Independent Regina businesses make the best of the holidays

Millions of Iranian citizens have taken to the streets since Dec. 28 in an unprecedented, widespread revolt against the Islamic Republic’s regime. Watching events closely from Canada is Iranian-born Goldie Ghamari, who was just a year old when her family fled for Canada in 1986 – seven years after another revolution deposed the Shah of Iran and installed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP — she was removed from caucus by Premier Doug Ford in 2024 for what he described as “serious lapses of judgment” and did not run again — now hosts a daily...