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Saskatchewan residents are being urged to register as organ donors as the province marks the seventh annual Green Shirt Day. The day is a national campaign recognizing the legacy of 21-year-old Logan Boulet, who was killed eight years ago in the Humboldt Broncos crash, along with 15 others.Boulet died the day after the crash, which was also around a month after becoming an organ donor.Green Shirt Day organizers say Boulet’s decision helped save six lives.At Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital on Tuesday, organizers set up a Green Shirt Day booth to share information on how to become an organ donor.“We do…

The Moto Pad will be available through T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile starting on April 30th, or it can be purchased through Motorola’s online store by T-Mobile customers for $249.99 in a single bronze green color option. Powered by a MediaTek D6300 5G processor, the tablet features an 11-inch 2.5K display with a 90Hz refresh rate and a 7,040 mAh battery Motorola says is good for up to 12 hours of streaming.The tablet uses Dolby technology to “deliver an immersive audio experience with greater depth, clarity, and detail across all your favorite entertainment” through four built-in speakers. It also supports…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s like Master Chef Canada, with eight culinary students and alumni from Saskatchewan Polytechnic competing for the win. The Prairie Fire Culinary Challenge is on and bringing chefs from popular Saskatoon restaurants like Prairie Sun Brewery, The Old Stone Inn, Hearth Restaurant and Odla to mentor young chefs.“They have to work together as a team, the two of them, and there’s really a big part of mentorship involved in what they’re doing today,” said Chef Anthony McCarthy, founder of Prairie Fire.“They have to prepare an amuse, which came from the black box…

On Tuesday, Spotify expanded its Prompted Playlists feature to include podcasts, an update that could make it easier for Premium users to find new shows to listen to. Prompted Playlists were originally launched as a beta feature in December, but previously only worked for music. You can use the feature to effectively generate customized Discover Weekly playlists using text prompts to “steer the algorithm” toward specific genres or themes.Tuesday’s update allows you to do the same thing with playlists of podcast episodes. The feature is still in beta, though, and is currently only available in English for Premium users in…

Green Bay Copper-Gold Project, Canada Latest assays include 70.8m @ 4.0% CuEq including 19.2m @ 7.5% CuEq ; These exceptional results will help underpin a further increase to M&I Resource estimate and economic studies KEY POINTS Outstanding drilling results continue to demonstrate strong continuity of mineralisation at Green Bay, particularly in the high-grade Core Zone and adjacent Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) zones  The latest holes into the +800m zone of thick high-grade copper and gold mineralisation (Core Zone), returned intersections of: 70.8m @ 4.0% copper equivalent (CuEq)1 (3.4% Cu & 0.6g/t Au) including a high-grade stringer zone of 19.2m @ 7.5%…

BC Ferries is now recovering from its Easter long weekend issues, but passengers may be surprised to learn that fares are going up on Wednesday by an average of 3.2 per cent. “Gas, ferries, food… it makes it really hard on people,” passenger April Joe said.Starting on Wednesday, it will be $5 more for a car and driver sailing between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay, so the new standard rate on this route, with a reservation, will be $110 each way.“The fare increases were set a number of years ago and that’s just to keep up with what we need to…

It’s not every day you find a decent pair of wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, a transparency mode, and app support for less than $20, which is why the current lighting deal on the CMF Buds 2A stands out. Now through 11:15PM ET today, April 7th, Nothing’s budget earbuds are available on Amazon in all three colors for just $19.99 ($29 off), which matches their lowest price to date.For the price, the Buds 2A cover the basics and then some. They deliver decent (albeit somewhat tinny) sound and 42 decibels of noise cancellation, along with an IP54 rating and…

GULFPORT, Miss., April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Integer Technologies, a leading provider of predictive intelligence and mission-level planning for autonomous vessels, today celebrated the grand opening of its new office at the Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise. Established in close partnership with The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), the new workspace was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, alongside USM President Dr. Joseph S. Paul. The Gulfport office will serve as a center of excellence for Integer’s development of operational decision-support tools designed for autonomous systems operating in…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AliveCor, the global leader in AI-powered cardiology, today announced the regulatory registration of its Kardia™ 12L electrocardiogram (ECG) System powered by KAI™ 12L AI technology in Vietnam, marking an important step toward expanding AI-enabled cardiac diagnostics across Southeast Asia. The clearance supports Vietnam’s growing commitment to healthcare modernization and strengthens clinicians’ ability to detect and manage cardiovascular disease earlier and more efficiently. Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death globally and across Asia, accounting for 33% of all deaths in Vietnam. Rising rates of hypertension, diabetes, and urbanization-related lifestyle changes…

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) says there will be staffing cuts among teachers in the upcoming school year, but says the number will be lower than what the unions representing elementary and secondary school educators are saying. The Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT) and Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF Toronto) said on Tuesday that numbers released by the TDSB show a total of 607 teaching staff would be cut.But a spokesperson for TDSB told Global News in a statement the number of cuts is expected to be slightly less than 300. Spokesperson Ryan Bird said the cuts are…