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Hail? Yes! Researchers chase storms, study fist-sized stones in Alberta's 'Hailstorm Alley'
CALGARY - Julian Brimelow holds up a replica of the mother of all hailstones - a lumpy white blob as big as your fist carrying the weight of two baseballs with the power to pulverize fields of corn in...
Jul 22, 2025 Julian Brimelow, executive director of the Northern Hail Project, displays a 3D replica of a near record hailstone collected in 2022, at the Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland
Crime severity index dropped four per cent last year, Statistics Canada says
The national statistics agency says the volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada decreased four per cent last year, after three annual increases in a row. Statistics Canada says non-viol...
Jul 22, 2025 A Statistics Canada sign is shown in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trump thinks Canadians 'nasty' for avoiding U.S. travel, banning booze: ambassador
Canadians avoiding travel to the United States and banning American alcohol are among the reasons U.S. President Donald Trump thinks the country is "nasty" to deal with, the U.S. ambassador to Canada ...
Jul 22, 2025 U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra delivers his speech during a Fourth of July party at Lornado, the residence of the ambassador from the United States, in Ottawa, Friday, July 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Regina, Saskatoon see air quality warnings as wildfire smoke blankets Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's two largest cities are among the many communities across the province affected by air quality warnings today. Environment Canada says much of the province is currently dealing with poor...
Jul 22, 2025 Two people stand as the South Saskatchewan River is enveloped by forest fire smoke in Saskatoon, on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Saskatchewan public safety officials say they are anticipating an average wildfire season with a cooler spring and hotter summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Trade war to dominate meeting with premiers, prime minister
The growing trade war with the United States will be top of the agenda when Canada's premiers meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney today. The premiers say they want to hear more about Carney's plans t...
Jul 22, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre, welcomes the premiers as they pose for a portrait during the 2025 summer meeting of Canada’s premiers at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., on Monday, July 21, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Conservative MPs publicly support 'Freedom Convoy' organizers ahead of sentencing
Several Conservative MPs are criticizing the Crown's approach to prosecuting two key organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" protests, with the party's deputy leader calling it an act of "political vengean...
Jul 21, 2025
Optimism about future for potash, critical minerals in Saskatchewan
BELLE PLAINE - Optimism was the key word at an event last week highlighting the potential economic growth from potash and critical minerals in Aaskarchesan. On Wednesday Minister of Energy and Resourc...
Jul 21, 2025 Minister of Energy and Resources Colleen Young was at Mosaic’s Belle Plaine mine last Wednesday. John Cairns
Premiers to meet with Indigenous groups on first day of three-day Ontario gathering
A three-day meeting of the country's premiers gets underway today, and the first item on the agenda is discussions with Indigenous groups. The premiers are gathering at Deerhurst Resort in Ontario's c...
Jul 21, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks to media following the first ministers' meeting in Saskatoon, on Monday, June 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
"We will rebuild," says Unity Ag Society after loss of Agro-Plex
UNITY - It has been six months since a fire broke out in the Unity Agro-Plex, leaving a massive hole in the roof, and the community. The Jan. 19 fire was caused by a malfunction in one of the overhead...
Jul 20, 2025 On the early morning of May 24, the Agro-Plex in Unity saw dawn one last time. Courtesy of Janice Leeson
Prince Albert National Park wildfire alert re-issued
PRINCE ALBERT NATIONAL PARK - After first issuing a wildfire emergency alert on July 13, Parks Canada has re-issued its alert for Prince Albert National Park. Due to the Buhl wildfire that has potenti...
Jul 20, 2025 The Buhl wildfire is currently 31 km from the townsite of Waskesiu. Google Earth
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