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Air Canada says some operations will start to be affected today as time is running out before a potential shutdown because of a labour dispute with its pilots The airline on Thursday called for the government to be ready to intervene to avoid major disruptions a shutdown would cause for its more than 110,000 travellers […]

Two of Canada’s major railways, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN), are playing catch-up following a labour disruption last month that stalled operations for about four days. Mark Hemmes is the President of Quorum Corporation, which manages the federal government’s grain monitoring program. He says getting caught up is going […]

The demand for the services food banks provide in this province has been continuing to grow. The increases to the cost of living from taxation to fuel to food impact the most vulnerable in Saskatchewan. Regina’s Food Bank sees more than 15,000 people per month, with more than 40 percent of them being children. Saskatoon’s […]

Jagmeet Singh’s top adviser says the NDP leader is not particularly eager to trigger an election, even as the Conservatives challenge him to do just that. Anne McGrath, Singh’s principal secretary, says there will be more volatility in Parliament and the odds of an early election have risen. “I don’t think he is anxious to […]

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their case to American voters during a debate in Philadelphia, during which the Democratic vice president and former Republican president laid out different visions for America’s future. Tuesday’s matchup saw Harris push forcefully against the former president on his record, while also prodding at Trump’s crowd sizes and 2020 […]

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… NDP MPs to talk Parliament strategy New Democrat MPs are heading into a second day of meetings in Montreal as they nail down a plan for how to navigate the minority Parliament this fall. Leader Jagmeet Singh signalled […]

A Canadian court has cleared the reorganization plan of Red Lobster that will see the seafood chain exit bankruptcy.  Justice Peter Cavanagh of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on Tuesday granted an order that recognizes and gives force to the plan approved by a U.S. bankruptcy judge last week. The future of the […]

China released more details of its anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola, but a farm leader believes it’s all politics and wants to see the Chinese and Canada come to a resolution before it escalates. The anti-dumping investigation will be year-long process, according to the Chinese government, looking into canola imports from January 1st to December […]

SASKATOON — A GoFundMe page was created for Evan Hardy Collegiate teacher Sean Hayes, who helped put out the flames on a 15-year-old high school student who was set on fire on Thursday, Sept. 5, inside the school premises. Allison Cameron organized the GoFundMe page, which already has 449 people donating, with the most significant amount being $500. […]

Opposition New Democrats have released another pre-election commitment Monday by promising to suspend the gas tax for six months. Outside a Petro-Canada gas station next to Albert Street in north Regina, NDP leader Carla Beck said an NDP government would suspend the 15 cent a litre gas tax at midnight on day one when they […]