Ready to Respond
Canada prepares counter-tariffs; Sask NDP says threat emphasizes need to focus on northern economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is ready to retaliate if US president-elect Donald Trump slaps Canada with devastating new tariffsTrudeau says his government "will respond'' and "not hesitate to act'' if it faces a 25 per cent across-the-board tariff on imports from Canada when Trump returns to the ...
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Dangerous driving
Air Ronge woman receives six month sentence after stealing and crashing delivery driver's car
A woman who, after stealing a vehicle left running outside a Prince Albert restaurant was involved in a crash, has received six months jail and a two-year driving prohibition.Verna Ross, 28, was sentenced on Jan. 13 at Prince Albert Provincial Court. Guilty pleas were entered to vehicle theft, dangerous driving, and fa...
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Court proceedings
Timber Bay man charged after serious assault on Christmas Day
RCMP say a serious incident on Christmas morning involved a man being threatened with a gun and then assaulted.It happened in Timber Bay, which is a small community north of Prince Albert.The victim's injuries were fortunately not life threatening.Roderick Lavallee has been charged with aggravated assault and pointing ...
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Helping out
Ready to go: PA council OKs help for California wildfires
A recent appeal by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency to provincial fire departments to be ready to help fight the Los Angeles wildfires met with unanimous approval from Prince Albert city council. All councillors voted in favour of pre-approving the sending of up to four local firefighters to help out in the event ...
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Prairie Roots run deep - Music, Family and More with Matt Johner
Photo Credit: DMDS/Chris Henderson Matt Johner is a 22-year-old emerging country singer/songwriter whose authentic sound resonates with audienc...
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Raising eyebrows
Customs and Immigration Union questions Sask. border security plan
A few days after the Government of Saskatchewan unveiled its border security plan, the head of the Customs and Immigration Union - which represents workers at the border - was still scratching his head over it."There's a lot of uncertainty as to exactly what's going to be being done and who's going to be doing wha...
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Canada
Supreme Court to decide next week whether to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law
MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada will announce next week whether it will hear a challenge to Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21. The groups seeking leave to appeal say they have been informed the country's highest court is expected to publ...
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Group says disability benefit at risk unless Ottawa moves quickly on regulations
OTTAWA - An organization advocating for people with disabilities says the new federal disability benefit could be delayed beyond the promised July 1 payment date because the government still hasn't approved the regulations. March of Dimes Canada is lau...
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Saint John police review up in the air a year after two men exonerated in murder case
FREDERICTON - More than a year after the Saint John, N.B., police chief announced a review of his officers' conduct in the case of two men wrongfully convicted of murder, there is no sign of the promised report. On Jan. 12, 2024, Chief Robert Bruce sai...
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Ahead of U.S. TikTok ban, Canadians flock to Chinese 'RedNote' app
OTTAWA - With TikTok facing an imminent ban in the United States, many Canadian users are moving to rival Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu - also known as RedNote - pushing it to the top of download charts in Canada. The ban is being driven by secu...
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Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre applies to enter Quebec Liberal leadership race
QUÉBEC - Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has officially applied to enter the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party, but the spectre of a dispute with the provincial tax agency is hanging over his candidacy. Coderre spent the first part of a Friday ...
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In the news today: All eyes on Freeland now that Carney is in
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... All eyes on Freeland now that Carney is in The ball is in Chrystia Freeland's court, now that Mark Carney has officially launched his campaign to become the next ...
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