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FUR EEL: Perhaps Another Time (fureelmusic.com)
I’ve said it before and will again. The Saskatchewan music scene is just blowing up and bands like this insanely tight quartet are why. Rather than favouring the retro or roots sounds of better-known...
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B.C. film players act up on Twitter over election results
They tweeted, they voted, then they tweeted some more. It’s no secret where B.C.’s film and TV community stood on the upcoming election. Burned by a slowdown as productions choose to film in more...
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Werewolf, apocalypse and Alien Abduction among five CineCoup finalists
Three feature film pitches from B.C. are among the five finalists in the nationwide CineCoup “film accelerator program.” CineCoup will pick one of the pitches to get $1 million and go into production...
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ING DIRECT lets you deposit cheques from your smartphone or tablet
Depositing a cheque? You don’t have to show up at the bank to do that anymore. ING DIRECT has become the first bank in Canada to offer remote cheque deposits, letting clients use their mobile device...
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Music, business merge well for Rockin’ River boss Kenny Hess
Every time I come to write about the Rockin’ River Musicfest out in Mission I struggle between highlighting one of the headliners that year or the festival’s founder, Kenny Hess. Whatever I end up...
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Uni notebook 8.24.13 edition: UBC football falls, TWU men’s soccer impresses...
It wasn’t the dress rehearsal they were hoping for Friday night in Saskatoon. With its opener scheduled for this coming Saturday at home against the Calgary Dinos, the UBC Thunderbirds will spend the...
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Buck’s back: Lions trade Foster for Pierce
A picture of Buck Pierce in Lions colours is no longer inappropriate after Wally Buono traded for the 32-year-old quarterback from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Sunday (PNG) There wasn’t room for Buck...
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Lulay has sideline seat for two games, at least
Mike Benevides (right) said the Lions have to protect Travis Lulay from himself, and as such the club announced at a news conference Tuesday he will not play for the next two games at the very least...
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Mark Milke: Saskatchewan NDP showed the way to pension reform
CALGARY – When Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner recently announced that the province will reform public-sector pension plans, the reaction was predictable: government employees’ unions set their...
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From the Couch: A little Cornish envy
Any chance this guy might ever want to come home and play for the Lions? Sorry, Jon Cornish isn’t going anywhere, except to the awards podium to pick up the league’s most outstanding player award at...
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It’s about learning for DeMarco, says Benevides
Mike Benevides on why Thomas DeMarco will continue as the Lions starter: ‘Thomas needs to be better and Thomas is the guy who has a chance to make something happen.’ (CP) If you’re still baffled as...
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Vancouver Giants GM Scott Bonner says he’s working the phones regarding trade
( Giants coach Don Hay got his team back on the winning track Friday. (Province files.) Vancouver Giants general manager Scott Bonner admitted Sunday that he’s talking trade with “lots of teams.” The...
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Getting defensive about CFL Awards balloting
Adam Bighill should get serious consideration for top defensive player, but will it actually happen? (PNG) So is the balloting over or it is just starting to get interesting? The first round of voting...
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Three steps back, several forward for Leos
New Ottawa coach Rick Campbell (left) and GM Eric Desjardins are off and running with the CFL’s newest entry (CFL) What does it say about the Lions if it was to be suggested that they made out of the...
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A great Sunday read – Centenarian farmer recalls a “good life”
Today’s great Sunday read is a heart-warming story about Saskatchewan farmer who recently turned 100. The last line of the story, which appeared in the Western Producer this week, sums up why many love...
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Festival du Bois a chance for B.C. Quebecois to party
Johanne Dumas has, like so many of her fellow old-school Quebecois, deep roots in this continent. In the mid-1600s, her people first came to Ile d’Orleans, still a mostly rural island in the Saint...
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Pierce retires; Injury may have tipped Leos
Mike Benevides seemed to know something was up months ago with Buck Pierce. Call it coach’s intuition, or just knowing your personnel. It was just after Christmas when the coach of the Lions was...
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WHL establishes trust fund to assist Tim Bozon, Kootenay forward battling...
Below is the press release the WHL put out over the weekend regarding Tim Bozon, the Kootenay Ice forward. Here’s a story from last week on the Montreal Canadiens draft pick. Calgary, AB – The WHL has...
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Dr. Robert McMurtry: We all should be thankful for having Medicare
In the past 18 months I have required two major, but unrelated surgeries, experiencing first hand Ontario’s version of Medicare. The two interventions necessitated down time and an enforced idleness...
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Jordan Bateman: One year later, the HST hangover is still with us
She’s back — the ex-girlfriend we just can’t put behind us. Yes, the spectre of the Harmonized Sales Tax still looms over our tax system, a full year after it was scrapped. As predicted last January,...
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