Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
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Fierce-looking B.C. fossil confirmed as new genus, days after death of discoverer
Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on. Now it has been confirmed that the ferocious-looking marine reptile he...
May 23, 2025 Fossils of the newly identified Traskasaura sandrae, a prehistoric animal whose remains were first discovered by Mike Trask and his daughter in 1988 on Vancouver Island, are shown in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Courtenay Museum and Palaeontology Centre
'Panic and confusion' for Canadians at Harvard after Trump bans foreign students
Harvard University student Thomas Mete was picking up his brother from high school in Ridgeway, Ont., when he got the news that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was barring the Ivy League ...
May 23, 2025
Don't count AI-generated content as CanCon, CRTC hears
OTTAWA - Unions representing actors and writers are urging the CRTC not to classify artificial intelligence-generated material as Canadian content. The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radi...
May 22, 2025 Actor Eleanor Noble and National President of ACTRA. the Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television Radio Artists (ACTRA) speaks as union members join representatives from the Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) as they hold a joint rally outside the Canadian headquarters of Amazon and Apple in Toronto, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, to protest corporate greed that is diminishing the livelihoods of their members. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Archeologists find prehistoric artifacts at future skating rink site near Montreal
MONTREAL - Last fall, as archeologist Yves Chrtien was supervising a team digging at the site of a future hockey rink northeast of Montreal, a mini excavator unearthed pieces of cut stone. Formed unde...
May 19, 2025
Notman Photographic Archives receives UNESCO Memory of the World Register distinction
MONTREAL - The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure, have been inscribed into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. The McCord Stewart Museum in ...
May 17, 2025
Alberta's personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional
EDMONTON - Parts of Alberta's personal information protection legislation have been ruled unconstitutional. But the ruling from Court of King's Bench Justice Colin Feasby also upheld an order to stop ...
May 14, 2025
B.C. opioid rules were to reduce overdoses. But they cut cancer patients' pain meds
Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has fo...
May 14, 2025 Prescription pills containing oxycodone and acetaminophen are shown in Toronto, Dec. 23, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Theft of NS Power customer data is likely ransomware attack: security experts
HALIFAX - Security experts say the theft of customer data from Nova Scotia's electric utility has the hallmarks of an extortion attempt by cybercriminals. In a news release following the April 25 data...
May 13, 2025
Former journalist Evan Solomon named first-ever federal AI minister
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has created a new artificial intelligence ministry as part of today's cabinet shuffle, which saw some personnel changes in key ministries. Former journalist Evan So...
May 13, 2025 Eleanor Olszewski, left, and Evan Solomon arrive for the cabinet shuffle announcement at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Alberta government announces indefinite freeze on industrial carbon price
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions. Smith told reporters Monday the move is criti...
May 12, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
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