enhanced economic corridor
Trade corridors float to the top of conversations at Western Premiers' Conference
Much of the conversation came right back to trade at the final news conference of the Western Premiers' Conference - even when separation was the topic of discussion.The list of topics on the table was wide for the meeting with the western premiers and the territories' premiers - from housing and public safety to emerg...
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Negotiations
Canada Post union calls for halt to overtime as deadline passes with no agreement
The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, saying its negotiators will continue to review the latest contract offers from the mail carrier.The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said late Thursday that members were being told to refuse any work beyond eig...
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Saskatchewan
HOMETOWN PRIDE
'We've always had a little bit of cowboy blood in us': Meadow Lake Stampede rides into 102nd year
As a child in the 1980s, Kurt Hadland remembers the excitement of fair rides, the clatter of hooves and family gatherings that made the Meadow Lake Stampede the highlight of every summer."In the '80s, we were so free-willed. We would have a lot, a lot of time to go down and experience the rodeo," he said.&quo...
May 22, 2025
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Wildfire update
Evacuation order for East Trout Lake, dry conditions keep province at high alert for wildfires
With the weekend approaching, concerns for wildfires stay high in the province as the heat is expected to rise while the precipitation levels stay low. In the East Trout Lake resort area, about 165 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert, residents were issued an evacuation order on May 21 due to the possibility of the C...
May 22, 2025
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ESCAPED
RCMP look for escapee from Blaine Lake work crew
RCMP are searching for an inmate who fled custody while performing community service near Martin's Lake Regional Park, about 29 kilometres north of Blaine Lake.Mounties say in a release that Garret Gardiner, 33, ran into the bush around 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 21. He was serving a sentence at Saskatoon Provincial Cor...
May 22, 2025
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Fighting back
'Right now the community is living in fear': JSCN rolls out plan to address crime and drug crisis
James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) is taking a proactive approach to addressing crime and what leaders are calling an escalating drug crisis.Following a vote held during a community meeting Tuesday night, a new Community Safety Adivsory Committee made up of six members - two from each of their three Nations. The group will...
May 21, 2025
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Canada
In Ottawa, U.S. senators push trade, Canadian tourism to their states
OTTAWA - Five United States senators were in Ottawa Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and underscore the long-standing relationship between the two countries. At a press conference at the U.S. embassy, Republican Kevin Cramer dismissed the...
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Probation for ex-Mountie, convicted of obstruction after 'sexting' violence victim
KELOWNA - A former Okanagan RCMP officer who exchanged explicit messages with a victim of domestic violence has been given a conditional discharge and 12 months of probation for attempting to obstruct justice. Former Kelowna Mountie Sean Eckland pleade...
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2024 sees record warm temperatures, less sea ice cover in Gulf of St. Lawrence
MONT-JOLI - Last year, the Gulf of St. Lawrence recorded its highest maximum surface temperature and lowest seasonal volume of ice cover in decades, say researchers with the federal Fisheries Department. Surface temperatures and ice cover are directly ...
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Federal election: Newfoundland riding flips to Conservatives after judicial recount
ST. JOHN'S - A federal election riding in rural Newfoundland flipped to the Conservatives on Friday, netting the party another seat in the House of Commons. After a recount process that took nearly two weeks, Elections Canada announced that Conservati...
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Bloc Québécois files legal challenge of Terrebonne riding results after one-vote loss
TERREBONNE - The Bloc Québécois says it has filed a Superior Court challenge to overturn the election results in the federal riding of Terrebonne after losing by one vote. In a news release, the party says there is doubt about who won the riding in the...
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Picking buffaloberries and electric fences: how wildlife is being managed ahead of G7
OTTAWA - There surely won't be lions or tigers at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., next month, and officials are doing their best to keep bears away, too. As many as 5,000 participants are set to descend on the area in a few weeks, and officials are...
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