Canada’s unemployment rate was 5.4 per cent in August, ticking up for the first time in seven months. The economy lost 40,000 jobs last month, Statistics Canada reported in its latest labour force survey, with the losses concentrated in the public sector. The report says employment gains in professional, scientific and technical services were offset […]
A break in the hot weather is coming by the middle of the week, but for today, the “Heat Warning” from Environment and Climate Change Canada remains in effect. Heat Warnings run down the central part of the province from Prince Albert in the north, to Gravelbourg and Assinaboia in the south. Tempoertaures are expected […]
A judge has granted bail for a Saskatoon woman accused of faking her death and that of her son and illegally crossing the border into the United States. Provincial court Judge Lua Gibb said Friday that the 48-year-old woman, who cannot be named due to a publication ban, can be released on $10,000 bail. The […]
Family and friends of an Indigenous woman arrested in the United States say she will have her community’s support upon her return to Canada. Dawn Walker, 48, was to be handed to Canadian authorities Wednesday after spending two weeks in U.S. federal custody. “It’s the best news ever really,” said Kathy Walker, who is Dawn […]
Former students at Saskatoon’s Legacy Christian Academy and two other schools are calling on the Provincial Child Advocate to investigate how the government handled the allegations when they came to light. Saskatchewan’s official opposition and former students of the Christian Centre Academy are calling on teachers who are named in a class action lawsuit to […]
Canada’s inflation rate fell from its near 40-year high of 8.1 per cent in June to 7.6 per cent in July, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The easing was largely attributable to gas prices, which have dropped in recent weeks, but similar relief has not extended to food costs. The latest consumer price index data showed […]
The Government of Saskatchewan announced changes to how Independent Schools in the province will be regulated. The changes come after allegations by former students of the Christian Centre Academy, now called Legacy Christian Academy, which launched a class action lawsuit alleging years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse by staff and leadership at the school […]
A woman accused of faking her own death and that of her son says she left Saskatoon because she feared for their safety. Dawn Marie Walker, 48, is in custody at the Multnomah County detention centre in Oregon. She was arrested Friday in Oregon City by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and charged with […]
The Saskatchewan NDP are calling for some answers from the Minister of Education, and what he knew about the allegations of abuse at Christian Centre Academy, now known as Legacy Christian Academy. As many as two dozen, or more former students have come forward to detail both physical and mental abuse, as well as the […]
After two years of not being able to get to a hot holiday destination in winter, people in and around Regina will be able to take flight this fall. West Jet has announced some some routes are back in service after being shut down during the pandemic. West Jet is bringing back its twice weekly […]
