By: Bruce Penton Mid-January is not normally the time of year for baseball-related sports columns, but what the Toronto Blue Jays are doing this off-season can’t wait for spring.
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January 15, 2026
Shellbrook hosts first pickleball tournament
By: Jordan Twiss The game with the funny name continues to grow in Shellbrook, as the Shellbrook Pickleball Club played host to the inaugural Bring on the New Year Pickleball Tournament, its first-ever mixed tournament, on Saturday, Jan. 10.
Read MoreTrump sets stage for second Cold War
By: Jordan Twiss If ever there was even a sliver of hope that 2026 would be the year in which the Christmastime sentiment of “Peace on earth and good will to all” carried over into the new year, that hope has been utterly obliterated.
Read MoreCredit owed to all for Sask. bumper crop
By: Calvin Daniels It didn’t exactly seem like everything was falling into place through 2025 to create the conditions needed for a ‘bumper’ crop, but in the end that is exactly what happened.
Read MoreOlympic hockey team solid, but hardly perfect
By: Bruce Penton When Team Canada announced last summer its six locked-in player selections for this country’s entry in the Olympic Games, one of the choices today stands out as a pretty big mistake.
Read MoreJanuary 8, 2026
Generosity delivers 57 Christmas hampers to families
By: Jordan Twiss The Christmas season is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. But with high grocery prices continuing to stretch household budgets to their limits, it’s also, for some, a time of great stress, worry, and guilt.
Read MoreNew year means new chance for our leaders to change
By: Jordan Twiss And just like that, we’ve somehow completed another orbit around the sun, bringing about the beginning of a brand-new year.
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