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Reaction comes in to Court of Appeal ruling on pronouns litigation
Reaction is coming in to a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that a challenge to the province's pronouns-in-schools legislation can continue. The Court of Appeal ruled 4-1 that the Court of King's B...
Aug 13, 2025
Ups and downs for Canada's two major railways during 2024-25 crop year
Canadian National Railway moved a record volume of grain in 2024-25. The company transported 31 million tonnes of grain and processed grain products for the crop year that ended July 31, more than one...
Aug 12, 2025
Court to rule on appeal of challenge to Saskatchewan pronoun law
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is expected to rule today on the province's appeal of a decision to allow a challenge of its school pronoun law. A judge ruled last year that the court challenge could...
Aug 11, 2025 People hold signs while attending a rally against the Saskatchewan government's proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Canada lost 41,000 jobs in July but unemployment rate held steady at 6.9%
The Canadian economy shed some 41,000 jobs in July as young workers and the private sector bore the brunt of the losses, Statistics Canada said Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 per cen...
Aug 08, 2025 A man walks though a downtown Toronto office building with other buildings reflected in a window in this June 11, 2019 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
La Loche residents question aid response after wildfire evacuation to Regina
REGINA - Residents of La Loche are frustrated with their current situation as they're staying in Regina hotels without accommodations being met. On Thursday, a mandatory evacuation order was given to ...
Aug 07, 2025 Several of the wildfire evacuees from La Loche are currently staying at the Delta Hotel in Regina. Photo by Martin Oldhues
Texas Democrats prevent state redistricting by leaving the state
Texas Democrats on Monday prevented their state's House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump to shore up Republic...
Aug 05, 2025 Ann Patterson, of Bee Cave, protests the Republican plan for Congressional redistricting at the Governor's Mansion, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
After unionized Canada Post workers reject 'final offers,' what happens next?
Labour experts say another postal service strike is unlikely after unionized Canada Post workers rejected their employer's latest round of offers in a forced vote and the parties mull their next steps...
Aug 05, 2025 A Canada Post employee prepares to check a street letter box while delivering mail, in White Rock, B.C., on Monday, July 28, 2025. Unionized workers at Canada Post rejected the Crown corporation's latest offers in a forced ratification vote. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
As premiers push for more immigration power, experts call for a fact-based debate
Some premiers say they want to have more local control over the immigration system - but experts say what the system really needs is a national conversation on immigration reform that shores up public...
Aug 04, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during the 2025 summer meetings of Canada’s Premiers at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Canadian Armed Forces airdrop aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Canadian aircraft carried out an airdrop of nearly 10,000 kilograms of aid to Palestinians in Gaza on Monday as Prime Minister Mark Carney warns of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the region. T...
Aug 04, 2025 A member of the Canadian Forces checks a CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ont., on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
RCMP Renews Appeal for Information in Irene Scherban Case as 50th Anniversary Nears
REGINA--As the 50th anniversary of Irene Scherban's disappearance approaches, the Saskatchewan RCMP is renewing its call for information in hopes of finally solving one of the province's longest-stand...
Aug 01, 2025 An image of 16-year-old Irene Scherban, who disappeared in the Hudson Bay Area of Saskatchewan 50 years ago. Photo provided by the Saskatchewan RCMP.
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