More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country’s biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline. Federal departments and agencies have released a list of services that may be disrupted now that workers are on strike. Here’s an updated list of what […]
The country’s largest federal public service union says if a deal isn’t reached with the federal government by 9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, it will launch a strike the next day. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says some 155,000 employees are prepared to walk off the job beginning Wednesday, including 35,000 workers from the […]
Onion Lake Cree Nation is suing the Saskatchewan government over autonomy legislation meant to reassert the province’s control over natural resources. The First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, filed its statement of claim in Court of Kings Bench in Saskatoon this week, saying the legislation infringes on treaty rights. The First Nation is arguing the bill was enacted without input, consultation […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped by the Queen City to highlight his federal government’s Grocery Rebate, but he also addressed issues top of mind for Saskatchewan and Regina residents. One was the future of the RCMP Depot in Regina, which Trudeau called a “Canadian institution” but fell short of committing to keeping the Mountie training […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will be touching down in Saskatchewan today. Trudeau will be in the Queen City – while Singh will be spending his day in Saskatoon. Trudeau’s stop is part of visits being conducted coast to coast by the PM to sell the newly tabled budget – while […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs last week. Lametti told the meeting he would commit to “looking at” federal-provincial natural resource transfer agreements, after some chiefs called for Ottawa to repeal […]
The Bank of Canada announced today that it will continue to hold its key interest rate steady at 4.5 per cent, as was widely anticipated by economists. The central bank says recent data is reinforcing its confidence that inflation will continue to fall in the coming months. Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 5.2 per […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four people were killed and eight others hospitalized in a shooting at a bank building Monday morning in downtown Louisville, police said. The suspected shooter was also dead, Louisville Metro Police Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey told a news conference. Witnesses who left the building told Louisville station WHAS-TV they heard gunfire […]
The Saskatchewan legislative assembly passed new firearms legislation today that aims to put roadblocks in place when Ottawa starts a program to buy back banned guns. The legislation passed unanimously in assembly, receiving support from Saskatchewan Party government and Opposition NDP members. The bill requires RCMP, policing bodies or other agents to receive a licence […]
Church bells are to ring today in Humboldt at the same time as the deadly bus crash brought unimaginable tragedy to the small Saskatchewan city five years ago. The bells at St. Augustine Church are to toll 29 times — one for each person who was on the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos on April […]
