Saskatchewan

WBSC World Cup Day 4
Canada wins in pitching battle against Dominican Republic
With the opening round of the tournament completed, Canada played their first placement round game on Friday against the Dominican Republic. The lead traded hands back and forth, but Canada came away with the win 4-3.It looked like Canada was poised to run away with the game the way first inning went. Starting pitcher ...
Jul 12, 2025
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No end timeline
'It's been a waste of our time': Community dissatisfied with Cenovus Rush Lake open house while uncontrolled well release continues
Residents and community leaders said they left Thursday's open house in Paynton feeling frustrated and unheard, more than two months after the Rush Lake 2 thermal facility uncontrolled well release began. The open house, hosted by Cenovus Energy at the RM of Paynton Office gymnasium on July 10, featured information car...
Jul 11, 2025
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emergency response
No homes lost after wildfire encircles Beauval; 57 active fires burning in Sask.
It was a close call for Beauval on Thursday evening as a wildfire came right up to the edge of the village and encircled it. During a media briefing on Friday, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) Vice-President of Operations Steve Roberts explained the Muskeg Fire, which is now 95,000 hectares, suddenly shifted to...
Jul 11, 2025
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Tariffs
Trump's tariff threat to have 'minimal' impact: Sask. Premier
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says most of the province's exports will remain exempt after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to impose 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports starting Aug. 1.In a statement to media on Friday afternoon, Moe said that 95 per cent of Saskatchewan exports comply with the USM...
Jul 11, 2025
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Canada

How a tree-killing beetle chose wrong human to fly into, revealing presence in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The tiny beetle could scarcely have picked a worse human to fly into. Amateur entomologist Andrew Short was sitting on a bench in downtown Vancouver in June 2023 when the unfamiliar metallic green beetle hit him and fell to the ground. He ...
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Anand says Indo-Pacific strategy will have economic focus but maintain values
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says the economy is becoming the primary focus of Canada's relationships in the Indo-Pacific - a shift that appears linked to Canada's recent moves to overcome its security dispute with India. Anand was in ...
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Boeing settles with a man whose family died in a 737 Max crash in Ethiopia
CHICAGO (AP) - Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets....
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Quebec college faces $30 million in fines for too many students in English programs
MONTREAL - A Montreal college is facing $30 million in fines from the Quebec government for having too many students in its English-language programs. Claude Marchand, president of LaSalle College, says the fines, which relate to quotas imposed under Q...
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Police arrest former associate of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller
MONTRÉAL - Montreal police say they arrested a man earlier this week who is alleged to be an associate of a Quebec billionaire accused of sex crimes. Officers say the 76-year-old is believed to have been part of the circle of Robert Miller, known for ...
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Scrutiny for supervised drug consumption site in Victoria's 'Downtown Eastside'
VICTORIA - The value of a supervised consumption site in the heart of Victoria's most downtrodden neighbourhood is under debate - is it a life-saving tool, or a magnet for drug dealers victimizing those in an encampment on the site's doorstep? Victoria...
Jul 12, 2025
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