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Highway at Craven blocked due to train derailment
CRAVEN - Lumsden RCMP are currently at the scene of a train derailment at Craven. Saskatchewan RCMP say Highway 20 is blocked in both directions as a result of the derailment. Detours will be in place...
May 11, 2025
Look to the bare necessities to keep camping costs down
Camping is all about getting back to the basics, but it's easy to spend a lot on everything you think you might need to get away from it all. To keep costs down, lifelong campers recommend starting sm...
May 10, 2025 A solitary paddler greets the dawn on Twin Rivers Lake in Algonquin Park Saturday June 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill
Economy adds 7,400 jobs in April as unemployment rate rises to 6.9%
The national unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April as the manufacturing sector started to strain under the weight of tariffs from the United States, Statistics Canada said Friday. The C...
May 09, 2025 Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada could lose its measles elimination status if spread lingers, PHAC advisor says
A senior medical advisor with the Public Health Agency of Canada says the country could lose its measles elimination status if the highly contagious disease continues to spread into the fall. Dr. Mari...
May 09, 2025 Public health nurse Lauri Bidinot demonstrates how to give a measles shot to a young girl at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont. on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Geoff Robins
The First Pope from America: Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV, the American Robert Prevost, said "Peace be with you" in his first words as pope, offering a message of peace and dialogue "without fear." From the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, histor...
May 08, 2025 Pope Leo XIV emerges onto the balcony overlooking St Peter's Square at the Vatican, after being proclaimed as Pope. Photo Courtesy of the Vatican's Social Media Feed.
White Smoke Billows from the Sistine Chapel
White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals part...
May 08, 2025 Cardinals attend the first day of the conclave to elect the successor of late Pope Francis inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)
Carney, Canada's premiers to meet in Saskatchewan next month
Canada's premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet in Saskatoon on June 2 to discuss ways to work together to make the country stronger. In a social media post, Carney said that in the face of...
May 08, 2025 President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney
Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney. That indicates no pope was elected on second or third ballots of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The smoke b...
May 08, 2025 Cardinals attend the first day of the conclave to elect the successor of late Pope Francis inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)
Carney says there's 'more work to do' after his meeting with Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney held a phone call with premiers Wednesday afternoon to brief them following his apparently successful first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The virtual briefing wi...
May 07, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump engage in a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Regina MP Andrew Scheer Will Lead the Conservatives in the House of Commons, For Now
REGINA-- Regina Qu'Appelle MP Andrew Scheer has been picked to be the interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, after Pierre Poilievre lost his seat on election night. Yesterday, members of ...
May 07, 2025 Conservative MP-Elect Andrew Scheer arrives on Parliament Hill for a meeting of the Conservative caucus following the federal election, in Ottawa, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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