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Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic “Oppenheimer” dominated the 81st Golden Globes, winning five awards including best drama, while Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein riff “Poor Things” pulled off an upset victor over “Barbie” to triumph in the best comedy or musical category. If awards season has been building toward a second match-up of Barbenheimer, this round went to “Oppenheimer.” The film also won […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks placed Connor Bedard on injured reserve on Saturday with a broken jaw, sidelining the young center in the middle of an impressive rookie season. Bedard got hurt when he was leveled by New Jersey defenseman Brendan Smith midway through the first period of Friday night’s 4-2 loss to the Devils. Nick Foligno also went on […]

A Regina court has heard a Saskatchewan legislature member charged with seeking to obtain sexual services plans to proceed through the alternative measures program. A lawyer representing Ryan Domotor, a former Saskatchewan Party backbencher, says he plans to have the case resolved on Feb. 1. She told court that Domotor is seeking to go through […]

The union representing Viterra workers has given 72-hour strike notice to the Viterra Canada Inc.  This comes after more than a year of negotiations have stalled between the company and GSU Local 1 (Viterra Country Operations and Maintenance) and Local 2 (Viterra Regina Head Office), and after GSU Local 1 and 2 rejected Viterra’s final […]

Jakub Stancl scored his second goal of the game with 11.7 seconds left in third period as Czechia survived a blown 2-0 lead to defeat Canada 3-2 and advance to the semifinals at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday. Tomas Cibulka had the other goal for Czechia. Michael Hrabal made 28 saves to get the win. […]

As one province pauses the gas tax to provide savings at the pumps, another is bringing it back.  The Manitoba government says that starting Monday, motorists won’t have to pay 14 cents per litre in fuel tax for the next six months. The province has said it introduced the measure to help motorists with inflation. […]

The Saskatchewan government says its natural gas utility is to stop collecting the carbon levy as of Monday from residential customers.  The move comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exempted those who use home heating oil from paying the levy, mostly benefiting residents in Atlantic Canada.  Saskatchewan asked for the exemption to cover all other forms of heating, […]

Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime […]

Charleston Hughes just turned 40 years old earlier this month. In a post on social media the veteran defensive end announced he is retiring. A two time Grey Cup Champion, and three time league sack leader, Hughes was a force to be reckoned with on the field. He started his career with the Calgary Stampeders […]

After nearly a quarter-century of women’s hockey leagues that came and went, one shows signs of staying power. The six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League opens Monday afternoon with Toronto hosting New York at the downtown Mattamy Centre. Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, New York, Boston and Minnesota are the PWHL’s original six teams. Ottawa’s home-opener is Tuesday […]