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Smoke Bringing More Air Quality Warnings to Saskatchewan
PRINCE ALBERT - Environment Canada says smoke is causing or expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility in a large area of Saskatchewan due to northern wildfires. Environment Canada said...
Jul 14, 2025 The red area is under an air quality warning as of 8:15 Monday morning. Screenshot via Environment Canada
Work-from-home starting to look more remote as companies get stricter on office time
It's not just students who will be commuting more this September. After years of experimentation with hybrid work, an increasing number of companies are whittling down days at home to one, or none at ...
Jul 14, 2025 A commuter walks through Union Station in Toronto, April 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Yader Guzman
Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary head back to Earth after private space station mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station's first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary headed back to Earth on Monday, wrapping up a private mission and catching a ride home with ...
Jul 14, 2025 This image provided by NASA and Axiom Space shows a SpaceX capsule undocking from the International Space Station, Monday July 14, 2025, targeting a splashdown in the Pacific, carrying visiting crew Axiom Space's Peggy Whitson, Hungary's Tibor Kapu, India's Shubhanshu Shukla and Poland's Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski. (NASA via AP)
Military says over 1,000 people flown from fire-threatened Manitoba community
The Canadian Armed Forces says it's evacuated over a thousand residents of a northern Manitoba community threatened by a wildfire, while towns and villages in the province are welcoming cooler weather...
Jul 13, 2025 A C-130 Hercules aircraft is seen in Norway House, Man., Tuesday, June 3, 2025 as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force help evacuees. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Police search for group of migrants after vehicle collision near Canada-U.S. border
Police say they are looking for a group of migrants who were inside a vehicle that collided near the Canada-U.S. border in southern Quebec. Authorities were called early Sunday to the scene in Hemming...
Jul 13, 2025
Carney to meet with cabinet, premiers following Trump's latest tariff threat
Prime Minister Mark Carney will be meeting with his cabinet and Canada's premiers to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's new threat to slap 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods next month. The Prim...
Jul 12, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Prime Minister Mark Carney participate in a session of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Quebecers are the happiest in Canada, P.E.I residents least happy, survey finds
A new poll by Leger has found that Quebec residents are the happiest in Canada. The web survey of nearly 40,000 Canadians found that Quebecers rated their happiness at an average of 72.4 out of 100, w...
Jul 12, 2025 People wave flags during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day event in Montreal, Friday, June 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
PM says Ottawa will defend workers and businesses after latest U.S. trade threats
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Canadian government will "steadfastly" defend workers and businesses following the latest trade threats by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a post on social media, C...
Jul 11, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Prime Minister Mark Carney participate in a session of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Canada adds surprise 83,000 jobs in June, driving unemployment rate down to 6.9%
Canada's labour market topped expectations in June amid a surprise surge in hiring. Statistics Canada said Friday that the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 6.9 per cent in Ju...
Jul 11, 2025 Statistics Canada reported June employment figures on Friday. A worker uses an angle grinder on a vessel under construction at Seaspan Shipyards, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, October 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Walk marks 7 years since Ashley Morin vanished in North Battleford
NORTH BATTLEFORD - Family and supporters took to the streets on July 10 to raise awareness that North Battleford woman Ashley Morin is still missing. Morin, then 31, of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, was la...
Jul 10, 2025
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