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Canada's 'exceptional' drought hints at future climate, need for action: experts
Canada must prepare for more seasons marked by severe drought, experts say as this summer's bone-dry conditions tormented farmers, strained municipal water supply and fuelled one of the worst wildfire...
Aug 20, 2025

Team Sask shines on opening day of week two at 2025 Canada Summer Games
Team Saskatchewan is off to a flying start in week two of the 2025 Canada Summer Games, claiming four medals on Tuesday, including a thrilling gold-silver finish in diving and two podium spots in shot...
Aug 20, 2025

Industrial space in North Battleford cleared for partial church use
A North Battleford church will soon have more space to gather after city council approved plans to convert part of an industrial building into a place of worship.At Monday's meeting, councillors backe...
Aug 20, 2025

Canada seeks meeting to address China's WTO complaint over steel tariffs
OTTAWA - Canada is defending its steel tariffs against China after Beijing lodged a complaint last week at the World Trade Organization. Beijing is taking issue with Canada's 25 per cent surtax on imp...
Aug 20, 2025

Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government's request to unseal grand jury transcripts...
Aug 20, 2025

Joly: Visits to Saab, Lockheed 'normal' part of her job amid F-35 review
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mlanie Joly says Canadians shouldn't read too much into her visit to a Swedish defence manufacturer that comes right in the middle of a major government review of the F-35 f...
Aug 20, 2025

Saskatchewan Energy Minister highlights uranium growth during McClean Lake site visit
Saskatchewan's uranium industry marked another milestone this week as Energy and Resources Minister Colleen Young toured the recently restarted McClean Lake uranium mine and mill, a joint venture betw...
Aug 20, 2025

Police investigating after body found on roof of hospital in Montreal suburb
MONTREAL - Police in Montreal's northern suburb are investigating after a man in his 40s was found dead on the roof of a hospital on Tuesday. Sgt. Laurent Arsenault with police in Laval, Que., says of...
Aug 20, 2025

Trump slaps sanctions on Canadian International Criminal Court judge
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration slapped a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court with sanctions as the U.S. State Department continues to push back on the tribunal. The State Departm...
Aug 20, 2025

Hodgson 'hopeful' first batch of major projects announcements to start in fall
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says he's "hopeful" that the government will start announcing major infrastructure project approvals in the fall. In an interview with The Canadian Pres...
Aug 20, 2025