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Statistics Canada released its report on stocks of major crops as of July 31st, 2024. It shows total stocks of canola and barley were up compared to the same date a year ago, but stocks of wheat, oats, dry peas, and lentils were down compared to a year prior. Total wheat stocks as of the […]

MOOSE JAW — The Moose Jaw Police Service is not seeing any “red flags” with its latest budget update but is facing some unexpected financial pressures after more officers than expected retired recently. The police service (MJPS) presented a budget update to July 31 during the Board of Police Commissioners’ September meeting. The document showed […]

LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — A massive pipeline fire shooting a towering pillar of flame for hours over suburban Houston on Monday as first responders evacuated a surrounding neighborhood and tried to keep more nearby homes from catching fire. The blaze involving a 20-inch pipeline carrying natural gas liquids must burn itself out, according to […]

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is making some changes to mortgage rules to help more Canadians to purchase their first home. She says the changes will come into force in December and better reflect the housing market. The price cap for insured mortgages will be boosted for the first time since 2012, moving to $1.5 […]

The FBI said former President Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination ” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. Trump was shot during an assassination attempt at a July rally in Pennsylvania, and a bullet grazed his ear. […]

Gunshots were reported in Donald Trump’s vicinity Sunday afternoon. The former president is safe. U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club in Florida while the Republican presidential candidate was golfing. No injuries were reported. Officials say the person fled in an SUV and […]

Travellers, business groups and politicians expressed fervent relief on Sunday after Air Canada and the union representing thousands of its pilots negotiated a new labour deal and averted a disruptive, countrywide shutdown. Canada’s largest air carrier announced shortly after midnight Sunday that it had reached a tentative, four-year collective agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association.  The deal, reached after more than […]

BEARDY’S AND OKEMASIS’ CREE NATION  – RCMP Major Crimes are investigating a suspicious death on Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation. Around 2:20 a.m. Sept. 14, Rosthern RCMP responded to a report of a weapons incident at a residence on the First Nation. They determined a firearm was discharged inside the residence, resulting in a 28-year-old […]

MOOSE JAW — The Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) opened 14 disciplinary files against its officers last year but only imposed remedial action on two members, a new report shows. The Saskatchewan Police Commission (SPC) released its 2023-24 annual report earlier this year, with the document summarizing the organization’s activities and providing data about the […]

The Canadian Grain Commission revoked the licences of Purely Canada Foods on August 27 and has since received claims from unpaid producers against the company. Lonny McKague, Commissioner with the Canadian Grain Commission, says they’ve received a number of inquiries from producers but not a lot of claims yet. He couldn’t provide details of the […]