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$20M for class complexity added to Sask. teachers’ collective agreement
Twenty million dollars to address class complexity - the number of students in each class who require additional help beyond what teachers normally provide - has been added to the provincial collectiv...
Mar 4, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Ottawa pauses preventive health care task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations
TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for wome...
Mar 4, 2025
Canadians say they will stop buying U.S. products as Trump’s tariffs take effect
HALIFAX - Canadians say they are ready to use their wallets to fight the trade war with the United States, which began today as President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods. Ha...
Mar 4, 2025
Minister says he hopes Metis boarding school settlement will help the community heal
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he hopes a federal settlement with Mtis who attended a boarding school in Saskatchewan will help them heal. The le--la-Crosse boar...
Mar 4, 2025
Trudeau says he and the new Liberal leader will decide on his last day in office
OTTAWA - With the Liberal party set to announce its new leader within days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his last day in office will be determined by himself and his replacement. Responding to q...
Mar 4, 2025
La Ronge fire dept. rescues owl bullied by crows
One owl has been saved from bullying from birds of a different feather thanks to an alert member of the La Ronge Fire Department. The department noticed the injured owl in its parking lot this morning...
Mar 4, 2025
Saskatchewan braces for trade war as U.S. tariffs take effect
U.S. President Donald Trump imposed his long-threatened tariffs at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, adding a 25 per cent levy to Canadian and Mexican imports, along with a lower 10 per cent tariff applied to Ca...
Mar 4, 2025
U.S. tariffs set to slow pace of homebuilding in Canada: CHBA
OTTAWA - Canada's building industry says a trade war with the United States will slow down the pace of home construction. Canadian Home Builders' Association CEO Kevin Lee says the U.S. tariffs levied...
Mar 4, 2025
As Trump's trade war begins, his team links his tariff agenda to drug trafficking
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers and senior advisers in Washington are scrambling to react after U.S. President Donald Trump's economywide tariffs on Canada and Mexico came into force. Key members of Trump's te...
Mar 4, 2025
S&P/TSX composite drops nearly 500 points, U.S. stocks also fall as tariffs start
TORONTO - Canada's main stock index fell nearly 500 points in early trading, while U.S. stock markets also tumbled, adding to their losses Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed tariffs on...
Mar 4, 2025