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Saskatoon area pop-up drive-in gets go ahead from Saskatchewan Health Authority
When non-essential stores were ordered to close more than two months ago because of COVID-19, Saskatoon Audio Visual Technical Production Manager Chris Lawrie was temporarily out of work. Then he reme...
May 12, 2020 A pop-up drive-in movie theatre has been given the ok from the SHA in the Saskatoon area. Photo Courtesy/Chris Lawrie
Canadian singer Bryan Adams faces backlash over COVID-19 social media posts
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams apologized Tuesday for a social media post on the novel coronavirus that some critics called racist. In a post Monday night on Twitter and Instagram, Adams blamed the globa...
May 12, 2020
Jamie Nye: Latest NHL controversy should be a lesson for many, not just the two players
NHLers Brendan Leipsic and Jack Rodewald and the other bros on their chat group are being shamed, and so they should. Their comments about women, including the wife of Tanner Pearson and the girlfrien...
May 07, 2020
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra set to host online pop-up concerts
The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is on a hiatus from performing live during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's postponed and cancelled a handful of events to ensure the health and safety of audience me...
Mar 25, 2020 (Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra/Facebook)
Band cancels Kindersley show after social media backlash
A west-coast band that advocates for the environment and speaks out against pipelines has received a chilly reception in Saskatchewan. Small Town Artillery was set to play a concert in Kindersley on A...
Mar 06, 2020 Small Town Artillery.
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Daughter hopes social media can lead to answers in mother’s killing 39 years ago
WINNIPEG - Denise Pochinko remembers waking up and hearing the screams. She hid under blankets with her sister until sirens drowned out their panicked breathing. It was October 1980 in Winnipeg and sh...
Jan 02, 2020
SJHL bans junior hockey player after profanity-laced video
The 2019-20 season is officially over for a Saskatchewan junior hockey player, just seven games in. Former Yorkton Terriers forward Greg Mulhall was released by the team Sunday after he appeared in a ...
Sep 30, 2019 Former Yorkton Terrier Grey Mulhall was released by the team and banned from the SJHL after a profanity-laced video surfaced. (Screen grab)
How social media can make or break an election campaign
The federal election isn't until next month but already multiple candidates are out of the running because of old social media posts. Ontario Green Party candidate Erik Schomann was forced to resign b...
Sep 21, 2019
Canadians polarized, but social media use likely not the culprit: study
OTTAWA - Social media might not be to blame for Canadians' ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. The latest findings are from an ongoing effort led by the Public...
Sep 12, 2019
Use of fake social media bots in Alberta election coming in federal vote: experts
EDMONTON - A federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring's Alberta election points to dangers for the upcoming federal vote, political scientists say...
Sep 09, 2019
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