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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 […]

There’s going to be a pancake breakfast fundraiser at the Wapella Rink this weekend, supporting a former firefighter with the Wapella & District Fire Department. Abigail Korth was a firefighter while living in Wapella, and was diagnosed on July 4 with Stage 4 Ewing Sarcoma, an aggressive and rare form of cancer. “She was keen, […]

Federated Co-Operatives Limited (FCL) announced Friday afternoon it is pausing two major projects in Regina that are part of it’s “Integrated Agriculture Complex” – the renewable diesel facility and joint venture canola crush plant with AGT Foods. FCL cites “regulatory and political uncertainty, potential shifts in low-carbon public policy, and escalating costs” as reasons for […]

BALGONIE – Saskatchewan RCMP arrested three individuals in Balgonie, Sask., as part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking. On Jan. 10, officers from the Saskatchewan RCMP’s Yorkton Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT) located two suspects in a drug trafficking investigation – a man and a woman – at a business at the intersection of Highway […]

Outside a rural Saskatchewan elementary school on a fall morning in 2020, Paul Wilson and three others parked their truck and called 911 as a woman they were with experienced a fentanyl overdose.  When police arrived, paramedics were already treating the woman. A Mountie who responded to the scene smelled marijuana from the vehicle and noticed a […]

A School break camp will be held in the City of Melville next month.  Funded by the City and a Saskatchewan Lotteries grant, the camp will be for those six to 12 years old and will run from February 18th to February 21st at the CN Community and Cornerstone Events Centre.  The camp will keep […]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she received no indication from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend that he plans to back down on implementing hefty tariffs on Canadian products. But Smith says cutting off oil and gas exports to the south in retaliation, which is something the federal government hasn’t ruled out, isn’t feasible. […]

Saskatchewan’s new provincial police force has begun interviewing Mounties as it prepares to launch this year, a move critics say highlights concerns of job poaching. Chief Marshal Robert Cameron of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service says the force has received interest from across the country for its positions, including officers from Saskatchewan. A spokesperson with the marshals later confirmed […]