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SASKATOON — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on both Sask Party leader Scott Moe and NDP leader Carla Beck to commit to join the government of New Brunswick’s legal challenge against the federal carbon tax. “Both Moe and Beck rightly oppose the federal carbon tax, but they need to take the next step and commit to […]

WASHINGTON – According to the U.S. Department of Justice Matthew Norman Ballek, 32, of Saskatchewan, pleaded guilty Friday to a federal child pornography charge stemming from his distribution of child pornography to an undercover law enforcement agent in January 2024. Ballek has been in custody since his Feb. 7 arrest. He now faces a maximum […]

Weather Forecast Temperature Chance Precip Today Partly to mostly sunny   Wind:  S-SE 10-20 km/h High: 20° 0% Tonight Mainly clear   Wind: SE 10-20 km/h  Low: 4° 0% Tuesday Mostly sunny   Wind: S-SE 15-30 km/h High: 23° 0% Tuesday night Clear   Wind: W-SW 15-25 km/h Low: 6° 0% Wednesday Partly sunny   […]

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canadian events set to mark Oct. 7 anniversary Ceremonies, events and protests are being held across Canada today to mark the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza. The Oct. 7, […]

The first weekend of the official provincial election campaign period saw the parties’ political activity scaled down, but only by a notch. Saturday saw both the Sask Party and NDP leaders campaigning in Moose Jaw, considered an electoral battleground this election season. There, both campaigns reiterated familiar themes. At a Sask Party event with Moose Jaw candidates, Scott […]

The weather for the 2024 CIBC Run for the Cure couldn’t have been better for everyone involved. The annual fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society was held at Douglas Park in Regina under a blue and bright sunny sky, a contrast to the conditions for last year’s event when it was raining and windy. “I […]

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in cities across Canada to remember the victims of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza. In the nation’s capital, a sea of Israeli flags could be seen draped over participants in front of Ottawa City Hall, with Canadian flags waving alongside them […]

SASKATOON — Dr. Cecil King (PhD) was a pioneer in First Nations teacher education throughout Canada and the founding director of the Indian Teacher Education Program (ITEP) at the University of Saskatchewan. He passed away on May 4, 2022, at the age of 90. “From the early days of ITEP over 50 years ago, our […]

Fedaa Nassar says any time she has heard the phone ring in the last year, she becomes overwhelmed with anxiety. “I hate phone calls now,” says the 34-year-old lab technician at an Ottawa-area hospital. It’s because she worries the person on the other line will tell her that her dad, mom, brother and two sisters […]

$390 million yearly will be invested in education and healthcare, said NDP Leader Carla Beck on Friday as she outlined the party’s budget for a four-year plan to invest in the people of Saskatchewan and cut costs on certain items. Recently, Saskatchewan has seen overcrowded classrooms in schools where some classes are currently being taught […]