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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is making some changes to mortgage rules to help more Canadians to purchase their first home. She says the changes will come into force in December and better reflect the housing market. The price cap for insured mortgages will be boosted for the first time since 2012, moving to $1.5 […]

The FBI said former President Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination ” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. Trump was shot during an assassination attempt at a July rally in Pennsylvania, and a bullet grazed his ear. […]

Weather Forecast Temperature Chance Precip Today Sunshine – partly sunny at times   Wind:  E-SE 10-20 km/h High:  26° 20% Tonight A few clouds    Wind: E-SE 10-20 km/h Low: 13° 10% Tuesday Partly sunny   Wind: E-SE 15-30 km/h High: 26° 20% Tuesday night A few cloudsWind: E-SE 15-30 km/h Low: 16° 20% Wednesday […]

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… MPs return to Ottawa for what promises to be a boisterous sitting Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa today to begin a busy and potentially precarious sitting for the governing Liberals. The New Democrats broke their political […]

Gunshots were reported in Donald Trump’s vicinity Sunday afternoon. The former president is safe. U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club in Florida while the Republican presidential candidate was golfing. No injuries were reported. Officials say the person fled in an SUV and […]

Travellers, business groups and politicians expressed fervent relief on Sunday after Air Canada and the union representing thousands of its pilots negotiated a new labour deal and averted a disruptive, countrywide shutdown. Canada’s largest air carrier announced shortly after midnight Sunday that it had reached a tentative, four-year collective agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association.  The deal, reached after more than […]

After 45 days of evidence and legal arguments the criminal trial of “Freedom Convoy” organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is finally at an end. A verdict could be as much as six months away. “I don’t know in this moment when I will be in a position to give my decision,” Justice Heather Perkins-McVey […]

Fred Fox has stressed his brother Terry’s battle with cancer and the perseverance he did to raise awareness 44 years ago is the legacy that will live on not only to Canadians but people around the world. People will again commemorate the bravery of the now-Canadian hero in the 44th Annual Terry Fox Run, which […]

LLOYDMINSTER – RCMP have provided more information about the incident in which three people were found deceased in Lloydminster, Sask. On Sept. 11 at about 5:51 p.m., Lloydminster RCMP were called to a home in the vicinity of 50th Street and 47th Avenue for a well-being check. Upon entering the residence, officers located three deceased […]

WARMAN – The Saskatchewan RCMP are warning people to be cautious to avoid scams, with cryptocurrency fraud losses now reaching $3.4 million. On Aug. 26, Warman RCMP received a report of cryptocurrency fraud at a business in Warman. An employee at the business received a suspicious phone call where the caller misrepresented themselves as the employee’s senior […]