Saskatoon News
Sheep farming, while a smaller agricultural sector in Saskatchewan, is growing to meet national demand.
OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu says trade talks between Canada and India advanced over the last week, as he led a major trade mission to New Delhi and Mumbai.
A statement from his office says the mission included representatives from nearly 300 Canadian businesses and... Read more
PORT MOODY — British Columbians have started voting without the release of a costed platform from the B.C. Conservatives, whose leader says it will be announced "imminently."
Interim leader Lorne Doerkson says he has seen the platform but wants to make sure they're aren't going to promise anything... Read more
Police in Prince Albert have opened a homicide investigation after the death of a 20-year-old man over the weekend.
According to the Prince Albert Police Service, officers got a call about an... Read more
The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are spending around $7 million each to build a new cancer lodge in Saskatoon. It is expected to be ready to house patients in 2028.
Documents show the FSIN applied for a judicial review in August, alleging procedural unfairness following ISC’s decision that the organization owes $12.4 million.
Housing advocate David Fineday has spent the past few months staying either in a... Read more
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver police officer has told a public hearing into the fatal arrest in 2015 of Myles Gray about an "unnerving" call for assistance from a colleague who had encountered the man.
Const. Beau Spencer says he knew Const. Hardeep Sahota and her tone of voice on the radio call raised... Read more
WINNIPEG — A former law dean at the University of Manitoba wanted on a fraud charge is expected to learn next month if he will be extradited from France.
A court document says Jonathan Black-Branch was in the Investigating Chamber of the Versailles Court of Appeal today opposing his extradition.... Read more
Sentencing begins on Friday for the former principal of Christian Centre Academy, who struck students with a wooden paddle during his tenure at the school in the early 2000s.
On Sept. 18, a jury... Read more
Police have arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of killing a Canada Revenue Agency employee at a downtown Montreal home in September.
Police found the body of Leïla Ben Salem, 45, on Sept. 22 in an apartment during a wellness check.
Prime Minister Mark Carney told the House of Commons in September... Read more
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SaskTel says service has been “largely restored” after an outage affecting landline, mobile and internet service hit Saskatoon and some outlying communities Thursday.
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VICTORIA — Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, a longtime BC NDP ally whose late wife was a legislator for the party, has endorsed Green Party Leader Emily Lowan.
Lowan has posted the endorsement from the president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs on social media, with Phillip saying he is "totally... Read more
The NCAA filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday, three days after he signed an executive order giving the state’s universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in defiance of the organizations’s new eligibility... Read more
The Saskatoon Fire Department says a blaze on Avenue E North has been deemed suspicious.
The fire was reported shortly before 5 a.m. on Friday. One occupant was able to get outside safely, the fire department said, but a dog was unaccounted for. No injuries were reported.
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OTTAWA — Ottawa is adding new express entry points for permanent residency applicants in "high-wage" jobs.
The government also plans to remove the requirement for an employer to prove they can't find a qualified Canadian for those jobs.
Immigration Minister Lena Diab's two-pronged announcement in... Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Since Russia invaded more than four years ago, Ukraine has become a global leader in military drone innovation, enabling its forces to grind a much larger enemy to a stalemate.
But this technological force multiplier has come with an unsettling vulnerability: Ukrainian drone... Read more
Tesla says it is pausing orders for its Chinese-made sedan Model 3 Premium in Canada, citing a high demand for the vehicle that used up its import quota from China. Statistics from the federal government show that the overall quota for 49,000 imported Chinese electrical vehicles during the 12... Read more
Saskatchewan RCMP ended a dangerous person alert Thursday night, saying it no longer believes there’s an imminent public safety risk.
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a decision ordering new trials for two people facing human trafficking and sexual services offences, after concluding they should have been able to cross-examine a complainant about the commercial aspect of her prior sex work.
The case looked at the... Read more
The construction of a helium liquefier plant is possible in Swift Current’s foreseeable future.
With the new Stewart Valley Helium Purification Plant, Canada’s largest helium production facility, operating at full capacity, North American Helium has confirmed that a liquefier is in the... Read more
Warm October weather has prompted the City of Saskatoon to extend the season at two of its golf courses, but only by a single day.
According to the city, the closing dates for the Wildwood Golf Course and the Holiday Park Championship 18 have been pushed back to Monday.
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A two-vehicle crash left a 38-year-old Saskatoon man dead on Wednesday.
According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers were notified about a crash between a car and a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 397, just west of Elstow, at around 5:45 p.m.
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POINT TUPPER — A company pursuing an ambitious wind and hydrogen development in Nova Scotia says it now has plans for a $10-billion AI data centre in Cape Breton.
EverWind Fuels says an unnamed “leading frontier AI developer” has signed a 20-year lease.
A statement from the company describes the... Read more
Who knew one’s lap was so interesting? Murray Wood wonders: Do those folks really think we don’t know they’re texting behind the wheel?
Murray Wood delivers sharp, insightful commentary with a blend of wit, skepticism and... Read more
Prince Harry and his wife held an event at a charity they support in the U.K. With crowds, police and walkabouts involved, Sarah Mills says the King needs to do more than call them private citizens.
The Mills Minute is a daily... Read more
For the second day in a row, the federal government is announcing plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to train more skilled workers in Canada.
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is in her home riding of Thunder Bay today rolling out a plan to spend up to $258.6 million over the next five years to... Read more
EDMONTON — Here are the 10 questions Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is sending to a provincewide referendum on Monday.
Question 1: Do you support the government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels,... Read more
8:30 – Brian Lilley, political columnist for the Toronto Sun, joins us to break down the latest in Canadian Politics. With Prime Minister Mark Carney navigating trade tensions with the U.S., pipeline developments, questions around Alberta and Quebec separation... Read more
Mounties in Saskatchewan are investigating a case of police impersonation.
According to the RCMP, officers got a report on Tuesday saying the driver of a red SUV, which was equipped with blue and red flashing lights, pulled over the driver of a truck near Lancer, southwest of Saskatoon.
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The Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds will perform their final air show with the Tutor jets in Moose Jaw, Sask., Friday, before the iconic aircraft are retired for good.
Some homicide cases go unsolved for years in Saskatoon, but Det. Sgt. Darren Funk of the Saskatoon Police Service says... Read more
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
Canada must diversify trade away from the U.S. for security reasons: Freeland
Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada must do everything it can to diversify trade away from the United... Read more
EDMONTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney continues his pro-Canada campaign in Alberta as the clock ticks down to a referendum on whether the province should break up with Confederation.
He is set to visit Red Deer with Premier Danielle Smith today and later rally in Edmonton with the federalist group... Read more
OTTAWA — Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds aerial aerobatics team are set to perform their final air show Friday in Moose Jaw, Sask., before their decades-old Tutor jets head into retirement.
The RCAF is set to livestream the annual season home closer online at 2 p.m. ET on its... Read more
MONTREAL — With just days before Alberta’s vote on an independence referendum, longtime Quebec sovereigntists are distancing themselves from the western province's separatists.
Question 10 of 10 on Monday’s referendum ballot asks whether Alberta should remain in Canada or if the government should... Read more
EDMONTON — Albertans vote Monday in a referendum asking whether they want the province to stay in Canada or to have a second, binding referendum on separating from Canada. Strains of western alienation go back decades.
Here's a look at some key events:
1980 — The federal government ignites... Read more
EDMONTON — Here are the 10 questions Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is sending to a provincewide referendum on Monday.
Question 1: Do you support the government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels,... Read more
EDMONTON — Referendum day in Alberta is on Monday.
The provincial referendum has 10 questions about immigration policy, constitutional reform, and whether Alberta should remain in Canada or hold a binding, second referendum on quitting the country.
Advance voting locations opened Tuesday and close... Read more
OTTAWA — Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland says it's important for national security reasons that Canada do everything it can to diversify trade away from the United States.
During a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Thursday, Freeland said it's dangerous... Read more