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The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate for the second straight time, bringing its key rate down to 4.5 per cent. Forecasters say slowing inflation and a weak economy justified a second consecutive cut by the central bank. After a historic run-up, the central bank lowered its policy rate for the first time […]

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation’s Teachers’ Bargaining Committee has named Dawn Harkness as its nominee for the arbitration panel addressing class complexity and wages. Harkness, a retired teacher and principal, joins Daniel Ish, a former law professor, and Greg Chatlain, a former education director, on the panel. The committee opted for binding arbitration after consulting with […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 […]

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — At 6:02 pm Saturday, to the strains of “God Bless the U.S.A.,” former President Donald Trump took the stage at fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, waving at the cheering crowd and settling into his regular rally speech under a scorching midsummer sun. A few short minutes later, Trump pointed to a projection of a […]

A court hearing for the Saskatchewan government to argue for an injunction to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting millions in carbon levy money has been cancelled.  Federal Court in Vancouver did not provide an explanation for the cancellation or say when the case would be heard.  Premier Scott Moe’s government argues it’s unconstitutional […]

A judge has found Jeremy Skibicki guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of four women in Winnipeg. Defence lawyers had argued Skibicki should be found not criminally responsible and said he was suffering from schizophrenia at the time of the slayings in 2022. But Crown prosecutors said he had the mental capacity and awareness […]

Police will not be laying charges in a bus crash that killed 17 people in western Manitoba. RCMP say they do not expect to be able to talk to the bus driver, who was severely injured in the crash. And they say officers have found no explanation as to why he pulled into an intersection […]

The Regina Police Service is investigating a knife assault that occurred late this morning.  Today at 11:25 a.m., police were dispatched to the 4100 block of 17th Avenue where two adults were attacked while setting up a yard sale.  The assailant fled the scene, leaving the victims with non-life-threatening injuries.  Police and EMS attended to […]

Donald Sutherland, the New Brunswick-born acting legend with the distinct baritone voice and prolific stage and screen career that inspired sons Kiefer and Rossif to pursue the craft, has died. He died at the age of 88, Kiefer Sutherland said in a social media post on Thursday. “I personally think one of the most important […]

A judge has sentenced a former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover in a park to 11 years in prison. Bernie Herman was convicted in January of manslaughter in the death of Braden Herman. The two men aren’t related. The naked body of 26-year-old Braden Herman was found in 2021 in the park on the outskirts of Prince […]