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REGINA – There are reports of a quadruple homicide on Carry the Kettle First Nation. Saskatchewan RCMP are reporting that on Feb. 4 at approximately 11:15 a.m., File Hills First Nations Police Service received a report of sudden deaths at a residence on the First Nation. RCMP report that officers immediately responded and located four deceased persons inside […]

Uncertainty still hangs over the Canadian economy despite U.S. President Donald Trump announcing a 30-day pause in tariffs that were to take effect today. The temporary reprieve halts — at least for now — a continental trade war that economists on both sides of the border warned would raise prices. Trump’s decision meant Canada and […]

BEIJING (AP) — China countered President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports Tuesday, as well as announcing an antitrust investigation into Google and other trade measures. U.S. tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico were also set to go into effect Tuesday before Trump agreed to a 30-day pause as the two countries acted […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that after a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump that the planned tariffs are on hold for a month, a statement confirmed by the White House. “Mexico will reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of the National Guard immediately, to stop drug trafficking from Mexico […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will impose 25 per cent immediate retaliatory tariffs on American goods worth $30 billion starting Tuesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to slap Canada with devastating duties. Trudeau says an additional $125 billion in duties on American products will follow in 21 days, allowing Canadian […]

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation from the country’s North American neighbors in an emerging trade war. The Republican president posted on social media that the tariffs were necessary “to protect Americans,” pressing the three nations […]

The entire agriculture community is anxiously waiting for the 25 per cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. U.S. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Donald Trump will impose the 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday and a 10 per cent tariff on goods from China the same day. However there was […]

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 […]

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 […]

RCMP Deploy Black Hawk Helicopter to Patrol Alberta-U.S. Border A Black Hawk helicopter is now patrolling Alberta’s border with the United States as part of the RCMP’s efforts to combat illegal activity along the international boundary. The aircraft began operations on Tuesday, scanning the Prairie border for unauthorized crossings and human smuggling, as well as […]