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Evacuees step up for shelter pets amid wildfire chaos
The decisions can be overwhelming for a person forced to evacuate due to a wildfire. What documents to pack? What family keepsakes to take? Where to go?This week, dozens of people in the Flin Flon and...
May 30, 2025
Riders resting many starters in second CFL preseason game
Plenty of new faces will get a chance to show what they can do in the Saskatchewan Roughriders' second preseason game.The CFL club is sitting a number of the presumed starters for the game against the...
May 30, 2025
Quebec private security law doesn't apply to firms working in federal areas: court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Quebec law governing private security activities does not apply to two firms involved in work that falls under federal responsibility. In a unanimous judgme...
May 30, 2025
Quebec tables bill to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers on sale of goods
QUBEC - Quebec is moving to lower interprovincial trade barriers, with some exceptions. Minister for the Economy Christopher Skeete has tabled a bill to remove all restrictions on the use and sale of ...
May 30, 2025
'Mature' Oilers poised for Cup final rematch with battle-tested Panthers
DALLAS - The Oilers were crestfallen. Heads sank into hands. Tears flowed from reddened eyes. Edmonton's bloodied and bearded roster had given everything in the Stanley Cup final. The gutsy, backs-aga...
May 30, 2025
Wildfire in Peace River, B.C., quadruples in size after evacuation order
DAWSON CREEK - A wildfire in northeastern British Columbia that prompted an evacuation order on Thursday has quadrupled in size. The BC Wildfire Service is reporting that the blaze in the Peace River ...
May 30, 2025
Air quality advisory issued for Central Saskatchewan
The wind has shifted. Smoke from the wildfires in the north is now blowing into more south and eastern areas of the province. Echoing the warning issued by Environment Canada, the Northern Inter-Triba...
May 30, 2025
Indigenous leaders again left out of first ministers meeting as tensions grow
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is warning the provinces and Ottawa it "may not end well" if they make decisions about major infrastructure projects at the upcoming first ...
May 30, 2025
Creighton residents warned by Town to leave immediately
A terse warning from the Town of Creighton as wildfires plague the region. "Anyone who does not need to be here in Town needs to leave NOW," the Town of Creighton posted on their social media page. "W...
May 30, 2025
Gagnon, Reaugh named to Hockey Hall of Fame media wing
TORONTO - Franois Gagnon and Daryl Reaugh are this year's inductees into the media wing of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Gagnon will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for excellence in hockey journ...
May 30, 2025