimed as Family Day. Getty is said to have...

Temperatures in Alberta Dip Dangerously Low

Well I woke up Sunday morning with no place to put my head it wouldn't hurt (oops I mean freeze).  As I opened the door to let my dog out, I gazed at the thermometer, it was reading -43c or 45F.  Even...

Baby Onion Sprouts Recalled: Possible Salmonella Contamination

The CFIA has issued a warning of possible Salmonella contamination to Sprouts Alive Baby Onion Sprouts with a Best Before Date of September 4, 2009.The Alive Baby Onion Sprouts were sold in Alberta, but may also have been sold in British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. "...

Soldier from Sask. First Nation killed in Afghanistan

A soldier from the Big River First Nation in Saskatchewan, who served with the US Army was  killed in Afghanistan last weekend. Corporal Darby Moon, 25 has fought with the US Army for four years according to...

Alberta Doctors to receive special Pandemic rate-Nurses outraged

Alberta is expected to run a 1.1 Billion Dollar deficit in Health Care this year.  The Government has hired a Health Care Reorganizer, Mr. Duckett, from Australia to revamp our system.  In the meantime...

David Fraser Speaks Out On Youtube Duck Shooting Video

Three men, David Fraser, James Fraser and Jeremy Rowlands, were arrested and fined $5,000CAD on Monday after posting a video of themselves shooting ducklings Youtube. The incident, which took place outside Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, generated an unprecedented public reaction...

Canada lost 45,000 more jobs in July

Canada's jobless rate remained steady at 8.6% in July.  Statistics Canada released the figures this morning.  45,000 jobs were lost, this didn't change he overall jobless rate as some people dropped out...

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 Prince Albert. She visited the restroom and said she was...

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...

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