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The federal government has added 56 properties to a new public lands bank of locations that are suitable for long-term leases so developers can build housing, a move the Housing Minister says will help boost the supply of homes Canadians can afford.  Sean Fraser made the announcement Sunday in Halifax just ahead of a three-day […]

Rail workers pushed back hard Friday against the federal government’s move to get them back on the job, with a new strike notice and a regulatory challenge making it unclear when freight traffic will fully resume. At Canadian National Railway Co., trains began to move again Friday morning as workers started to trickle back to […]

Canada’s High Commissioner to the U-K Ralph Goodale is back in Regina. As a long time MP for Regina Wascana, as well as a former cabinet minister, Goodale says its nice to come back home for a visit. He was speaking to the Canadian Club of Regina in an even live streamed on this web […]

Ottawa is stepping in to get freight trains moving again hours after an unprecedented lockout by the country’s two largest railways brought cross-country freight traffic to a standstill. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said Thursday he will use his Labour Code powers to ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose final, binding arbitration in the […]

Air Canada pilots say they have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate, putting them in a position to walk off the job as early as Sept. 17. The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents more than 5,400 aviators at the country’s largest carrier, says the vote passed by 98 per cent on Thursday. The employees have been negotiating […]

Bargaining between workers and the country’s two largest railways is set to resume Thursday morning after breaking off shortly before midnight — a deadline that left workers locked out by Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City in their first-ever simultaneous work stoppage. Following months of increasingly bitter negotiations, traffic on the freight railways […]

One of the most beloved coaches in the long history of the Saskatchewan Roughriders has died. Ken Miller died Wednesday in Asheville, North Carolina, and had been battling cancer. He was 82. The team announced his passing on social media. Miller was part of some tremendous seasons in Saskatchewan, including the Grey Cup Championship in […]

An impending labour stoppage on Canada’s two national railways has riled industry groups who worry consumers and businesses will be hit hard if goods ranging from grains to french fries to petrochemicals can’t be moved. Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. have already begun a phased shutdown of their networks as […]

MOOSE JAW — A joint investigation by the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has resulted in the arrest of four immigrants who were working here illegally. The MJPS received information recently about an unlicensed paving company working in Moose Jaw. The company was operating under multiple names, including “Hortons […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton will headline the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the third day of the party’s choreographed rollout of a new candidate, Kamala Harris, and her pitch to voters. In a delicate balancing act, Harris and the parade of Democrats speaking on her behalf all week are looking to harness the […]