The immigration department says Canada spent more than $275 million on health coverage over the past decade for asylum seekers whose claims were rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
The data was released in response to an order paper question submitted by Alberta Conservative MP... Read more
Four dead grey whales have been found off B.C.'s coast over 10 days this month, and officials with the Fisheries Department say there are signs of more deaths to come.
Paul Cottrell, the marine mammal co-ordinator with the department, said five dead grey whales have been found already this year,... Read more
The Saskatchewan Party has confirmed that Premier Scott Moe will run again in the 2028 provincial election.... Read more
The cost of fixing water main breaks is leading Regina city council to request an analysis on whether the city could speed up the replacement of a type of pipe that is prone to breaking in Regina’s soil – and is also said by some to pose a cancer risk.
It’s not the first time the question of... Read more
Wanuskewin Heritage Park has long been a gathering place for Indigenous Peoples, and now future generations will get to continue to experience land-based learning at the cultural site north of... Read more
Mexican officials say the body of a Canadian tourist killed when a gunman opened fire from one of the country’s most visited pyramids has been turned over to her family.
The attorney general’s office for Mexico state says the woman’s family identified her body this week.
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Canada Post says rural residents with individual roadside mailboxes will continue to receive home mail delivery for the foreseeable future.
The Crown corporation recently announced that delivery to about four million addresses will be sent to community mailboxes instead, part of a plan that also... Read more
Saskatoon’s Police and Crisis Team units responded to more than 3,000 calls last year – more than 3.5 times the number of calls for mental health and addictions responses fielded when the team was created in 2019.
On Thursday, Saskatoon’s Board of Police Commissioners will... Read more
Regina saw 140 overdose calls in the first three weeks of April, according to the Saskatchewan Health Ministry, which said multiple calls resulted in cardiac arrest.
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa will restore the position of envoy for women, peace and security in the coming weeks.
Anand announced the move at the Ottawa Civic Space Summit today, more than a year after the Liberal government let the role expire.
She says the role links... Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not just sitting back "taking notes" or instructions from the Americans on trade talks after White House officials complained publicly about irritants in the Canada-U.S. relationship.
Carney says U.S. tariffs hitting key sectors such as steel,... Read more
When the United States allowed the widespread sale of gasoline with increased ethanol content at the pumps as a temporary measure to relieve soaring prices, online posts claimed the blend of ethanol and gasoline known as E15 damages engines and offers poor fuel economy. In Canada, gasoline is... Read more
TORONTO — Toronto police say they have seized the first mobile "SMS blasters" known to have been used in Canada, in what they call an emerging public safety threat.
Police say the mobile units mimic cell towers and send fraudulent text messages to connected phones with links to websites deigned to... Read more
An expert on Canada’s assisted dying laws says a parliamentary committee studying MAID in cases of mental illness is not focused on its mandate and has not been balanced in its approach.
Jocelyn Downie is a professor emeritus of law at Dalhousie University who has studied assisted dying laws... Read more
OTTAWA — An expert on Canada's assisted dying laws says a parliamentary committee studying MAID in cases of mental illness is not focused on its mandate and has not been balanced in its approach.
Jocelyn Downie is a professor emeritus of law at Dalhousie University who has studied assisted dying... Read more
OTTAWA — Former prime minister Justin Trudeau says American tariffs threaten to drive Canada closer to China in the auto sector.
Speaking at a CNBC event in Singapore today, Trudeau says China was looking to purchase Bombardier jets in 2017 as the company came under pressure from American aircraft... Read more
One inmate is dead and two others required outside medical assistance following what Correctional Service of Canada described as an "altercation" at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.... Read more
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in his own riding of Nepean today to announce new federal housing investments.
Carney says his new federal housing agency, Build Canada Homes, has approved eight new local housing projects.
The prime minister says that will amount to more than a thousand new... Read more
One man is dead and two others were hospitalized following a fight at the maximum-security unit of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary on Tuesday.
Correctional Service Canada said Horace Bear, who began serving a sentence of just under three years on Dec. 13, has died. Two other inmates were evaluated by... Read more
A Saskatoon property once known for delivering the city's longest-running daily newspaper may soon be known for delivering groceries.... Read more
8:30 – Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the area still have several unanswered questions. Doug McKell, a landowner near the proposed AI data centre, joins the show to share his concerns about the centre and... Read more
The City of Regina has an updated plan to entice private commercial and residential property owners to get on board with compost service ahead of a firm deadline next summer.... Read more
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Potentially millions of Americans suddenly have a much easier path to Canadian citizenship, prompting a rush of people to explore their ancestry and file paperwork seeking dual citizenship.
For people like Zack Loud of Farmington, Minnesota, it was a surprise to learn that... Read more
In a classroom within Saskatoon’s Wildwood School, the room settles into an unusual kind of silence.
It isn’t empty — it’s focused. Small hands hover over... Read more
Brooklynn Dieter is looking to take down the competition at nationals.
The 17-year-old will be one of the athletes heading to the 2026 Canadian Wrestling Championships from April 24-26 in Grand Prairie, Alta.
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A pair of Regina parents who lost their 11-year-old son in a fatal carbon monoxide incident say new findings from the fire department only support... Read more
Wind and snowfall warnings from Environment Canada blanketed much of Saskatchewan on Thursday morning as a spring snowstorm makes its way into the province.
Areas around... Read more
It’s Never Too Late for a good old-fashioned rock concert at the Brandt Centre.... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House.
The entire department has been... Read more
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed …
Criminal networks using young people from India for extortion schemes, Fintrac warns
Canada's financial intelligence agency says criminal organizations appear to be using young students from India to... Read more
VANCOUVER —
At a South Vancouver long-term care home, Jhosie Sico has forgotten what proper sleep feels like, because she now gets up in the middle of the night to change her 30-year-old son's diaper and help turn his body.
She never imagined her retirement would be like this before AJ Sico... Read more
MONTREAL — Kathleen Wynne, Ontario's first female premier, remembers meeting a businessman who shook hands with the male staffer standing next to her and addressed him as "premier."
It's hard to shake the notion among the public of what a premier looks like, Wynne, premier between 2013 and 2018,... Read more
OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency says criminal organizations appear to be using young students from India to help extort people and businesses in South Asian communities across the country.
In a newly published special bulletin, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre... Read more
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to deliver an update today on a provincewide referendum scheduled for the fall.
Smith announced in February she will put nine questions to Albertans in October, including proposals to restrict social services from some immigrants.
Since last April'... Read more
VANCOUVER — Eleven people were killed in the April 26, 2025, attack on the Lapu Lapu Day festival in East Vancouver, with dozens more injured.
Adam Kai-Ji Lo has been charged with 11 counts of second-degree murder and 31 counts of attempted murder, but has yet to face trial.
These were the 11 who... Read more
For the second time in three games at the Telus Cup, the Regina Pat Canadians have scored seven goals in a win.
The Saskatchewan Male U18 AAA Hockey Champions improved to 3-0 at the national championship tournament taking place in Peterborough, Ont. The Pat Canadians beat the Waterloo Wolves 7-0 on... Read more
Correctional Services Canada says it is investigating after an inmate died and two others were injured following a fight Tuesday at Saskatchewan Penitentiary.