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By Moises Canales Local musician JJ Voss. (Photo: JJ Voss/Facebook) Regina musician JJ Voss is doing his part in promoting local music, pubs and restaurants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. For the last few weeks, Voss has been hosting a live online series weekly called “Live and Local Wednesdays” where he plays music, interviews local musicians and promotes local restaurants and pubs. Some of the guests he’s had on the show include Saskatchewan musicians Jack Semple, Chris Henderson and Justin Labrash. When speaking to Cody Glydon on the 620 CKRM, he said it’s an opportunit...

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We’ve decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories. The Arts and Entertainment industry at times this past year, was completely shut down. No concerts, no comedy acts, and no theatre either. The world was not being entertained as it should. As we head into the new year the EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts will continue to follow all Saskatchewan Health Authority guidelines, but is also hoping to have a successful season of entertainment, as they provide a hope to normal...

U.K. Braces for Possible Shortages of Some Foods as France Closes Border to Trade Over New Covid Strain © neil hall/Shutterstock FOLKESTONE, England—A line of trucks stretched for miles back from the entrance to the Channel tunnel here Monday, as the U.K. braced for potential food shortages and manufacturers worried over more disruptions if France continued a ban on freight and passenger traffic from Britain to stop the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus. The move to bar entry from the U.K., announced by Paris late Sunday, cuts off Britain’s main freight link to Europe, shutting ...