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Hulking lineman Derek Dennis has experienced racism while playing in Canada
At six foot three and 345 pounds, Derek Dennis is an imposing figure. But he's not immune to feeling the wrath of racism. The hulking CFL free-agent offensive lineman says he's been challeng...
Jun 03, 2020
Food Truck Wars Street Festival cancelled this summer
Another Saskatoon summer event won't be happening this year. This year's Food Truck Wars Street Festival is the latest event to be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The late July event usually group...
Jun 03, 2020 A customer is handed an order at Food Truck Wars on July 28, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Siakam: Moving from Cameroon to becoming a minority in the U.S. was a 'shock'
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam feels the suspicious eyes on him when he walks into upscale shops. The Toronto Raptors forward said in his 10 years since moving from Cameroon, he...
Jun 03, 2020
Restaurants 'cautiously optimistic' about reopening
When Phase 3 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan gets underway Monday, pubs and restaurants in the province will be able to open at 50 per cent capacity. Jim Bence is the president and CEO of the Saskatc...
Jun 03, 2020 Shift in the Remai Modern was named one of the 100 most scenic places to eat in Canada (Shift Restaurant)
Ontario Premier Ford says tests of NHL players would be handled in private labs
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the NHL plans to use private labs to process the COVID-19 tests of players and staff should the league resume play this summer. Ford was asked Wednesday whethe...
Jun 03, 2020
Saskatchewan records one new COVID-19 case, no recoveries
Saskatchewan reported one new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday and zero recoveries. It's the first time since April 29 the provincial government didn't have a recovery to report. New cases outnumbered re...
Jun 03, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Sens' Smith looks back at 1st season behind the bench in Ottawa, ahead to draft
D.J. Smith has let his mind wander, if ever so slightly. Coming off his first season as an NHL head coach - one cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic - the Ottawa Senators' bench boss has already turned ...
Jun 03, 2020
MLB rejects 114-game schedule, threatens plan of about 50
NEW YORK - If Major League Baseball and its players take the field for a coronanvirus-delayed 2020 season, it will be after acrimonious negotiations that resemble their labour war of a generation ago....
Jun 03, 2020
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin retires from national hockey team
CALGARY - Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin has announced her retirement from the Canadian women's hockey team. The 31-year-old forward from Thunder Bay, Ont., won Olympic gold in 2010 and 2...
Jun 03, 2020
Highway 5 closed west of Humboldt after serious collision
Humboldt RCMP say Highway 5 is closed in both directions about seven miles west of Humboldt after a serious collision. The RCMP release doesn't say how many vehicles were involved, but that drivers sh...
Jun 03, 2020 (discoverhumboldt.com)
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