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With their 2025-26 season in the books, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies celebrated the program’s top student athletes on Wednesday night at their annual “Major 7” awards night.
Huskies women’s basketball star Gage Grassick and football linebacker Seth Hundeby were the big winners on... Read more
HALIFAX — A First Nation says it is blockading part of a main highway into Halifax to protest police raids against unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Indigenous communities.
Tensions have been rising between the provincial government and some First Nations communities since the Justice Department... Read more
The Liberal government proposes making it easier for federal agencies to share and reuse the personal data of Canadians as part of a major overhaul of the Privacy Act.
The act governs how federal agencies collect, use and disclose personal information, and gives people the right to see and correct... Read more
OTTAWA — The man who announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton in February now says he's dropping out of the race.
Blair Turner, a police officer from the Ottawa area, ran for the Tories in Ottawa South in the federal election last April... Read more
The prospect of U.S. automaker Stellantis using its Brampton, Ont., facility as a bare bones assembly plant for Chinese electric vehicles is being panned by Unifor.
The union confirmed Thursday that Stellantis is exploring the option of bringing in Chinese automaker Leapmotor to the idled plant to... Read more
QUÉBEC — François Legault is attending what is likely his last sitting at the legislature as Quebec premier.
The national assembly is on recess next week and the Coalition Avenir Québec is scheduled to choose a new leader on April 12.
Either Christine Fréchette or Bernard Drainville will be sworn... Read more
TORONTO — Ontario's municipal affairs minister is proposing to appoint a slate of regional council chairs and give them additional powers, as the government has done with so-called strong mayors.
The move follows an unsuccessful push by Niagara Region's now-former chair to consider amalgamating... Read more
OTTAWA — The Liberal government proposes making it easier for federal agencies to share and reuse the personal data of Canadians as part of a major overhaul of the Privacy Act.
The act governs how federal agencies collect, use and disclose personal information, and gives people the right to see... Read more
Police in Saskatoon say a driver struck three parked cars and a tree while fleeing from officers early on Thursday morning.
According to police, the driver had been the subject of a previous complaint about erratic driving, and he allegedly fled from the officers who caught up with him in the area... Read more
The Prairie Lily will set sail under new ownership this season in Saskatoon.
Since 2012, the 120-passenger riverboat has offered sightseeing and dining cruises on the South Saskatchewan River, along with themed events. After the original owners... Read more
Duck Lake — a Saskatchewan community steeped in history that includes Louis Riel and the Northwest Rebellion — will not be renamed for a corporate sponsor.
The mayor says a campaign accepting bids to buy the naming rights to the town is dead but admits the bad blood it spawned lives on.
... Read more
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature reopened with additional restrictions to the public on Thursday more than one week after a rowdy protest in the visitor galleries.
House Speaker Danielle Barkhouse says visitors will not be permitted to read, write, draw or sketch during house debates, because... Read more
Duck Lake, a municipality north of Saskatoon, will not be renamed for a corporate sponsor after applications closed at the end of March.
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is looking to make changes in all public libraries to ensure children and young teens don’t have access to graphic sexual images.
A bill introduced by Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams promises not to ban books in libraries.
But it contemplates steps to make... Read more
OTTAWA — The federal government is not responding directly to a Toronto city council motion opposing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement involvement at upcoming FIFA World Cup games.
The motion, brought forward by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and adopted last week, asks the federal public safety... Read more
Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his vehicle last week in Florida, according to body camera footage released Thursday.
“I do believe your normal faculties are impaired, and you’re under an unknown substance, so at this time you’re under arrest for DUI,” Martin... Read more
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s energy board has launched a website tracking gasoline prices in real time at stations across the province.
With gas prices soaring because of the Iran war, users can now compare prices at the pump with the interactive map.
A law that entered into effect Wednesday requires every... Read more
CALGARY — Water restrictions have been lifted in Calgary and surrounding communities as work continues to replace an ailing water main.
Residents had been asked for more than three weeks to take shorter showers and reduce toilet flushes due to the shutdown of the Bearspaw South Feeder Main.
The... Read more
TORONTO — Unifor says the prospects of Stellantis using its Brampton, Ont., facility as a bare bones assembly plant for Chinese electric vehicles doesn't meet the automaker's commitments to workers.
National president Lana Payne says in a statement that the union has "serious concerns" related to... Read more
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado appeals court ruled Thursday that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that attempted to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced.
Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison term after being... Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s moonbound astronauts have reason to celebrate, and not just because their launch went so well. Their toilet is now working.
The so-called lunar loo malfunctioned as soon as the Artemis II crew reached orbit Wednesday evening. Mission Control guided astronaut... Read more
Battlefords RCMP says its officers have served a Saskatchewan couple with a pair of charges after finding methamphetamine with pizza.
A 24-year-old man from the Red Earth Cree Nation is facing a charge of attempted murder after a shooting on Tuesday evening.
According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers were called to the Cree nation northeast of Carrot River at around 5 p.m., where they found the male victim. He was taken to... Read more
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal challenging the constitutionality of Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system.
The system, set out in the Canada Elections Act, sees the candidate who receives the most votes in a given riding become the member of Parliament.
Fair... Read more
LONDON (AP) — Britain accused Iran on Thursday of holding the world’s economy hostage as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
The U.S. is not attending the... Read more
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma’s practical advice about repurposing, and some of life’s little lessons... Read more
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA’s general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only... Read more
8:30 – Canada’s industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it’s sparking a lot of debate about what that means for the economy. Critics argue it could lead to higher costs, reduced investment and pressure on jobs. Ross McKitrick, professor in the Department of... Read more
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Oil rose more than 10% and U.S. futures tumbled Thursday after President Donald Trump said in his first national address since the Iran war began that the United States will escalate its campaign in the coming weeks.
Futures for the S&P 500 tumbled 1.5% before the opening bell, while futures... Read more
More details on the closure of Saskatoon’s University Bridge and construction along a corridor of College... Read more
OTTAWA — Thursday marks one year since U.S. President Donald Trump upended the global trading system with his “Liberation Day” duties — a major step in his wider tariff campaign that’s hammered critical sectors of Canada’s labour market.
With roughly a year of... Read more
OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada is calling for Ottawa to drop the federal tax on gas and diesel fuel for the rest of this year.
The Tories say their plan would eliminate the Fuel Excise Tax at 10 cents per litre, the Clean Fuel Standard at 7 cents per litre, and the Goods and Services Tax... Read more
When Peter Cottontail set off down the bunny trail, he probably didn’t picture himself dodging traffic on a Saskatoon street.
But that’s exactly where many of the rabbits that end up at River Haze Street Rabbit Rescue find themselves.
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The Canadian economy is expected to see modest growth this year, but the ongoing war in the Middle East and continued trade uncertainty are among the risks to that projection.
Deloitte’s spring economic outlook released Thursday estimated 1.2 per cent growth in 2026, down from last year... Read more
Canadian Jeremy Hansen is one of four astronauts circling Earth in a historic lunar mission after Artemis II successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.
On board with Hansen are veteran NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch.
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There's a bit of everything in the latest edition of “five things.”... Read more
The Canadian economy is expected to see modest growth this year, but the ongoing war in the Middle East and continued trade uncertainty are among the risks to that projection.
Deloitte's spring economic outlook released Thursday estimated 1.2 per cent growth in 2026, down from last year's 1.7 per... Read more
OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada is calling for Ottawa to drop the federal tax on gas and diesel fuel for the rest of this year.
The Tories say their plan would eliminate the Fuel Excise Tax at 10 cents per litre, the Clean Fuel Standard at 7 cents per litre, and the Goods and Services Tax... Read more
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
Jobs market is 'static' after a year of tariffs
Thursday marks one year since U.S. President Donald Trump upended the global trading system with his "Liberation Day" duties — a major step in his wider... Read more