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Indian farmers mark 100th day of protest with road blockade
NEW DELHI - Thousands of Indian farmers blocked a massive expressway on the edges of New Delhi on Saturday to mark the 100th day of protests against agricultural laws they say will devastate their inc...
Mar 06, 2021
Brett Boyko achieves dream of signing contract with Roughriders
Brett Boyko went from asking as a kid for Jeremy O'Day's autograph to putting his own signature on a contract to play with O'Day's Saskatchewan Roughriders."It's funny how the world comes full circle....
Mar 06, 2021
U of S president optimistic in-person learning will resume in the fall
The University of Saskatchewan is preparing for more face-to-face instruction in the fall.In a statement posted on the university's website, president Peter Stoicheff said he's "confident" there will ...
Mar 06, 2021
Kriechmayr adds World Cup downhill win to world title
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria - Vincent Kriechmayr ended his two-year-long victory drought in men's World Cup downhills by winning Saturday, three weeks after he took the world title in the discipline...
Mar 06, 2021
Shiffrin beats Vlhova, claims 45th World Cup slalom victory
JASNA, Slovakia - Mikaela Shiffrin denied her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova a home victory Saturday, winning the first World Cup slalom following the world championships. Shiffrin trailed first-run lea...
Mar 06, 2021
Protesters say out with Cyprus' 'Satanic' Eurovision entry
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Dozens of Orthodox Christian faithful held up wooden crosses and sang Church hymns outside of Cyprus' state broadcaster on Saturday to demand the withdrawal of the country's controve...
Mar 06, 2021
Spy warrant shortcomings stretch back almost a decade, newly released audit shows
OTTAWA - A newly released audit report shows that difficulties with the judicial warrant process at Canada's spy agency - an issue that made headlines last summer - stretch back at least nine years. I...
Mar 06, 2021
Sydney's LGBTQI Mardi Gras goes ahead - with restrictions
SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney's annual iconic Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras went ahead on Saturday, only in a different format due to coronavirus restrictions. It was being held at the Sydney Cricket Ground...
Mar 06, 2021
Senate works through night with virus aid on path to passage
WASHINGTON - The Senate worked through the night and past sunrise Saturday on Democrats' showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after a deal between leaders and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on emer...
Mar 06, 2021
Indian farmers mark 100th day of protest with road blockade
NEW DELHI - Thousands of Indian farmers blocked a massive expressway on the edges of New Delhi on Saturday to mark the 100th day of protests against agricultural laws they say will devastate their inc...
Mar 06, 2021