Provincial News

Two of Canada’s major railways, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN), are playing catch-up following a labour disruption last month that stalled operations for about four days. Mark Hemmes is the President of Quorum Corporation, which manages the federal government’s grain monitoring program. He says getting caught up is going […]

The demand for the services food banks provide in this province has been continuing to grow. The increases to the cost of living from taxation to fuel to food impact the most vulnerable in Saskatchewan. Regina’s Food Bank sees more than 15,000 people per month, with more than 40 percent of them being children. Saskatoon’s […]

Jagmeet Singh’s top adviser says the NDP leader is not particularly eager to trigger an election, even as the Conservatives challenge him to do just that. Anne McGrath, Singh’s principal secretary, says there will be more volatility in Parliament and the odds of an early election have risen. “I don’t think he is anxious to […]

A potential Air Canada pilots strike is the last thing that Regina International Airport needs. But that prospect looms over the airport this week, as contract talks stall between Air Canada and the pilots union. A strike could happen as soon as this weekend. Regina Airport Authority CEO James Bogusz spoke about what he knew […]

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their case to American voters during a debate in Philadelphia, during which the Democratic vice president and former Republican president laid out different visions for America’s future. Tuesday’s matchup saw Harris push forcefully against the former president on his record, while also prodding at Trump’s crowd sizes and 2020 […]

REGINA – The governing Saskatchewan Party are the first political party to have a full slate in place for the 2024 provincial election. All 61 candidates are now in place for the party following the contested nomination meeting in Moosomin-Montmartre on Tuesday night. That nomination was won by Kevin Needmark, who is the editor, publisher and […]

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… NDP MPs to talk Parliament strategy New Democrat MPs are heading into a second day of meetings in Montreal as they nail down a plan for how to navigate the minority Parliament this fall. Leader Jagmeet Singh signalled […]

A Canadian court has cleared the reorganization plan of Red Lobster that will see the seafood chain exit bankruptcy.  Justice Peter Cavanagh of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on Tuesday granted an order that recognizes and gives force to the plan approved by a U.S. bankruptcy judge last week. The future of the […]

NDP Leader Carla Beck says if her party forms government, it would introduce a number of policies to help those grappling with the cost of housing. Beck is promising new rules on how much landlords can increase rents per year while giving landlords some protection against late or missed rental payments from social service clients. […]

REGINA – This year’s full-scale emergency exercise at Regina International Airport was different compared to previous years. This year the airport prepared for a different threat: drone attacks. The scenario that emergency crews responded to this year was a two-pronged threat dubbed the “Rise of the Drones.”  It consisted of a collision between a drone […]