Saskatchewan

Middle Eastern Conflict
Canada secures limited seats on commercial flights from Lebanon as conflict widens
The federal government has secured "a limited number of seats" on commercial flights out of Lebanon for Canadians trying to flee the region, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday.Anand said 103,000 people have registered with Global Affairs Canada in the Middle East and Gulf region.The Canadian ...
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Some Sask. shoppers still snub U.S. products a year after tariff war
Some Saskatchewan shoppers are still choosing Canadian and local products at the grocery store more than a year after tariff threats began to fly from United States President Donald Trump.On March 4, 2025, Canada responded to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods with its own 25 per cent tariffs on American goods.Read more:Ta...
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Time-old debate
Time Change? Saskatchewan's been over it since the '60s
As British Columbia joins a growing global movement away from Daylight Saving Time (DST), Saskatchewan's once-controversial stance appears increasingly ahead of its time.For six decades, Saskatchewan stood apart in Canada as the only province that didn't 'fall back' by an hour in November to extend evening daylight, or...
Mar 03, 2026
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Prince Albert pulp mill
BMI signs deal with American tenant for part of old Prince Albert pulp mill
The first of multiple new tenants that are planned for the old pulp mill north of Prince Albert has been announced. BMI, the new owners, and Plum Gas Solution, an American company based in Michigan but with offices in Calgary and Drayton Valley, announced they signed an MOU on Tuesday. "As soon as we purchased t...
Mar 03, 2026
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Canada

Solomon tells OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that Tumbler Ridge deserves apology
Federal Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says he met with the CEO of OpenAI and told him the people of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., deserve an apology for the tech firm's role in events leading up to the mass shooting there last month. Solomon, sp...
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Judge orders refunds after Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs
WASHINGTON - A judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered refunds for companies that paid tariffs that were later struck down by the United States Supreme Court. In a 6-3 ruling last month, America's top court concluded it wa...
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Trial set for Quebec man charged with dangerous driving of a plane
A Quebec student pilot will head to court this month after his plane crashed during a "solo flight" with a friend as a passenger. Jean-Frédéric Pinard-Decelles, who was 30 years old at the time, was charged with criminal negligence and dangerous drivin...
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How Canada's position on the Iran war has evolved throughout the week
OTTAWA - Canada's position on the war in Iran has been from the outset one of supporting the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. But in recent days, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called on all sides to respect interna...
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B.C. man's injuries after police altercation 'looked like a hanging': hearing told
VANCOUVER - Myles Gray had injuries that "looked like a hanging" when he died following an altercation with Vancouver police, a paramedic told a hearing into the actions of seven officers. Scott McEwen told the inquiry by the Office of the Police Compl...
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Appeal Court tosses case brought by B.C. health executive fired for vaccine refusal
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by a fired B.C. health executive to seek employment insurance benefits, nearly five years after he lost his job for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. Donald Sturgeon was the...
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