News

Provinces ask Ottawa for indefinite pause on expansion of assisted dying eligibility

Provinces ask Ottawa for indefinite pause on expansion of assisted dying eligibility

Jan 30, 2024 | 8:12am
Most of the provinces and territories have signed a letter asking the federal government to indefinitely pause its plans to expand eligibility for assisted dying.  A parliamentary committee reported Monday that the health system is not ready for the assisted dying regime to include people whose only condition is a mental illness. That expansion was […]
Jury begins deliberation at inquest into mass stabbing on Saskatchewan First Nation

Jury begins deliberation at inquest into mass stabbing on Saskatchewan First Nation

Jan 30, 2024 | 5:38am
Jurors at a coroner’s inquest into a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation have begun deliberating recommendations to help prevent similar deaths in the future. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and nearby village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, on Sept. 4, 2022. He died in police […]
‘He didn’t stand out’: Saskatchewan prison elders tell inquest about mass killer

‘He didn’t stand out’: Saskatchewan prison elders tell inquest about mass killer

Jan 29, 2024 | 3:23pm
Myles Sanderson was quiet and unremarkable in the time he spent behind bars before he went on a stabbing rampage, Indigenous elders working in a Saskatchewan prison told a coroner’s inquest Monday. Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby community of Weldon, northeast of […]
Teachers to launch one day, rotating strikes to try and get government to negotiate

Teachers to launch one day, rotating strikes to try and get government to negotiate

Jan 29, 2024 | 1:25pm
The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation is announcing its next steps in its labour dispute with the provincial government. STF President Samantha Becotte says teachers will stage one day, rotating strikes starting Thursday February 1st. That means specific districts will be targeted, not the entire province. Teachers will strike at all schools in Holy Trinity, Prairie South, […]
Red Light Cameras in Regina Will Be watching for “right turns”.

Red Light Cameras in Regina Will Be watching for “right turns”.

Jan 29, 2024 | 10:50am
The City of Regina is announcing its “Red Light” cameras in the city will be looking for more than people who “run the red”. The cameras will also be looking for drivers who fail to make a complete stop, before turning right on a red light. “Through the expansion of the Red Light Safety Program, […]
Coroner’s inquest into mass stabbing begins final week

Coroner’s inquest into mass stabbing begins final week

Jan 29, 2024 | 10:27am
A coroner’s inquest into a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation is expected to hear today from elders and the Parole Board of Canada. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and wounded 17 on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby community of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, on Sept. 4, 2022. The 32-year-old […]
Parliament returns with Liberals focused on Ukraine, Tories trained on carbon price

Parliament returns with Liberals focused on Ukraine, Tories trained on carbon price

Jan 29, 2024 | 9:21am
The Liberals intend to move quickly to get a Ukraine free-trade bill back up for debate and pressure the Conservatives to support it as MPs return to the House of Commons today following the Christmas break. The legislation to implement an updated free-trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine became unexpected political fodder in the fall when the Conservatives voted […]
King Charles III has been discharged from a London hospital after a prostate procedure

King Charles III has been discharged from a London hospital after a prostate procedure

Jan 29, 2024 | 9:15am
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III on Monday was discharged from a private London clinic after undergoing a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate. The 75-year-old monarch was admitted to the London Clinic, where the Princess of Wales, his daughter-in-law, also recently had abdominal surgery. Charles, who ascended the throne 16 months ago, was diagnosed with the benign […]
Teachers May Announce Next Steps in Dispute with Sask Government

Teachers May Announce Next Steps in Dispute with Sask Government

Jan 29, 2024 | 9:11am
The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation may lay out its next moves in its on-going labour dispute with the provincial government. So far, teachers across the province have staged two one day strikes. The main issue is classroom size and complexity. The STF believes this needs to be bargained with the provincial government. The Sask Party government […]
Judge finds Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover guilty of manslaughter

Judge finds Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover guilty of manslaughter

Jan 26, 2024 | 8:11am
Family and friends of a Saskatchewan man who was shot to death by his lover gasped and cried after a judge found the Mountie guilty of manslaughter. Bernie Herman, 55, had pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related. Court of King’s Bench Justice Gary Meschishnick […]

Recently Played

Loading playlist…