The Canada Revenue Agency and the union representing some 35-thousand federal workers have struck a tentative deal ending their weekslong strike. Negotiators for the Union of Taxation Employees, an arm of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, came to terms on an agreement that will see them get wage increases totalling 12.6 per cent — […]
Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk singer whose silvery refrains told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported to listeners worldwide, has died at 84. Victoria Lord, the musician’s longtime publicist and a representative for the family, says Lightfoot died at a Toronto hospital on Monday evening. A cause of death was not immediately available. […]
Saskatchewan RCMP say all suspects connected to a fatal assault on a First Nation northwest of Saskatoon are now in custody. Mounties say they have arrested two of the suspects and the third turned himself in last week after Quin Squair was assaulted on April 18 on Saulteaux First Nation, 210 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon. Squair […]
The WestJet Group says it has closed its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines that was first announced in March last year. The company says that, initially, the airlines will continue independent operations. However, WestJet says the two airlines will move from being competitors to collaborators. Stephen Hunter, formerly the CEO of Sunwing Vacations, […]
The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country. The national strike is now over for Treasury Board workers who are now required to return to work at 9 a.m. on Monday or their next scheduled shift. PSAC […]
It is the end of an era at 620 CKRM. Today is the last day of work for Agricultural News Director Jim Smalley. After 50 years in broadcasting, and 40 years at 620 CKRM, Jim is retiring. Jim started in radio in Dryden Ontario in 1973. He eventually found his way home to Saskatchewan and […]
The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 17 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022. Mounties have said Myles Sanderson, who later died in police custody, carried out the attacks. Here are […]
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is a man in a hurry. After waiting nearly 74 years to become king, Charles has used his first six months on the throne to meet faith leaders across the country, reshuffle royal residences, stage his first overseas state visit and hold a sleepover at Windsor Castle that included the coach of the England soccer team. […]
The mayor of La Loche says a student has been arrested after two people were stabbed at the high school, leaving community members shaken and retraumatized. Mayor Georgina Jolibois said a student and a staff member were attacked Thursday at the Dene High School. The two victims were being treated and the suspect was in […]
Opposition NDP legislature member Betty Nippi-Albright says she isn’t surprised the Saskatchewan Party government defeated her bill that aimed to bolster relations with Indigenous people. Nippi-Albright said Thursday the bill would have made for a more robust consulting process with Indigenous groups when the province sells Crown land and changes policies that affect the environment. […]
