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In the news today: Talks with Air Canada resume, union says
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Talks with Air Canada resume, union says There's hope today that a deal to end a strike by Air Canada's flight...
Aug 19, 2025

Canadian defence firm to make ballistic steel through Swedish partnership
OTTAWA - Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel is partnering with a Swedish steel company so it can produce ballistic-protection steel domestically for the first time. Roshel, which makes armoured vehi...
Aug 19, 2025

'Part of me is gone': Abrupt end for Fraser Downs track a blow to B.C. horse racing
Kristina Rennich started working as a groom at the Fraser Downs racetrack, formerly known as Cloverdale Raceway, when she decided to turn her passion for horses into a career at the age of 12. Rennich...
Aug 19, 2025

Poilievre's byelection win sets the table for his return to Parliament this fall
OTTAWA - After a summer of rodeos, dinosaurs and door-knocking, Pierre Poilievre is now officially heading back to Ottawa as a Conservative member of Parliament for Alberta. The Tory leader will repre...
Aug 19, 2025

Talks resume with Air Canada, flight attendants union says, after airline reached out
There's hope today a deal to end a strike by Air Canada's flight attendants could be reached at the bargaining table, following word from their union that both sides met for meetings last night. On Mo...
Aug 19, 2025

Low on clothes, insulin and options, travellers' woes continue amid Air Canada strike
John and Lois Alderman said they felt like "prisoners," stranded in Toronto as they waited with their children for a flight back home to Manchester, U.K.The couple said they were hesitant to go sights...
Aug 18, 2025

MacAngus steps down from city council; by-election to follow
Ross MacAngus tendered his resignation from North Battleford city council during Monday night's meeting citing personal reasons, and his fellow council members voted to accept it.MacAngus, who was ele...
Aug 18, 2025

Trump says he has begun arrangements for face-to-face meeting between Putin and Ukraine's Zelenskyy
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he has begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia's invasion of Ukrai...
Aug 18, 2025

WATCH: Engines of the past roll through North Battleford
The hiss of steam and the rumble of iron filled the air at the Western Development Museum (WDM)'s Heritage Farm and Village in North Battleford on Aug. 16 and 17, as history rolled to life during the ...
Aug 18, 2025

Denare Beach residents call on Premier Scott Moe to visit wildfire-stricken community
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck and residents of Denare Beach are calling for Premier Scott Moe to visit their community and provide further assistance. The request was made during a press conferen...
Aug 18, 2025