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Saskatchewan’s Trade and Export Development Minister says there are a lot of unknown as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threat looms ahead of February 1, but he says American lawmakers and business owners need to understand how damaging the 25 per cent, across-the-board export tariffs would also be south of the border. Warren Kaeding says […]

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. There were multiple fatalities, according to a person familiar with the matter, but the precise number of victims […]

REGINA – Business leaders, politicians and more have gathered in Regina for the Western Canadian Economic Forum (WCEF). One of those politicians was Premier Scott Moe, who talked during the event about the potential tariffs that would affect Sask. come Feb. 1. During a media scrum, Moe was asked if he was rushing to figure out […]

The Bank of Canada delivered another interest rate cut today, reducing its policy rate by a quarter-percentage point to three per cent. It’s the central bank’s sixth straight cut since June, with inflation sitting around two per cent. It says the cuts are having an impact, with lower interest rates boosting household spending and the […]

REGINA – The threat of 25 per cent tariffs being imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump is looming over the political leaders of Saskatchewan. As Feb. 1 gets closer, opposition leader Carla Beck called on Premier Scott Moe to convene a legislative emergency session should the tariffs be enacted. During a press conference, Beck suggested […]

ESTEVAN — Peavey Mart is set to close, according to local sources and other media reports. Its store Estevan introduced a 10 per cent store-wide sale last weekend, and some departments were already looking half-empty. A sign at the door indicated that supplier shortages were to blame for low inventory, however, the discussions circulating in […]

A joint venture mining operation in Kazakhstan that Saskatoon-based uranium mining company Cameco is involved with has resumed operations. A brief news release from Cameco on Monday morning noted it was informed by its business partner, National Atomic Company Kazatomprom JSC (Kazatomprom) and Joint Venture Inkai (JV Inkai) that the Inkai operation has resumed production. […]

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says it has given Canadian National Railway a 72-hour strike notice. The union represents about 750 employees at CN who work in signals and communications. It says that barring a negotiated settlement, the union will be on strike as of the start of Tuesday, Jan. 28.  A statement from CN says it is […]

For Canadian renters, it may feel like the years since the COVID-19 pandemic have brought one hit after another. After a 4.6 per cent increase in the average asking price of a rental unit in 2021, monthly payments surged 12.1 per cent year-over-year in 2022, according to data from Rentals.ca and Urbanation. Then in 2023, asking rents […]

Donald Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Here’s the latest: All is quiet outside the […]