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The arrival terminals at airports in Toronto and Montreal were filled with cheers on Monday as fans and family gathered to give a hero’s welcome to Canadian Olympians returning home from the Paris Games with a record-breaking medal haul.  The Summer Games saw Team Canada bring home an unprecedented number of medals — nine gold […]

People who live in Jasper, Alta., will be allowed to return to the community on Friday, but wildfire officials say they should not expect to spend the night in their homes. Town incident commander Christine Nadon told reporters it’s a blanket re-entry to allow everyone to come back at once.  “Residents should be prepared to go […]

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. paid $18.4 million in bonuses this year after hundreds of jobs at the public broadcaster were eliminated.  Documents obtained through access-to-information laws show CBC/Radio-Canada paid out bonuses to 1,194 employees for the 2023-24 fiscal year. More than $3.3 million of that was paid to 45 executives.  That means those executives got […]

Jasper to learn date for return to town today Details about when and how evacuated residents of Jasper will be allowed to return to their homes nearly three weeks after a wildfire forced them to flee will be announced today. Parks Canada says Unified Incident Command will hold a virtual media briefing this morning to […]

REGINA — Saskatchewan continues to set the standard for job growth according to the latest numbers released by Statistics Canada. According to the report, Saskatchewan added 22,900 new jobs year-over-year in the month of July, ranking second among provinces in terms of percentage change at 3.9 per cent. This is the largest number of jobs […]

Farm groups continue to urge the railways and the union representing its workers to reach an agreement as soon as possible. This comes after the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) made its ruling known Friday that a potential strike of CPKC and CN Rail workers would not pose a serious danger to the health and […]

Statistics Canada says students are facing a particularly challenging summer job market, while recent immigrants are disproportionately affected by the weakening labour conditions. The federal agency’s July labour force survey says the jobless rate held steady at 6.4 per cent last month as the economy shed a modest 2,800 jobs. As the Bank of Canada […]

MOOSE JAW — The Government of Canada has confirmed its commitment to the Snowbirds’ aerobatic team and the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) air demonstration mission after concerns were raised about the team’s future. Ottawa had announced that it was considering eliminating some older military equipment — including the Snowbirds’ 20 CT-114 Tutor jets — […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Ministry for Emergencies on Friday declared the situation in the Kursk region a “federal level” emergency, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured over the border in what appeared to be Kyiv’s biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began. “The operational situation in the Kursk region remains difficult,” Kursk acting governor […]

VIENNA (AP) — A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a foiled attack on now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria’s interior minister said Friday. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said an 18-year-old was taken into custody Thursday evening in Vienna after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect. Karner announced the arrest during […]