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    Shiprwreck From 1908 Found In South Saskatchewan River

    Archeologists say they have found what they believe is the wreck of a steamship that sank in the South Saskatchewan River more than a century ago. The SS City of Medicine Hat hit telegraph wires that had been submerged by spring runoff on June 7, 1908. That disabled the ship’s steering and it...
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    Niburu!!! Rogue planet found wandering through space

    Canada-France-Hawaii telescope offers insights into rare celestial object rogue planet wandering through the cosmos apparently without a star to orbit has been identified by an international team using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea and the Very Large Telescope...
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    Quebecor to cut 500 jobs at Sun Media

    Looks like they need a couple hundred million more $ in tax credits.... or a product that isn't ****. MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc. is cutting some 500 jobs at its Sun Media newspaper division in a move that includes the closure of two production facilities in Ottawa and Kingston. The downsizing...
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    Cheaper gasoline.

    Are prices falling in your area? In Regina we are down to 110.9L at the lowest priced station. How about you?
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    Regina man gets jail for racist messages.

    Hooray for Free Speech! Saskatchewan man who refused to stop posting racist messages on websites is going to jail. On Wednesday, a Federal Court judge sentenced Terry Tremaine of Regina to at least 30 days in jail for acting in contempt of an order of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal...
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    POLL: Who Is Going To Lose In The US Election Today?

    I figure this might be more accurate. Let's find out.
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    TransCanada awarded $400M Mexican pipeline contract

    They're all gonna die!!! CALGARY -- Mexican authorities have awarded TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) another natural gas pipeline contract. The Calgary-based company said Monday that it will invest about US$400 million in a 413-kilometre pipeline between El Oro and Mazatlan, near Mexico's west...
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    Oh for **** sakes. Magnitude-2.0 quake shakes New Jersey

    Oh the horror.....a 2.0 CNN = Complete Nonsense News? CNN) -- As if they haven't had enough headaches in New Jersey in the past week, on Monday morning they added earthquake to the list. The magnitude-2.0 temblor struck at 1:19 a.m. and was centered two miles south-southeast of Ringwood, New...
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    Massive $2.66B expansion project complete at Regina refinery

    Well NDPQ and Greenie Weenies how do you like that? Ready to supply XL with upgraded heavy oil, a major jump in finished refined product output, more than enough to handle demand in the coming years and another expansion with another upgrader just around the bend.... REGINA — The largest...
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    Open Letter To The Youth Of Our Nation - 1955

    Young people of America, awake from your slumber of indolence and hark-en the call of the future! Do you realise you are rapidly becoming a doomed generation? Do you realise that the fate of the world and of generations to come rests on your shoulders? Do you realise that at any time you may be...
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    Who could succeed Harper if the Cylons attacked?

    OTTAWA — If tragedy struck and Stephen Harper were somehow unable to perform his duties as prime minister, who would take over? Battlestar Galactica fans know this question is vitally important, as responsibility fell to the 43rd person in the line of succession when the mechanical killer...
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    Flu clinic suspended - Vaccine pulled as precautionary measure

    People lining up for their yearly flu shots at hospitals across Saskatchewan are being turned away because of a Canada-wide suspension of the flu vaccine used in the province. Marlene Jorgenson and her husband were at City Hospital in Saskatoon on Saturday waiting to get their vaccinations...
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    Many believe aboriginal people don't pay enough taxes

    A new poll suggests more than 60 per cent of Saskatchewan people believe aboriginal people don't pay enough taxes. The University of Saskatchewan's Social Sciences Research Lab asked a question on that subject as part of a survey of 1,750 people March 5-19. The Taking the Pulse survey found...
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    Quake

    Haida Gwaii hit with 7.7
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    Hosers!

    Ever wonder what a hoser is? Most of us know who these guys are but do you know what a hoser is? I recently found out that hoser is a term that is local to me in Regina. Well here it is, a hoser is somebody who steals gasoline by syphoning. As you were.....eh!
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    Vancouver Hooker Union wins bid for court challenge

    The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the right of a non-profit group representing women and transgender women in downtown Vancouver's sex trade to challenge the country's anti-prostitution laws on constitutional grounds. The ruling means the group can go back to B.C. Supreme Court to pursue...
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    The Nerds Are Back To Work

    Parliament resumed today. Let the games and bull**** begin!
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    Pope Benny shows his baals in Lebanon.

    Pope Benedict XVI appealed to Christians, Jews and Muslims alike to "root out" religious fundamentalism, as deadly unrest sweeps the Middle East over a film mocking Islam. The Pope, who arrived in Lebanon on Friday for a three-day visit, has also told the Christian minority in the Middle East...
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    99 Days Until Mayan Doomsday.

    It must suck to be Mayan.
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    Hunting in Saskatchewan

    There probably is no such thing as a hunters' paradise, but Saskatchewan probably comes as close as you can get. We have tens of thousands of square kilometres of wildlife habitat, good populations of game species, from ducks to moose, and a long history of hunting. It's been estimated that...