A small group of cities across the country drove Canada’s progress on diversifying trade in 2025, while others fell behind, says a new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
For more than a year, body-worn cameras have been used in a Loblaws grocery store in Saskatoon.
The cameras were first introduced at the Superstore on Confederation Drive as part of a pilot project. The move was intended to “support community safety and maintain a safe environment for colleagues... Read more
MONTREAL — More than 10 years after it opened to great fanfare, Montreal's anti-radicalization centre is getting a new name and focus to meet realities that leapt to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence says it is rebranding to... Read more
Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of congressional map helping GOP, despite racial bias ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections, despite... Read more
OTTAWA — China's foreign minister is visiting Canada this week, something International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is calling a positive sign about the relationship between the two countries.
Wang Yi arrives in Canada on Thursday for a three-day visit that is the first by a Chinese foreign... Read more
A police watchdog agency says there are no reasonable grounds to believe an officer committed an offence during a fatal police shooting in Regina in 2024.
According to the Saskatchewan Serious... Read more
MONTREAL — Canada's main flight attendants union is crying foul on airline submissions to the federal government on its probe into unpaid work in the sector.
In a letter, the head of the union's airline division says the self-audits on wages that carriers provided to authorities this month rely on... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players, limit them to one “free” transfer over their careers and create a “Lane Kiffin Rule”... Read more
OTTAWA — The federal government will introduce its long-awaited AI strategy within days, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.
“It’s coming out next week,” Carney told reporters on Parliament Hill.
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon initially promised the strategy would be tabled by... Read more
TORONTO — Uber’s president wants the federal government to act faster on policies and programs that will help Canadian companies build.
Andrew Macdonald says he thinks the country needs to move more quickly from announcements to progress.
As an example of how the government could speed up, he... Read more
A 28-year-old Calgary man is facing human trafficking charges after an investigation led by police in Regina.
According to the Regina Police Service, the case began in December when officers were informed about a woman who was being trafficked in the sex trade. Police said the investigation... Read more
There were people in Kinsmen Park paid to be working the other morning, so Murray Wood wonders why the litter wasn’t picked up and why the people sleeping by the... Read more
With temperatures in Saskatoon reaching above the 30 C mark all week, the city has decided to open its spray pads two days earlier than scheduled, and extend their hours.
The city said the move to open the spray pads on Wednesday rather than Friday is part of... Read more
VANCOUVER — The federal natural resources minister is in Vancouver today for an announcement about international energy exports.
The news conference with Tim Hodgson comes a day after several media outlets reported Canada has reached a deal to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany.
The reports... Read more
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government says it plans to tell each municipality across the province how much it should raise property taxes every year.
The government says its bill tabled today will help prevent ballooning tax bills that homeowners have received in recent years as their property... Read more
This week’s warm weather has many people across the prairies preparing for summer.
The late spring that was filled with snow, rain and clouds has finally disappeared, with many now facing a scorching sun and temperatures rising above the 30 C mark.
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WINNIPEG — Members of the Manitoba legislature sat overnight and into the morning as they debated the government's budget implementation bill that includes a tax cut on some food.
The government introduced the bill earlier this month and wants it passed into law before the summer break, scheduled... Read more
A group of advocates calling for an independent inquiry into issues around data privacy at the Regina Police Service left Tuesday’s board of police commissioners meeting... Read more
Prime Minister Mark Carney is thanking former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault for his contributions to government as the Liberal MP prepares to resign his seat later today.
Guilbeault... Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is thanking former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault for his contributions to government as the Liberal MP prepares to resign his seat later today.
Guilbeault, a staunch environmentalist, has become increasingly disillusioned in recent months by what he has... Read more
OTTAWA — The federal government is entering into contract negotiations with Saab to buy a fleet of surveillance aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.
The federal government has said it’s in the market for six radar aircraft to help protect Canada.... Read more
8:30 – As the province sits under a heat wave, cities are now grappling with the worsening homelessness and overdose crisis in our major cities and keeping our most vulnerable community members safe. Pamela Goulden-McLeod, Saskatoon Emergency Management Organization (EMO... Read more
The turbulent spring could offer a preview of Canada’s upcoming summer, with the transition to El Nino expected to make it hard for hot and dry weather to lock into place over some regions, The Weather Network’s senior meteorologist says.
The exception is Western Canada, where it’... Read more
A small group of cities across the country drove Canada’s progress on diversifying trade in 2025, while others fell behind, says a new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
The report says Calgary, Ottawa-Gatineau, Toronto, Saskatoon and Kelowna, B.C., are the cities that made the strongest... Read more
Three years ago, Tod Fox's wife Natasha was struck by a concrete truck at the intersection of College Drive and Wiggins Avenue while cycling with their two young sons.... Read more
Our frustration with the endings of shows and movies reveals more about our expectations and imagination than about the stories themselves.
The first time strangers saved Clarke Thiesen’s life, her parents never saw their faces.
There were no introductions. No dramatic speeches. Just a hospital room, a devastating diagnosis and bags of donated blood being rushed toward a little girl.
Thiesen was not yet three years old when she was... Read more
The turbulent spring could offer a preview of Canada's upcoming summer, with the transition to El Nino expected to make it hard for hot and dry weather to lock into place over some regions, The Weather Network's senior meteorologist says.
The exception is Western Canada, where it's shaping up to... Read more
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
Canada's push to diversify trade away from U.S. seeing mixed results: report
A small group of cities across the country is driving Canada’s progress on diversifying its trade beyond the United States,... Read more
VICTORIA — Relations between the British Columbia government and First Nations plunged this year as Premier David Eby grappled with how or whether to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, which he once championed.
The province is also engaged in two high-profile appeals... Read more
OTTAWA — Canada's biggest arms expo is booming as an uncertain geopolitical climate and the federal government's drive to rebuild the military combine to light a fire under the defence tech sector.
Hundreds of military equipment companies will jostle to sell their wares this week at CANSEC, an... Read more
OTTAWA — A small group of cities across the country drove Canada’s progress on diversifying trade in 2025, while others fell behind, says a new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
The report says Calgary, Ottawa-Gatineau, Toronto, Saskatoon and Kelowna, B.C., are the cities that made the... Read more
EDMONTON —
Alberta's secession movement is unlike other separatist efforts in democratic countries across the world, experts say.
Those outside of Canada, including ones that led to the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence and the 2017 vote on whether the distinct people of Catalonia should... Read more
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade czar said there will be tariffs in place on Mexico and Canada even though the countries are part of a continental trade pact.
United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday that... Read more
PLANO, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the latest contest where President Donald Trump sought to... Read more
The Green Zone Replay – Tuesday, May 26
2:35 – NBA Finals vs Stanley Cup Finals
Jamie Nye says that if the Montreal Canadiens are not in the Stanley Cup Finals then he will be more interested in the NBA Final with the New York Knicks. If the Canadiens don’t make... Read more
In both each other’s comments and questions for them, the premiers couldn’t get away from the spectre of potential Alberta separation at the... Read more
A judge has approved amendments to broaden dates on the indictment of a Regina music teacher that has been accused of sexual assault.
Justice Holli Kuski Bassett made the decision after she heard arguments from the Crown and defence lawyers on the second day of 73-year-old Claro Belen’s trial.... Read more
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) say they are in the early stages of preclinical testing a hantavirus vaccine