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Importers say a new online portal for collecting taxes on goods shipped into Canada is creating headaches ahead of its rollout this week, with potential implications for consumers. On Monday, the federal government’s digital platform for paying duties is set to come online in an effort to streamline the old, paper-based process that customs officials […]

British Columbia is waking to a reshaped political landscape but no clear winner of a provincial election marked by the rise of the B.C. Conservatives from the political fringe to centre stage. Neither the Conservatives, led by John Rustad, nor the incumbent NDP of Premier David Eby reached the 47 seats needed to form a […]

WHITECAP—The Dakota Dunes Casino will soon have an additional 12,000 square feet of gaming, food, and beverage space, including a new high-limit table game area, on its existing property in Dakota Dunes Way. Representatives from the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority, Whitecap Dakota First Nation, and the Saskatoon Tribal Council participated in the sod-turning ceremony on Friday, […]

REGINA – The hot topics in education were up for discussion at an all-candidates forum for Regina Public School board candidates on Friday night. The event at the Artesian was put on by the Regina Public Schools’ Teachers Association, and invites were sent to all candidates running in the seven subdivisions. In the end only […]

BIENFAIT – A section of Highway 39 in southeast Saskatchewan is closed Sunday morning due to an accident. According to the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure’s Highway Hotline, the incident occurred near the Bienfait Mine Access Road, which is east of the junction of Highways 39 and 18. All lanes were closed. Drivers were asked […]

On Thursday the RCMP issued a provincewide “Amber Alert”, and just over 30 minutes later police were able to report a successful resolution. The Alert was issued just after five o’clock reporting a five day old baby had been abducted from the health centre in Montreal Lake just after one in the afternoon. Before six […]

REGINA — Thousands of people in Regina are attending Career Fair Canada at the Queensbury Convention Centre on Wednesday. The fair sees major job corporations, including the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Suncrest College and the Ontario Provincial Police, looking to hire new applicants through representatives of the companies. Terry Buhay, media consultant at Career Fair Canada, […]

A Saskatchewan man driving a tractor has died after a collision near the province’s boundary with Manitoba that caused several train cars to derail. RCMP say they responded to the scene at a rail crossing north of Gerald, Sask., a village 250 kilometres east of Regina, where several train cars went off the tracks.  Mounties say no […]

September was warmer than normal and not a lot of rain fell except in the west-central and southwest areas of Saskatchewan. The monthly weather stats from Environment Canada show much of September was above average for temperatures. Danielle Desjardins, a Meteorologist at the national weather office, says all weather stations were in the top 5 […]

More than 200 Air India passengers have landed in Chicago after a bomb threat forced their flight to be diverted to Nunavut. The airline issued an update overnight via social media, thanking the Royal Canadian Air Force for helping ferry the 211passengers of Flight 127 from India to their final destination. Since Iqaluit was not equipped […]