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The RCMP remind everyone to check conditions – both the forecast and the roads – before venturing out, after responding to several weather-related incidents due to snowy, icy, and windy conditions on Saturday afternoon. Around 12:47 p.m., semis were blocking eastbound lanes on Highway #1 between Rush Lake and Chaplin. Police also responded to a […]

British Columbia’s forests minister says a crew from the province’s wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. Ravi Parmar says in a video posted to social media Saturday afternoon that The B.C. Wildfire Service’s crews had left the province and are expected to touch down […]

“Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.” With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015. Those sunny ways followed him into an unseasonably warm November day weeks later, when he attended his official swearing-in at […]

The Swan Valley, Mountain View, and Park West School Divisions have been alerted about a cyber security event. It has impacted a system called “Power School”, and some of the data has been accessed. The target of the cyber attack, or intrusion was “Power School” and not the school divisions themselves. Some schools around North […]

As Liberal party brass begins to chart course for an expedited race to find Justin Trudeau’s successor, potential contenders are weighing whether or not to join the fray — including former central banker Mark Carney. The former Bank of Canada governor issued a statement Monday evening saying he is encouraged by support he has heard, […]

Jimmy Carter’s state funeral moves to Washington after observances in his native Georgia. The 39th president’s remains will leave the Carter Presidential Center on Tuesday morning and fly to Washington aboard Special Air Mission 39. The Carter family and former president will arrive at Joint Base Andrews, with a motorcade following to the U.S. Navy […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is addressing media this morning from his residence in Ottawa as a growing number of his MPs call for his resignation. He says he will step down once his party selects a new leader. This is his first planned news conference in the three weeks since Chrystia Freeland’s resignation as finance […]

Monday could mark a historic week in Canadian politics if the growing chorus calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gets its way. The Globe and Mail is reporting that Trudeau is expected to announce he is stepping down as Liberal party leader as early as Monday. Trudeau has faced mounting calls for his resignation from MPs in his […]

Cameco says mining operations in Kazakhstan have been suspended for the time being. In a news release from the company, Cameco said it was informed on December 31 by Joint Venture Inkai (JV Inkai), a company that Cameco owns a 40 per cent share of, that JV Inkai “had not received an extension of the […]

The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate has escaped the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. It says during the 9:30 p.m. count on New Year’s Eve, staff members discovered Glen Fredrick Richard Halkett was missing. The service contacted the RCMP’s Prince Albert detachment, and a warrant for the 29-year-old’s arrest has been issued. Halkett is described […]