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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign chiefs designed the convention opening this week to feature a softer and more optimistic message, focusing on themes that would help a divisive leader expand his appeal among moderate voters and people of color. Then came a shooting that rattled the foundation of American politics. Suddenly, the Democrats’ turmoil after the debate, the GOP’s potential governing […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement’s attention at Saturday’s rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. The tip sparked a frantic search but officers were unable to find him before he managed to get on a roof, where he opened […]

On the heels of an apparent attempt to kill him, former President Donald Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience as shocked leaders across the political divide recoiled from the shooting that left him injured but “fine” and the gunman and a rally-goer dead. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said the upper part of his […]

Monday morning in Vancouver lawyers for the Government of Saskatchewan and lawyers for the Federal Government were going to argue in Federal Court over an attempt by the Canada Revenue Agency to recover millions of dollars in carbon tax money. Now the case has been adjourned, and neither side is saying why, at least clearly. […]

SASKATOON – A man was reported to have spat in a police constable’s face during an arrest in Saskatoon.  Saskatoon Police arrested the man after responding to a domestic disturbance on July 11. At around 10 p.m., police were called to a report of a domestic disturbance in progress in the 1300 block of Avenue […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Simmons, television’s hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday. He turned 76 on Friday. Simmons died at his home in Los Angeles, his publicist Tom Estey said in […]

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 […]

Legal experts say the federal government has taken an unusual step in trying to take 28-million dollars from Saskatchewan’s bank account for not paying carbon levy money. Rory Gillis, a professor of tax law and federalism at Western University, calls the move drastic, saying it shows a poor relationship between Ottawa and Saskatchewan.  Eric Adams, […]

Saskatchewan has issued a fire ban for provincial lands, parks and the northern administrative district due to hot and dry conditions.  The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says open fires, controlled burns and fireworks are not allowed on those lands or within 4.5 kilometres of the provincial forest boundary.  The agency is also encouraging municipalities to […]

The Assembly of First Nations and the federal government finalized a deal with Ottawa late Wednesday night that will see the federal government spend $47.8 billion to reform child welfare programs over the next 10 years. AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made the announcement on the final day of the AFN’s annual general assembly […]