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Trump announces new 'reciprocal' tariffs in financial and political gamble
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States, threatening to upend much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.Trump held up a...
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EDUCATION SUCCESS
'Children are our future': St. Mary School shows early success in Sask. specialized classroom pilot
"When we first started, we had a little boy who was dysregulated often," said Jennifer Gentes, vice-principal at St. Mary School in North Battleford."He walked in, we had a meditation on the whiteboard, and he just laid down, and he was there for two or three minutes taking his deep breath, and then he g...
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Willowview Recovery Centre
Saskatchewan's largest addictions treatment centre is now fully open
Mental Health and Addictions Minister, Lori Carr announced today that the new addictions treatment centre near Lumsden, the EHN Willowview Recovery Centre, is now fully open with all 60 inpatient treatment spaces available. The intake for the second phase, which included 40 inpatient spaces began on April 1. "The ...
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Stars radio
Radiothon to 'keep STARS in the sky' takes off
For the fifth year, an integral part of emergency services in Saskatchewan is in need of community support. The STARS Critical Care on the Air radiothon, presented by BPH will take place today."We are raising funds for the operating costs that it takes to keep STARS in the sky above Saskatchewan," said Nic Fr...
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State of economywide tariffs on Canada unclear as Trump's global trade war escalates
WASHINGTON - As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to unveil his so-called "liberation day" plan to hit multiple countries with tariffs, it's still not clear whether a temporary pause on separate economywide duties on Canada will be lifted.In early March, Trump imposed - and then partially paused - 25 per c...
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ground school
Nine northerners one step closer to becoming pilots
A group of nine northern residents are one step closer to obtaining their commercial pilots license and gaining employment with Rise Air. A ceremony was held Friday in Saskatoon to celebrate their completion of ground school, a key milestone for the students in the Dziret'ái Pilot Training Program launched in Se...
Apr 01, 2025
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Canada
Double blow as S&P and Moody's downgrade B.C.'s credit rating again, citing deficit
VICTORIA - Credit rating agencies S&P and Moody's have both downgraded British Columbia's rating on the same day, citing the province's ballooning deficit and the apparent lack of a plan to dig the province out of its fiscal hole. S&P Global Ra...
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Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords
Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8. "I just remembered (seeing) a lot of the colours and the excitement of the colours in the water," said Gehman,...
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Quebec coroner calls out 'hero firefighter' culture in 2023 flooding deaths
MONTREAL - Quebec's firefighting academy should warn students that "hero" culture can sometimes lead firefighters to overlook their own safety in their attempts to save others, a coroner said Wednesday. Coroner Andrée Kronström made the comments in her...
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'Liberation Day': A timeline of Donald Trump's trade war with Canada
For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it's been a roller-coaster ever since for...
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Remove drugs from potential retaliatory tariffs list, pharmacists urge
TORONTO - The Canadian Pharmacists Association is urging the federal government to remove all drug-related products from its list of potential retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. The association says there are currently eight pharmaceutical tariff co...
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Snow and freezing rain return to parts of Ontario; more power outages possible
Ontario communities hit hard by a weekend ice storm braced for another round of gusty winds and freezing rain on Wednesday as a massive spring storm descended on Central Canada. More than 192,000 Ontario homes and businesses were in the dark as the st...
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