Saskatchewan

ONLINE PREDATORS
Sask. sees record surge in child exploitation cases
Saskatchewan is having more predators lurking on the Internet than ever before.The province's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit is on track to handle 1,317 cases this year - nearly double the 853 files it opened in 2021-22. Last year, the unit saw 1,003 new cases, a record it is set to surpass."Surpassing las...
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tariff trouble
Retaliatory Chinese tariffs on canola oil causing uncertainty in Sask.
The chair of Sask Oilseeds says China's retaliatory tariffs on Canadian canola oil will spell trouble for farmers and canola crushers alike."This is going to place a lot of pressure on our domestic crushers," Dean Roberts said."There's been a lot of investment made in expansion over the last few years, a...
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long-standing political battle
Carney's move to kill carbon price now official but debate not dead
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's move Friday to end the consumer carbon price has done little to put the long-standing political battle to rest.Rather, Carney's theatrical document signing led to another heated debate about whether the paper he signed was even a real thing.The signing ceremony came as Carney allow...
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Health
Cases of highly infectious measles reported in Swift Current, Calgary
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says there has been a confirmed case of measles in Swift Current.In a news release on March 14, the SHA listed a number of locations and said anyone who was at any of them during the listed time periods should monitor for measles symptoms.The locations were Cypress Regional Hospi...
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Canada

B.C. Court of Appeal allows mother to vaccinate kids for HPV against dad's wishes
The B.C. Court of Appeal has denied a father's bid to prevent his children getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus. The court ruling says the father applied in court early last year to stop the children's mother from having them vaccinated...
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B.C. resident returns library book 64 years later, credits it for saving lives
VANCOUVER - An 83-year-old British Columbia man has returned a book to the University of B.C. Library 64 years late, but he had a good excuse. Librarian Susan Parker received a package from Robert Murray in the mail with the book, a $100 cheque for la...
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Empty shelves, idle escalators: Shoppers look for piece of history at the Bay stores
Empty shelves and idle escalators greeted shoppers Monday as they poked through Hudson's Bay stores looking for bargains and perhaps a piece of history. In Edmonton, some racks at two Bay locations were picked clean as a mere handful of older men and w...
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Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, demands to search landfill for remains
Manitoba RCMP confirmed Monday that a second set of remains found at a landfill north of Winnipeg have been identified as belonging to Marcedes Myran, one of two slain First Nations women who search teams have been looking for at the site since Decembe...
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Court denies certification of $2.5-billion Black civil servants class action lawsuit
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge on Monday dismissed a motion to certify a proposed class action lawsuit that was launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged there was systemic racism within the public service. In an "order and reasons" documen...
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Former prime minister Brian Mulroney to be featured on Canada Post stamp
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be featured on a stamp as part of Canada Post's 2025 lineup. Mulroney, who died last year, served as prime minister from 1984 to 1993. Canada Post says the stamp will pay tribute to Canada's 18th prime...
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