Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Who bears responsibility to prevent wildfire disasters: Government or individuals?
HALIFAX - As climate change continues to raise the risk of extreme wildfires, a debate has arisen over who bears the responsibility to prevent disasters: government or individuals? Wildfires have been...
Aug 15, 2025 Police in Saskatoon search the city landfill for evidence in Mackenzie Trottier's 2020 disappearance. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
In the news today: Air Canada flight attendants could strike tonight
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada flight attendants could strike tonight It's the final day before a potential work stoppage could gr...
Aug 15, 2025
Effort underway to get Afghan women at risk of deportation to University of Regina
Parissa Ahmadi says the least worst thing that could happen if she doesn't make it to Saskatchewan this summer, and is deported to Afghanistan, is that she's jailed and tortured. The worst thing - she...
Aug 15, 2025 Friba Rezayee, who was one of Afghanistan's first two female Olympians in 2004, poses for a photograph in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canadian-led patrol finds alleged shark finning, dolphin harvesting in North Pacific
A Canadian-led patrol of the North Pacific has uncovered dozens of alleged fisheries violations, including illegal shark finning and killing of dolphins. Sean Wheeler, international enforcement chief ...
Aug 14, 2025 Canadian Coast Guard signage is seen in Vancouver, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Chinese tariff on canola seed comes into force as farmers hope for resolution
REGINA - A Chinese tariff of nearly 76 per cent on Canadian canola seed is set to come into force today. The duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused the price of one of Canada's most valuable crop...
Aug 14, 2025
CUPW to hold two days of talks with Canada Post, overtime ban remains in effect
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post. The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators ...
Aug 13, 2025 Canada Post vehicles are seen parked at a delivery depot in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Lung cancer survival rate has doubled, but it still causes the most cancer deaths: StatCan
TORONTO - Statistics Canada says five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s. The report released today says the number of people living five years after they wer...
Aug 13, 2025 In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, an infusion drug to treat cancer is administered to a patient via intravenous drip at Duke Cancer Center in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
How Canadians can prepare for wildfire evacuations, from emergency plans to go bags
Wildfires are threatening communities across Canada, raising questions about how people can best prepare for evacuations. Officials ordered the evacuation of parts of a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on ...
Aug 13, 2025 A fire is seen, in this handout photo, near Paddy’s Pond, just outside St. John’s, N.L., on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout- Diana Daly
Air Canada to begin cancelling flights ahead of possible work stoppage on Saturday
MONTREAL - Air Canada says it will begin a gradual suspension of flights to allow an orderly shutdown as it faces a potential work stoppage by its flight attendants on Saturday. The airline says the f...
Aug 13, 2025
Here's where Canada's effective U.S. tariff rate might stand amid carve outs
OTTAWA - Amid the many layers of tariffs and exemptions from the United States, some economists say the effective tariff rate on Canada is much lower than the headline figures suggest. RBC senior econ...
Aug 12, 2025 Canadian and U.S. flags fly atop the Peace Arch monument at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, November 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...
