Category Archives: National News

Deportation closer for driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash: lawyer
CALGARY - A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client is one step closer to being deported to India. Lawyer Michael Greene says Immigration, Refugees...
Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press Feb 05, 2026

Economy stalled in November and may have contracted in Q4: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy stalled in November and early estimates suggest a decline in real gross domestic product for the final quarter of 2025. Real GDP growth was flat in November...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Screams in the pharmacy aisle: Sask. woman wins $18M jackpot
ARCOLA - It was a day 55-year-old Cora Cuthbert never imagined would happen, winning $18 million as part of the LOTTO 6/49 Gold Ball jackpot. Cuthbert, who is from Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation, h...
Sask Today Jan 30, 2026 Cora Cuthbert, on the right, claims her $18 million winnings in the LOTTO 6/49 Gold Ball jackpot. Photo by Martin Oldhues

Conservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next elec...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Jan 30, 2026

Trump threatens tariffs, decertification on Canadian-made aircraft
U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made aircraft Thursday, marking the latest escalation of trade tensions between the neighbouring countri...
Kelly Geraldine Malone and Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Carney meeting with Canada's premiers in Ottawa today
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney later today with the renewal of North America's trilateral free trade agreement casting a shadow over the meeting. Canada, the United St...
The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

'Not their story to tell': Broncos families angry over Netflix hockey tragedy series
The story of a small-town hockey team reeling after several of its teenage players are killed in a bus crash would probably seem familiar to Canadians, but Netflix says its new series has nothing to d...
Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press Jan 29, 2026

Premiers meet in Ottawa ahead of CUSMA negotiations with Trump administration
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are set for two days of huddling in the nation's capital with the economy, affordability and trade expected to be high on the agenda. The premiers meet with Prime Minister M...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Jan 28, 2026

Carney says he told Trump he meant what he said in WEF speech, during call on trade
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he told U.S. President Donald Trump he "meant what (he) said" during his speech at the World Economic Forum and it was about responding to a "broader set of is...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Jan 27, 2026

Union, farm groups say cuts at federal agriculture centres will set sector back
The union representing workers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and some farming groups are firing back at Ottawa over abrupt job cuts and closures. The Agriculture Union said Monday the decision t...
Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press Jan 26, 2026
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