Category Archives: News
Federal Election Campaign has started. Election Day is Monday April 28th
Its been the worst kept secret in Ottawa for more than a week, after Mark Carney was elected Liberal Leader, and sworn in as prime minister. Mark Carney made the journey to Rideau Hall in Ottawa where...
Mar 23, 2025
Regina police charge man with kidnapping
REGINA - Early Friday morning, a Regina man was arrested by police and charged with kidnapping and several other charges. At approximately 12:30 a.m. the morning of Friday, March 21, Regina Police Ser...
Mar 23, 2025
Early spring can mean big snowfalls
WESTERN PRODUCER - Every year I receive a couple of emails about this topic and hear conversations about it. I'm always surprised that most people do not know that March and April have recorded most o...
Mar 23, 2025
'No Canadian dream': Meet some who want to join a 51st U.S. state
Jordon Kosikowie has been thinking a lot about what would happen if Alberta joined the United States. The 35-year-old works in the oil and gas industry in the Edmonton area and says life has been hard...
Mar 23, 2025
Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs
The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current...
Mar 23, 2025
Carney to call election today as parties kick off campaigns
The leaders vying to become Canada's next prime minister will officially kick off their campaigns today. Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to visit Rideau Hall at about noon today to request that Parl...
Mar 23, 2025
Fire shuts down London's Heathrow Airport, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands
LONDON (AP) - A large fire near London's Heathrow Airport knocked out power Friday to Europe's busiest flight hub, forcing it to shut all day and disrupting global travel for hundreds of tho...
Mar 21, 2025
Smith meets Carney, demands oil policy changes and warns national unity at stake
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that in her first face-to-face meeting with the new prime minister she gave him an earful on wildfires and oil sales and warned him national unity hangs in the bala...
Mar 20, 2025
Transportation Safety Board issues preliminary report on Pearson airport plane crash
A preliminary report into a plane crash at Toronto's Pearson airport last month says the aircraft's alert system indicated a high rate of descent less than three seconds before touchdown. The Transpor...
Mar 20, 2025
PM Mark Carney expected to call federal election on Sunday
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a federal election on Sunday for a vote as early as April 28. Sources would not confirm the specific date of the vote, but federal campaigns must run at ...
Mar 20, 2025