Hope for rain dims as northern Sask. wildfires burn
Many people are waiting for rain to help in the wildfire fight in northern Saskatchewan, but whether that is coming is the big question that looms.Environment Canada Meteorologist Shannon Moodie said we're in a bit of an unsettled pattern weather-wise. Still, nothing major is expected to appear in the forecast over the...
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Trial dates confirmed for MLCN murder case
Two weeks have been set aside this fall for the trial of a man accused of second-degree murder.Walker Smith's jury trial has been scheduled to start Oct. 27.That was the outcome of Friday's pre-trial hearing at Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert.In the early morning hours of Nov. 12, 2023, Waskesiu/Montreal Lake RC...
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SaskTel removing fees for evacuees
SaskTel is removing overage fees for customers affected by the wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan.Jeremy Harrison, the minister responsible for SaskTel, said the measure is to help families remain connected. "We are also ensuring that SaskTel customers forced to leave their homes due to the wildfires will not be c...
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UPDATE: Sucker River, Wadin Bay, English Bay, Nemeiben ordered to evacuate; La Ronge on standby
UPDATE 2:27 p.m. : Individuals in the communities of Clam Crossing and Sikachu have been ordered to start evacuation immediately. If you can self-evacuate and find accommodation, you must use Highway 165 west to Beauval and make your way to Prince Albert to the Prince Albert Urban Centre and register.Any people who rem...
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RezCross now open on Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation
As wildfires continue to spread, the RezCross Emergency Evacuation Centre has been activated under Operation Red Willow. "Our community has always lent a helping hand when called to do so... and our community has always been a gathering place for folks coming to our territories" said councillor responsible fo...
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Premiers huddle with Carney in Saskatoon to decide what major projects to prioritize
Canada's premiers are meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in person for the first time since the federal election to pitch which major projects they think should get fast tracked.The recent campaign saw Carney vow to slash federal approval times on major infrastructure projects considered to be in the national inte...
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Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon begins testimony in sex-assault civil trial
MONTREAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon has begun his testimony in his civil trial on allegations of sexual assault. Rozon, 70, testified for nearly an hour at the courthouse in Montreal on Monday afternoon, giving a lengthy recounting of his ...
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Former national chief calls for list of demands as PM, premiers talk infrastructure
OTTAWA - The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for an emergency meeting of chiefs to come up with demands for governments as they seek to fast-track projects they deem to be in the "national interest." Phil Fontaine says...
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Here are some facts about the proposed cull of hundreds of ostriches at B.C. farm
Protesters have been gathered for weeks at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 of the birds in December and January. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants the remaining 400 or so birds killed. Here's the situ...
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B.C. ostrich farm calls for independent testing to prevent 'unnecessary destruction'
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The operators of a British Columbia ostrich flock that's facing a cull order after an avian flu outbreak are calling for independent testing of the birds to prevent their "unnecessary destruction." Katie Pasitney, w...
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Liberals pressed to reveal how much revenue U.S. tariff response has raised
OTTAWA - The Conservatives pushed the federal government on Monday to disclose how much revenue its counter-tariffs have generated so far - and accused the Liberals of putting their "elbows down" as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to ramp up his ...
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First Nations infrastructure critical but not nation-building: minister
OTTAWA - The new Crown-Indigenous relations minister says there's a "critical" need to build up First Nations infrastructure - but that work won't qualify for the federal government's push to fast-track what it calls "nation-building" projects. The fed...
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