REGINA — Saskatchewan's government is set to outline its legislative agenda today in its throne speech.
Premier Scott Moe says the province plans to prioritize investments in health care, education, community safety and affordability.
He says the throne speech will also promote the province as... Read more
EDMONTON — Alberta's legislature is set to reconvene today — just over a week after the province voted overwhelmingly to stay in Canada.
Premier Danielle Smith has said she considers the separatism debate settled, after it riled the province all summer.
She has said she expects separatist leaders... Read more
MONTREAL — The first time the Quebec environmental enforcement officers came for his raccoon, Louka Berman said he stashed the mammal in a park.
Berman said three officers from the provincial wildlife authority came to his Montreal apartment in early October with a warrant to seize the raccoon. He... Read more
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says optometrists will soon be allowed to perform minor surgical and laser procedures in the province.
Justin Wright, Alberta’s primary and preventative health minister, says the goal is to give Albertans better access to care closer to home.
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VANCOUVER — The first youth-led climate trial in Canadian history has begun at the federal courthouse in Vancouver, where 15 plaintiffs argue that federal legislation violates their constitutional rights by continuing the trajectory of... Read more
Federal government heard reasoning behind amending Indian status legislation and setting up First Nations policing from Saskatchewan chiefs.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s comeback to win Brazil’s presidential runoff Sunday is facing its first hurdle as his competitor, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, attempts to mount an organized opposition to the results.
Lula, who convinced an extra 10.4 million voters to... Read more
EDMONTON — A plainspoken, two-term Alberta United Conservative backbencher who courted controversy and riled up the Opposition NDP is quitting the job effective immediately.
Shane Getson says he is leaving due to personal and family reasons but does not elaborate.
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A change in government in British Columbia could mean more opportunities for Saskatchewan to get its oil to overseas markets, potentially bringing better prices and more money into the province.... Read more
EDMONTON — A plainspoken, two-term Alberta United Conservative backbencher who courted controversy is quitting the job effective immediately.
Shane Getson says he is leaving due to personal and family reasons but does not elaborate.
"I can no longer give the time and attention that I have over the... Read more
Saskatchewan’s provincial government raised its voice Monday, joining others calling for the tanker ban off the north coast of B.C. to be scrapped.... Read more
QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is scheduled to meet with representatives of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador on Wednesday.
St-Pierre Plamondon was criticized for his absence from a summit on Monday in Ottawa between premiers and Indigenous representatives.
A... Read more
The auction scene in Tisdale is getting a new look, albeit with a familiar face.
Steffes Group Auctioneers is preparing for its first live auction at the Tisdale yard since the... Read more
VANCOUVER — Nicolas Jimenez is out as CEO at BC Ferries in a "leadership transition" launched by the company's board.
A news release from BC Ferries says Brian Anderson, the company's vice-president of strategy and planning, has been appointed as the interim chief executive officer, effective... Read more
Chris Fahlman, the man accused in the fatal highway shooting of 44-year-old Tanya Myers, will stand trial, a Saskatchewan court decided after his preliminary hearing Friday.
Saskatchewan will soon be breathing a little easier.
The province’s first respiratory therapist training program has welcomed its first cohort of 25 students at Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Regina campus, thanks in part to $8 million in funding from the Government of Saskatchewan.
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The vote count in British Columbia's election on Saturday produced a massive majority for the B.C. Conservatives, but it's also revealing other trends.
Here's a closer look at the numbers, based on preliminary results from Elections BC.
TURNOUT PLUNGES TO RECORD LOW
The early election saw... Read more
Lula mobilized millions to win Brazil’s election, while Bolsonaro contests loss and Trump cries foul
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s comeback to win Brazil’s presidential runoff Sunday... Read more
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says optometrists will soon be allowed to perform minor surgical and laser procedures in the province.
Justin Wright, Alberta's primary and preventative health minister, says the goal is to give Albertans better access to care closer to home.
The government says... Read more
For the first time in about 20 years, the City of Saskatoon is making a change to the structure of taxi fares for large vehicles.
Under the previous system, taxi vans charged 150 per cent of the standard rate when transporting more passengers or cargo than could be accommodated in a sedan, a... Read more
QUÉBEC — A Quebec Liberal Party candidate who lost her seat following a judicial recount is accusing a judge of unfairly rejecting ballots.
Affine Lwalalika wrote on social media to question the court's decision to award the Vachon riding to the Parti Québécois's Stephan Fogaing.
Lwalalika claims... Read more
MONTREAL — A Montreal man who says he is on the run from provincial authorities for housing a raccoon has taken his pet for a rabies vaccination.
Louka Berman took the raccoon named Pepper to meet the owner of a refuge north of Montreal on Monday and get the vaccination.
Quebec is currently dealing... Read more
VANCOUVER — The first youth-led climate trial in Canadian history has begun at the federal courthouse in downtown Vancouver, where 15 plaintiffs are arguing that federal legislation violates their constitutional rights by continuing the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions.
Catherine Boies Parker... Read more
When SGI wanted to move on to a request for proposals for a partial rebuild only, Sabrina Porter spoke with seven different home builders.
She said four declined to look at it, but three did on-site inspections and gave her reports. Porter provided the reports to 980 CJME, and all those builders... Read more
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has signed an exploration deal with a firm that plans to extract minerals from a long-closed mining site.
U.S.-based Regeneration Enterprises says it wants to pull metals from rock and chemical waste left at the Nigadoo mine site in northern New Brunswick... Read more
VANCOUVER — The literary agent for Steven Galloway has described what he views as the detrimental impact that unproven allegations of rape and sexual assault had on the author at the height of his "promising" career a decade ago.
Henry Dunow told a British Columbia Supreme Court hearing in Galloway... Read more
OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency revoked the registrations of 82 money service businesses in 2025-26, up from 12 the previous year.
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre says it focused significant resources on the money services sector in the last year due to money... Read more
Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as the software giant spends heavily on artificial intelligence.
The company’s voluntary exit offer was available to eligible employees in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States,... Read more
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he’s told Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canada should abolish the Indian Act.
Kinew said today he made the comment during a meeting in Ottawa with Carney, premiers and First Nations chiefs.
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Police say three people bear-sprayed a passenger on a Saskatoon Transit bus after an attempted robbery.
According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers were called to the area of Vanier Crescent and Diefenbaker Drive in the city’s Pacific Heights neighbourhood, at around 8:30 p.m. Sunday after... Read more
MONTREAL — The Crown has withdrawn all criminal charges against pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during a sit-in at a downtown Montreal bank more than two years ago.
Fourteen out of the 44 people arrested at the protest pleaded guilty to violating a municipal noise bylaw and agreed to pay the $... Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, the youthful Russian navigator on the “ Star Trek ” television series and several movies, has died. He was 90.
Koenig died Monday at his home in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, talent agent Zachery McGinnis... Read more
MONTRÉAL — Quebec’s internal security minister says a provincial police ethics commissioner and an independent watchdog will both investigate the suspension of a Montreal police officer over allegations of criminal conduct in interactions with homeless people.
Guy Jr. Lapointe says in a news... Read more
HALIFAX — A former interim leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives has endorsed her former PC cabinet colleague to become the new provincial Liberal leader.
Karla MacFarlane is a former speaker of the house of assembly in Nova Scotia and served as interim leader of the Progressive... Read more
Chris Fahlman has been committed to stand trial on charges related to the September 2025 death of Weyburn’s Tanya Myers.
The decision follows the conclusion of Fahlman’s preliminary inquiry on Friday evening. The judge found there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to the... Read more
From the B.C. NDP being DOA to the Riders, Trump and Murray Wood campaigning for a spot at the trough.
Murray Wood delivers sharp, insightful commentary with a blend of wit, skepticism and straight... Read more
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said the government would announce “concrete measures” on Monday to address school students’ demands for more resources and better learning conditions, after weeks of class boycotts, blockades and demonstrations that have grown into nationwide... Read more
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's Liberal Party elected a new leader over the weekend.
Dan Kutcher, former one-term mayor of Summerside, P.E.I., was acclaimed at a party leadership convention.
Kutcher does not have a seat in the provincial legislature, where his party is the Official... Read more
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A trial is proceeding this week at the Court of King’s Bench in Prince Albert for a man accused of murdering his son’s alleged killer.
Reginald Durocher will be tried by a jury, and the trial has been scheduled to run from Monday to Nov. 4.
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