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As Saskatoon continues dealing with a massive overdose spike, those dealing with them on the front lines continue to feel mounting pressure. Since January, Medavie Health Services West says they’ve seen at least a 100 per cent increase in overdose calls on a week-to-week basis.“In a 24-hour period we’d see maybe five,” says Operations Manager Mike Schindel. “And now we’re up to anywhere from, you know, 20 to 25, and in some cases even more in a 24-hour period.”According to Medavie, the volume of overdose calls has increased so substantially, they’ve started impacting their ability to respond to other emergencies.“It…

Dear Aunty,My cat seems to have decided he prefers my next-door neighbour to me. While I would feel somewhat put-out I wouldn’t mind so much that he is going elsewhere for some love and attention except, to complicate matters, I have also previously strayed next door for some love and attention and it did not end well. So now my ex-lover, who lives next door, is feeding my cat and the cat is having sleepovers and I feel jilted all over again. Should I put my foot down and tell the ex-lover that he is not to court my cat…

BEIJING: China said Saturday (Mar 8) it would slap tariffs on Canadian products including rapeseed oil and pork, after a Beijing probe into levies imposed by Ottawa on Chinese goods last year. Beijing’s commerce ministry said it would hit imported rapeseed oil, oil cakes, and peas from Canada with a 100 per cent tariff. Aquatic products and pork will face a 25 per cent levy. The measures will come into effect on Mar 20, Beijing said. Ottawa last August placed 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports, matching US measures seeking to fend off a flood of Chinese state-subsidised…

Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the January 6th insurrection, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 2, 2021.Graeme Jennings | Pool via ReutersSen. Richard Blumenthal this week pressed Visa for detailed plans and documents related to its deal to provide payments services to Elon Musk’s social media site, X, as it prepares to launch a digital wallet.Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut and the ranking member of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, pointed to Musk’s role in hobbling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the consumer watchdog…

China announced tariffs of up to 100 percent on canola, pork and other foods from Canada on Saturday, in retaliation for Canada’s decision last August to collect steep taxes on imports of Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum.The Chinese tariffs, which take effect on March 20, were also a clear warning to Canada — and, indirectly, Mexico — not to cooperate with the United States on trade. The Trump administration, like the Biden administration before it, has been demanding that Canada and Mexico not serve as back doors for low-cost Chinese goods to enter the U.S. market under North American…

President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social Friday that he had appointed a number of new ambassadors.Trump announced Amer Ghalib will serve as the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait. “As the Mayor of the City of Hamtramck, Michigan, Amer worked hard to help us secure a Historic Victory in Michigan,” Trump wrote. Hamtramck, Mich., Mayor Amer Ghalib will serve as the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)NEW BOOK DETAILS SECURITY LAPSES AHEAD OF TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: ‘CLEAR THERE WAS A PROBLEM’Ghalib earned a medical degree from the Ross University School of Medicine and continues to serve his community as a proud…

The Bengals told Trey Hendrickson on Thursday that he could seek a trade. The All-Pro edge rusher’s camp will test the market to see what teams are willing to pay the 2024 runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year.His league-leading 17.5 sacks last year and 35 sacks over the past two seasons will entice every team looking to add juice to its pass rush. It will cost, though. Hendrickson, who turned 30 in December, is in the final year of his contract and currently owed $16 million. He’s seeking an extension closer to the top of the edge rusher market.…

Well-wishers who gathered in the dark to pray for Pope Francis on Thursday evening in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City heard his voice for the first time since the leader of the Catholic world was hospitalized almost three weeks ago. In a brief recording, Francis thanked them for their prayers.“May God bless you, and may the Virgin protect you,” he said in Spanish. He sounded fragile and tired.Francis has not been seen in public since he was hospitalized on Feb. 14. As his illness has stretched on, prospects for his full recovery have dimmed for many Catholics. At the…

U.S. President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when his on-again, off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent. “I think it’s going to make it more exciting,” Trump said of playing the World Cup amid sharp rhetoric between leaders of the host nations. “Tension’s a good thing.”The task force, which Trump will chair, will coordinate the federal government’s security and planning for the tournament, which is expected to draw millions of tourists to the United States,…

WA’s biggest sheep show has proven this year’s theme, Remaining an Icon, a fitting motif after thousands of people flocked through the gates of for two days of fun at Wagin Woolorama.Wagin Agricultural Society president Fiona Dawson said both Woolorama and the town’s giant ram, Bart, had put the Great Southern town on the map and were “icons of the community”.Each year, Woolorama celebrates the best of what regional WA has to offer — with prestigious livestock competitions, a large trade and consumer fair, free entertainment for all ages, fashion parades, and much more.Woolorama media and marketing officer Darcey Ward,…