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Some picture-worthy, memorable moments around Saskatoon in June include university convocation, high school sports and the Pride festival. Pride flags were everywhere during the annual parade in downtown Saskatoon on Saturday, June 22, 2024.Photo by Heywood Yu /Saskatoon StarPhoenix Here’s a look at some memorable moments Saskatoon StarPhoenix photographer Michelle Berg and freelance photographers shot … Read more

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next A dangerous driver was spotted in the fast lane of a motorway in London – on the wrong side of the road. The driver of a white Audi caused panic on the M4 after travelling … Read more

Prosecutors with Manhattan Dist. Atty. Alvin Bragg’s office said they would be open to a two-week delay of Trump’s July 11 sentencing. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press) Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned … Read more

Fishermen pull a boat damaged by Hurricane Beryl back to the dock Monday at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados. (Ricardo Mazalan / Associated Press) Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall … Read more

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next ‘Apocalyptic’ wildfires have been ravaging Greece, including tourist hotspots Kos, Chios and Crete. Weeks of searing heat and drought have turned parts of the country into tinderboxes, with locals and tourists evacuated as firefighters battle … Read more

Here are each main party’s policies on LGBTQ+ rights explained (Picture: PA/Getty) With days to go until the General Election, many voters will have made up their mind on who they’re voting for. But some remain undecided, and may look for inspiration from particular policy areas such as gender and sexuality-based rights. Here’s a run-down … Read more

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation says its merger with Cedar Fair Entertainment Company has now formed the “largest” amusement park operator in North America, with a new combined portfolio of 42 parks across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.  The merger, which was completed Monday, puts the estimated value of the company at $8 billion and “brings together the strengths … Read more

It was a monster of a sale. A rare first-edition copy of Mary Shelley’s classic novel “Frankenstein” — one of only three copies known to have survived — fetched a spine-tingling $843,750 at auction. The 1818 edition of the ground-breaking book — officially titled “Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus” — was the gem at the … Read more

Only one word can appropriately sum up the scene across the political landscape during and immediately following President Biden and former President Donald Trump’s first debate. Panic. “Right now, as we speak, there is a deep, wide and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic Party,” reported CNN’s John King moments after the faceoff ended. … Read more

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki is officially locked in to testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the botched 2021 US pullout from Afghanistan. Last month, committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) announced Psaki had tentatively agreed to appear July 26, pending White House approval. The Biden administration has since given the green … Read more