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After several consecutive years of drought in Saskatchewan, the first heavy rainfall of the year has given life to farmers’ soil in southern parts of the province. Ian McCreary’s fields near Bladworth, Sask., about 90 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, have been dry for at least the past three years. He …

The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create “an immediate safety of flight issue.”  Plane-maker …

FORMER Starbucks chief executive officer (CEO) Howard Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales. In a LinkedIn post published over the weekend, Schultz said many people had reached out to him after Starbucks …

Dr. Sarah Giles and Dr. Sarah Newbery provide their insights on staffing shortages in rural health-care facilities.  ‘This is real medicine,’ Toronto-born doctor says about time working in small northern communities. Dr. Sarah Giles got hooked on rural medicine by spending a summer volunteering in the Northwest Territories. Giles, who …

Spring has sprung and so have morel mushrooms, but hunters are warned to be cautious about where they’re harvested. Morels have a tendency to absorb and concentrate toxins found in their environments, according to research. Studies show morels pick up what’s in their environment, like heavy metals and toxins. It …

A TOTAL of 104 assorted Chinese vessels have been monitored in Philippine-held or claimed features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) from April 30 to May 6. Based on data provided by Philippine Navy spokesman for the WPS, Commo. Roy Vincent Trinidad, on Tuesday, these vessels were seen in seven …

IN a press conference with local media in Guimaras last Friday, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia disclosed that he was planning to ask the full commission to approve a change to the rules regarding the substitution of candidates after the filing of certificates of candidacy (CoCs), to take …

“Granting SMEC a TRO will ‘not serve its purpose, since it will have the effect, not of maintaining the contract price, but of setting aside the assailed order itself.’ The House Committee on Energy raised a valid observation about the need for the Office of the Solicitor General to remind …

“ History is rife with examples of how misinformation and disinformation shaped conflicts. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and National Security Adviser Eduardo Año over the weekend harped on another troubling tactic being employed by China, which is to weaponize information to manipulate public perception and undermine the Philippines’ legitimate …

This frame grab from video footage taken and released on March 25, 2024 by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (PCG/BFAR) shows a Chinese helicopter hovering as Philippine scientists inspect a cay near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in the Spratly Islands, in the disputed South China Sea. Deputy …