OTTAWA — China's foreign minister Wang Yi is in Ottawa today, the first such visit in a decade.
He is in Canada for a three-day trip that will include meetings with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The prime minister visited China in January and met with... Read more
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada will reveal this morning how ongoing tariffs and the start of the Iran war affected the economy in the first quarter of the year.
The agency's initial estimates suggest the economy rebounded somewhat after a mild contraction in the final quarter of 2025.
StatCan estimated... Read more
RALEIGH — The Montreal Canadiens are fighting for their playoff lives tonight as they take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the NHL's Eastern Conference final.
The Canadiens enter the game in Raleigh down 3-1 in the best-of-seven series after the Hurricanes skated to a dominant 4-0 win at... Read more
CHARLOTTE — Canada is set to unveil its roster for the FIFA World Cup today.
Head coach Jesse Marsch invited 32 players to a training camp in Charlotte, N.C., this week and he plans to narrow that group to 26 tonight.
Captain Alphonso Davies is expected to be on the roster, despite missing camp as... Read more
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide after murder charges against him are withdrawn.
Police have alleged that Law ran several websites that were used... Read more
NEWMARKET — Prosecutors are expected to withdraw more than a dozen murder charges against Kenneth Law today, with the Ontario man at the heart of an international investigation instead pleading guilty to aiding suicide.
Law, 60, is accused of selling deadly substances online to people at risk of... Read more
OTTAWA — Canadians claimed more than $122 million in federal subsidies for new electric vehicles since Ottawa reintroduced its rebate program in February, but many car dealers say they're still waiting to get the funds they are owed.
Transport Canada published the database for the new electric... Read more
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 28 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks and the San Antonio Spurs sent the Western Conference finals back to Oklahoma City for Game 7, routing the Thunder 118-91 on Thursday night.
Game 7 is Saturday night in Oklahoma City, with the winner hosting the New... Read more
Wembanyama was all business in Game 6 of West finals. It earned him and the Spurs a chance at Game 7
Victor Wembanyama looked different in Game 6. In every way.
There was the Shaolin robe that the San Antonio star wore to his home arena on Thursday night, an obvious nod to his two-week stay last summer at a Chinese temple he visited while seeking physical, mental and spiritual growth. There was... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shrey Parikh felt the pressure of arriving at the Scripps National Spelling Bee as a favorite, but his confidence showed every time he got a word he knew. And when the bee came down to a lightning-round tiebreaker against Ishaan Gupta, Shrey left no doubt.
Shrey... Read more
Federal prosecutors have indicted ex-Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier on additional charges in connection with a sports gambling sting, alleging he took a hefty bribe to exit a game early in March 2023.
Rozier, 32, was charged Thursday in a... Read more
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Alex Smalley was right back in a position to win at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial two weeks after the third-round leader at the PGA Championship ... Read more
Dave Leaderhouse Special to the Herald While the Grand Slam tournament for boys softball teams held last weekend struggled to attract an abundance of entries, that will not be the case this weekend when the girls take over the diamonds for the sixth annual Shaye Amundson Memorial Tournament to be... Read more
Prince Albert police say a four-week trafficking investigation has dealt a major blow to a drug network operating in the city and surrounding communities, while also showing why police leaders and city officials continue to point to proactive policing as a public safety priority. The Prince Albert... Read more
HONOLULU (AP) — A man wanted in the killings of three men was apprehended Thursday after a massive search of Hawaii’s Big Island, police said.
Police said they deployed “significant resources," including help from state and federal authorities, to find Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa,... Read more
BALTIMORE (AP) — Yohendrick Piñango drew a bases-loaded walk from Anthony Nunez in the eighth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.
George Springer led off the eighth with a double, then was bunted over to third. After an intentional walk to... Read more
HONOLULU (AP) — A man wanted in the killings of three men was apprehended Thursday after a massive search of Hawaii’s Big Island, police said.
Police said they deployed “significant resources” to find Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa, Hawaii and described him as “armed and extremely... Read more
The Victoria Hospital expansion has passed one million worker hours, a construction milestone provincial officials say reflects the size of the project, while the NDP argued the government doesn’t have a plan to staff the expanded hospital when it opens. Provincial officials, Saskatchewan Health... Read more
ABBOTSFORD — Family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong filled a courtroom in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday for the reading of anguished victim impact statements, weeks after three men were convicted of murdering the couple.
Abhijeet Singh, Gurkaran Singh and Khushveer Toor sat hunched over... Read more
Citing data that shows crime rates in the North are nine times higher than those in urban centres in central and southern Saskatchewan, the provincial NDP is claiming the provincial government failed to address the underlying issues.
The data from Statistics Canada identifies the Northern crime... Read more
Wildfire smoke drifting into Prince Albert on Thursday served as an early reminder of the health risks Saskatchewan residents may face this fire season.
Yellow skies and the smell of smoke prompted questions from residents throughout the day, with local fire departments explaining the haze was... Read more
At the Grace Campbell Gallery inside the Prince Albert Public Library, two Carlton Comprehensive High School students are sharing space this month — but not the same artistic language.
Abigail Barden works in bold mixed media and saturated colour, using art as a way to communicate feelings she... Read more
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National Park Service said Thursday.
The climbers’ conditions weren’t immediately known following the fall, which was... Read more
DALLAS (AP) — A huge fire destroyed a two-story apartment building in Dallas on Thursday, causing fatalities and injuring at least four people, and the search for the missing is ongoing, a fire official said.
The blaze sent huge plumes of black smoke into the sky and drew a massive... Read more
SAO PAULO (AP) — The U.S. State Department designated two Brazilian criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations on Thursday.
With Brazil’s presidential election set to take place in October, supporters of... Read more
VICTORIA — The B-C Conservatives will announce their new leader on Saturday in Vancouver six months after John Rustad was chased out of office, and two analysts say the final outcome will have long-term consequences for the party's direction.
Former B.C. Liberal cabinet Iain Black, commentator... Read more
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is rejecting a call to shorten the time electronic service providers would be required to retain digital metadata under a proposed bill intended to help police and spies.
The legislation would allow for regulations requiring service providers to... Read more
Complex, but necessary, is what the general managers of the Professional Women's Hockey League's four new teams say about the expansion process.
The PWHL held a seven-round expansion draft last year when it added teams in Vancouver and Seattle.
But this year's system swung heavily to negotiating... Read more
For 22 years, members of the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) have hosted a walk to raise awareness and honour members of their community who have gone missing and have never been heard from again.
Since then, the event has grown to include missing men, members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, and it’... Read more
CHARLOTTE — Nerves crackled beneath the surface as some of Canada's top soccer players headed into a training session on Thursday.
Thirty-two players were on the roster when the national team gathered for a pre-World Cup training camp in Charlotte, N.C.
On Friday, head coach Jesse Marsch will... Read more
EDMONTON — The question on separation to be put to Albertans in the Oct. 19 referendum is now official.
Premier Danielle Smith and her cabinet have issued an order in council confirming the exact phrasing of the question.
Voters will pick one of two options.
Option one is whether Alberta should... Read more
Canadian and Mercosur negotiators are meeting in Toronto this week for a key round of trade talks, with the Canadian Cattle Association working with the Canadian negotiating team.
The association is urging the federal government to reject any expansion of beef market access in a potential trade... Read more
According to Prince Albert police, a major drug trafficking investigation that turned up cocaine, methamphetamine, firearms, and tens of thousands of dollars in cash is part of a wider effort to target organized crime in the city.
Chief of Police Patrick Nogier made the comment during a press... Read more
According to Prince Albert police, a major drug trafficking investigation that turned up cocaine, methamphetamine, firearms, and tens of thousands of dollars in cash is part of a wider effort to target organized crime in the city.
Chief of Police Patrick Nogier made the comment during a press... Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy called it “upsetting” in a podcast Thursday that he can't interview with other clubs after Vegas management declined reported requests by Edmonton and Los Angeles.
“There were two teams that asked,” Cassidy said on the Spittin’ Chiclets... Read more
Recent rain and greener landscapes may make parts of the province look safer, but fire officials warn wildfire danger across the region remains far from over.
An uncontained wildfire burning in... Read more
Data presented in the Northern Lights School Division’s (NLSD) annual report shows students continue to underperform when compared to the rest of the province.
The report shows the three-year average graduation rate hasn’t improved in the last decade. In 2023, only 30 per cent of students... Read more
The Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association began publicly listing salaries this week on its website, doing so after the union's leader said members voted to approve the... Read more
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay is leaving his party's caucus to run for the Parti Québécois in the fall provincial election.
Savard-Tremblay officially left the Bloc today and is listed as an Independent on the House of Commons website.
A source in the Parti Québécois who... Read more
Hundreds of youth softball players are descending on Prince Albert this weekend for the 6th annual Shaye Amundson Memorial Tournament.
The Prince Albert Aces will welcome 22 other teams from across four age divisions with games beginning on Friday morning. Clubs are coming from all over the... Read more