Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Ottawa extending 2% alcohol tax hike cap for another 2 years
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to extend its cap on an annual alcohol tax increase for another two years in a bid to rein in costs for Canada's brewers, wineries and distilleries. Changes to l...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

Summer air quality alerts will become routine in U.S. without action: UWaterloo study
A new study out of the University of Waterloo is underlining how North American air quality could deteriorate by the end of the century unless efforts are taken to fight climate change. The study, whi...
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Mar 31, 2026

SJHL semi-final matchups set after Yorkton Terriers and Weyburn Red Wings advance
The Yorkton Terriers are moving on. The Terriers advanced to the second round of the SJHL playoffs with a 4–1 win over the Melville Millionaires in Game 6 Monday night, capturing the best-o...
Benny Walchuk Mar 30, 2026

Provincial skills competition hosts hundreds of students in Regina
REGINA — Sparks flew, sawdust scattered and creativity took centre stage as nearly 300 students, apprentices and young professionals gathered in Regina on Friday for the Skills Canada Saska...
Denis Conroy Mar 30, 2026

B.C.-based pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, listed as terrorist entity, is dissolved
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024, has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation,...
Canadian Press Mar 30, 2026

Vancouver-based pro-Palestinian group listed as terrorist entity dissolved in Canada
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024 has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation, Science an...
Canadian Press Mar 30, 2026

Accused B.C. cop killer wants to be found mentally fit for trial, lawyer tells court
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the man accused of killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2022 says he wants to be found mentally fit for trial. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the B....
Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Mar 30, 2026

Man injured on 8th Street; attackers still at large
SASKATOON — A man injured by a bladed weapon was taken to hospital by paramedics Sunday, with his attackers still at large. Saskatoon Police responded to the reported assault early Sunday m...
SaskToday Mar 30, 2026

Independent MLA won't resign while facing charges labelled intimate partner violence
VICTORIA - Independent British Columbia legislator Hon Chan says he is not resigning after his assault charges came to light and he was kicked out of the Conservative caucus. Chan says on Monday while...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Mar 30, 2026

Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Nathan Bekkattla's death
BATTLEFORD — A man facing charges in the death of 55-year-old Nathan George Bekkattla, who was originally charged with second-degree murder, instead pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of mansla...
Angela Brown Mar 30, 2026
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