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Sask. housing sales increase as numbers fall nationally due to market uncertainty
The Saskatchewan home sales forecast is telling a much different story than what is being realized across Canada. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) downgraded its forecast for home sales this year, while it also reported Tuesday the number of homes that changed hands across the country in March fell 9.3 per c...
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Sask. legislation would classify fentanyl, meth, needles as 'street weapons'
The Government of Saskatchewan introduced legislation this week that would classify fentanyl, methamphetamine and hypodermic needles as categories of "street weapons."The amendments to the Safe Public Spaces (Street Weapons) Act were introduced on Monday, and the government said the act is expected to pass du...
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Ottawa says automakers that keep building in Canada will get a tariff exemption
WASHINGTON - Automobile companies that continue to manufacture vehicles in Canada will get an exemption from Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to upend the North American industry through steep import duties.Federal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Tuesday...
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Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
HALIFAX - The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States.The Canadian Association of University Teachers says it released updated travel advice today due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump administ...
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Tariff uncertainty foils 'slam dunk rebound year' for national home sales: CREA
The Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home sales activity in 2025, while the number of homes that changed hands across the country in March was down 9.3 per cent compared with a year ago.The association said Canadian home sales in March also fell 4.8 per cent on a seasonally adjusted mont...
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RCMP searching for man who escaped Besnard Lake Correctional Centre
Police in Saskatchewan are asking members of the public to keep an eye out for a 34-year-old man who escaped from a provincial correctional centre.According to the RCMP, Kobe Kiseyinewakup was last seen by staff at the Besnard Lake Correctional Centre in northern Saskatchewan at around 8 p.m. on Monday."Police are...
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Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN - A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction facility in Wonowon, B.C., says the site was "immediat...
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Federal Court of Appeal dismisses challenge of federal firearms ban
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a government ban on firearms that Ottawa considers fit only for the battlefield, not hunting or sport shooting. The Liberals outlawed some 1,500 firearm models and variants in May 2020,...
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California governor urges Canadians to ignore Trump, come back for sand, sun and wine
Canadians' boycott of travel to the U.S. is hitting hard on California's sandy shores, prompting the state's governor to make a social media pitch-plea to come back. Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a video this week, is urging the two million Canadians who visit...
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First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave way, creating one of the province's largest environmen...
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Hit-and-run on TMU campus appears to have targeted a specific person: Toronto police
TORONTO - The driver of a vehicle that struck several pedestrians on Toronto Metropolitan University's downtown campus may have been targeting a specific individual on the walkway before speeding away from the scene, police said Tuesday. Four people w...
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Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
HALIFAX - The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States. The Canadian Association of University Teachers released updated travel advice on Tuesday due to...
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