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The Tragic Death Of Country Music Star Mickey Gilley
Mickey Gilley’s honky tonk was the backdrop for the John Travolta film “Urban Cowboy,” with its huge dance floor and the famous mechanical...
Former flight attendant recalls trips that took Indigenous children to residential schools
Sharon Gray, second from right, at the Whitehorse airport in 1963. Gray says she witnessed Indigenous children being flown to residential schools when...
Television reboots are an easy sell — but are they crowding out BIPOC voices?
It seems like almost every day a new television reboot is announced, quelling audience desires for nostalgic content. Sex and the City, Frasier and...
Is the NHL rigged against Canada? Not really
After winning in overtime last night, the Montreal Canadiens have managed to live to fight another day in their made-for-Disney playoff run. It’s...
Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The doors of a Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Saskatoon were splattered with paint Thursday afternoon after...
Trudeau, O’Toole and Singh aren’t all talking about the same problems
Speaking to the Liberal convention on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argued that politics should be about finding “real solutions” for the...
This is your brain on pandemic: What chronic stress is doing to us
Back in the 1980s, there was a public service announcement on TV that you may remember — or may have seen on YouTube....
Fears of a market bubble are growing as stocks trade like bitcoin
As if following the latest COVID-19 news while trying to work from a household full of children wasn’t enough, now the financial press...
How carbon capture technology can add to the emissions problem
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
Saskatchewan staved off bankruptcy in the ’90s. Is there hope for N.L., too?
Roy Romanow says he still loses sleep over decisions he made 27 years ago. The former NDP premier of Saskatchewan came to power amid...
Members fighting sale of MEC say planned COO hire clashes with Canadian company’s values
Members of Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) fighting its takeover by an American investment firm say the hiring of an executive from a U.S. company...
Last of Us 2 has ‘changed the game’ for accessibility
Six years in the making, the highly anticipated PlayStation 4 video game The Last of Us 2 is taking the industry to a new...
Al-Mustapha’s futile revisionism
Thursday with Abimbola Adelakun [email protected] The Chief Security Officer to the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, lately found his tongue...
Misrecognised terrorist activities in Nigeria
Thinking with You Niyi Akinnaso [email protected] The focus on Boko Haram as the terrorist group to fight and defeat has led the Federal...
Ambode: Off key note in a melodious verse
Friday Musings with Ayo Olukotun [email protected], 07055841236 For Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, whom this writer has commended on previous occasions for edifying governance strides,...
