Safety concerns in Pelican Narrows are being brought into the spotlight after a shooting on Monday left a 28-year-old woman dead and a man seriously hurt.... Read more
MONTREAL — A 30-year-old inmate has died at Donnacona Institution in Quebec after an altercation with other inmates.
Correctional Service Canada says Tarek Baydoun died of his injuries at the maximum security prison on Wednesday.
Baydoun was serving a life sentence that started in April 2025.... Read more
After a blazing hot week to close out May, the City of Regina is finally ready to open its five outdoor pools to kick off the summer.... Read more
MONTREAL — A Quebec bill that would expand the province's strict language laws to adult education and vocational training is drawing criticism.
Under the bill, students would be required to study in French unless they already qualify for English-language education.
French Language Minister Jean-... Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's new artificial intelligence strategy Thursday and the document drew swift reactions from many different corners.
Here is what the prime minister, business and labour leaders, opposition politicians and others have to say about the strategy.
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's long-promised updated strategy on artificial intelligence Thursday -- a technology his government says is quickly changing how the world works.
The document emphasizes education for all Canadians and encouraging business to adopt AI, while... Read more
Groups representing writers and filmmakers are criticizing the government's move to dismantle Canadian content obligations for U.S.-based streamers.
The Directors Guild of Canada, ACTRA and the Canadian Media Producers Association issued statements saying the government is cowering to pressure from... Read more
OTTAWA — Advocates for Black Canadians say the Carney government is reinforcing the barriers they face by launching an inclusivity council that does not include any Black people.
MP Jean Augustine, the first Black woman elected to the House of Commons, says the government is snubbing the... Read more
The Saskatchewan Roughriders might not play this week, but the CFL’s regular season kicks off.
The reigning Grey Cup champions are on a bye week, along with the B.C. Lions and Toronto Argonauts.... Read more
The City of Saskatoon say its annual mosquito-control program is underway, but residents can also help keep the pests’ population under control.
The city’s program focuses on mosquitos that are still in the aquatic, larval stage of their life cycle, which it says has the greatest impact when... Read more
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency is urging everyone to be cautious around the South Saskatchewan River, as it plans to release a large volume of water from Lake Diefenbaker this weekend.
The agency said it plans to release water from the man-made lake using the spillway at the Gardiner Dam,... Read more
TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has not formed an opinion on Ontario Premier Doug Ford's plan to expand Toronto's island airport.
Carney says he wants to wait for broad consultations, which are set to begin soon, to conclude before deciding on the proposed expansion of Billy Bishop... Read more
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Prosecution Service has announced that Independent legislator Jordan Kealy has been charged with sexual assault over allegations dating back to before his election.
The service said in a statement on Thursday that the charge against Kealy, who was elected to... Read more
MONTREAL — Quebec RCMP say a 25-year-old man has been charged with assaulting an officer during an alleged migrant smuggling operation on Tuesday night.
Police say the patrol officer, part of a border enforcement team, was searching for five people who had crossed into Canada illegally when the... Read more
MONTREAL — RCMP say a 36-year-old officer from Quebec is facing charges after allegedly taking part in organizing the entry of a family member into Canada in September 2024 through an unguarded path.
The federal police force says Aaron Baringue, from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., has been charged... Read more
MONTREAL — Three men have been killed in the Montreal area over a 48-hour span.
A 22-year-old man was shot Wednesday night in Montreal, marking the city’s tenth homicide of the year. Police said the victim was found unconscious in Parc Turin in the Villeray district after reports of gunfire.
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Saskatchewan producers made significant progress on seeding over the past week.
According to the latest crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, which covered the week ending on Monday, seeding is now 80 per cent complete across the province, up from 52 per cent last week.... Read more
HALIFAX — The federal government has announced a new industry-led alliance aimed at growing the skilled workforce for Canada’s mining industry, which is struggling to fill key jobs.
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu made the announcement Thursday in southwestern Nova Scotia, saying the new body, dubbed the... Read more
Old habits die hard for Micah Johnson.... Read more
The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not review a finding that poker earnings are taxable business income.
The case began when three men appealed the federal revenue agency’s declaration that they had to pay tax on poker winnings.
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Saturday marks the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The Regina Rifles were among those on the beach, and Murray Wood revisits interviews with some of those vets.
Murray Wood delivers... Read more
The federal government’s budget watchdog says Ottawa has less than a one per cent chance of maintaining the key fiscal anchor of shrinking the deficit as a share of the economy every year.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan today released her office’s first economic and fiscal... Read more
Humboldt City Manager Joe Day has been suspended with pay, pending further deliberation.
That information was revealed on Wednesday, after council met in a special session on May 27 to discuss the allegations made against Day.
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A speech by the prime minister this week may have been hailed as supporting Jewish people, but Sarah Mills says statistics about anti-Semitism in Canada... Read more
8:30 – A fatal shooting in Pelican Narrows this week left one woman dead and another person seriously injured. It comes as leaders and the RCMP raise concerns about escalating violence in the north, with violent crime in the Pelican Narrows area up 49 per cent over the past decade... Read more
The British Columbia Review Board has granted a conditional discharge for a man convicted in the brutal slayings of his three children.
Chairperson Geneviève Boudreau says Allan Schoenborn is to attend a psychiatric clinic for treatment and stay at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam, B.... Read more
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s energy deal with Alberta will do little to reduce Canada’s emissions, a new study released Thursday by the Canadian Climate Institute suggests.
The analysis also said the “minimal” benefits from the Alberta memorandum of understanding, or MOU, are not... Read more
OTTAWA — Canada is facing the prospect of entirely new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration after Washington claimed Ottawa has a poor track record on preventing importation of products of forced labour.
The move comes as Canada’s biggest free trade pact, the Canada... Read more
BEECHY, SASK. — There are few sounds in rural Saskatchewan more familiar than the hum of a lawn mower.
But what happens when you take that humble machine, pull off the cutting deck, swap a few pulleys, crank up the horsepower and point it toward a twisting dirt track? You get lawn mower racing. And... Read more
A new pavilion, and a pavilion that hasn’t been seen in over a decade will be on this year’s passports at Mosaic – A Festival of Cultures.
The event celebrating different cultures across Regina returns to the Queen City on Thursday, running until Saturday.
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The parents of a boy who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Regina have filed a lawsuit against four companies, alleging negligence.... Read more
After nearly 60 years, the Mosaic Festival of Cultures needs no introduction.... Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that lower immigration under his government helps to explain why Canada’s economy has declined for the last two quarters, pushing it into recession territory.
While Carney has not said the word “recession” himself when asked about the... Read more
A construction project is now underway at the Saskatchewan legislative building that some say is a century overdue. Women MLA's will now have their own designated washroom.
OTTAWA — Ottawa's energy deal with Alberta will do little to reduce Canada's emissions, a new study released Thursday by the Canadian Climate Institute suggests.
The analysis also said the "minimal" benefits from the Alberta memorandum of understanding, or MOU, are not enough to offset the prospect... Read more
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
PM Carney to announce federal artificial intelligence strategy in Toronto today
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce the federal government's strategy on artificial intelligence today in... Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce the federal government's strategy on artificial intelligence in Toronto today.
Carney is slated to tour an artificial intelligence institute and meet with researchers as he unfurls the blueprint.
The strategy comes as governments,... Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that lower immigration under his government helps to explain why Canada's economy has declined for the last two quarters, pushing it into recession territory.
While Carney has not said the word "recession" himself when asked about the decline — and while... Read more
OTTAWA — Canada is facing the prospect of entirely new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after Washington claimed Ottawa has a poor track record on preventing importation of products of forced labour.
The move comes as Canada's biggest free trade pact, the Canada-United... Read more
The British Columbia Review Board has granted a conditional discharge for a man convicted in the brutal slayings of his three children.
Chairperson Geneviève Boudreau says Allan Schoenborn is to attend a psychiatric clinic for treatment and stay at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam, B.... Read more