A day after announcing the arbiter's decision to allow class complexity in the Provincial Collective Bargaining Agreement, Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation said she and her members are still digesting the news. "We're definitely pretty excited about it. I mean, there's still a l...

Big questions about North Battleford's future could be answered next week as Mayor Kelly Hawtin delivers her State of the City Address on March 12 at the Dekker Centre.Business leaders are eager to hear the city's plans for economic growth, investment, and public safety.Glenda Rye, Chair of the Battlefords and District...

It was packed stands on Tuesday night at John Paul II (JPII) Collegiate as the JPII Crusaders Senior girls basketball team took on the McLurg Broncos, but it wasn't the game that was the highlight of the night. It was the $20,000 cheque presented after the game to the Battlefords Healthcare Foundation, as it was the JP...

After receiving a referral from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children on February 12, 2025, the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit began an investigation around child pornography being sold on a social media platform.The investigation lead by the North Battleford General Investigation ...

Saskatchewan's premier unveiled the province's response to tariffs from the United States on Wednesday afternoon.The tariffs went into effect on Tuesday, adding a 25 per cent tax on Canadian goods imported by the U.S.A., with a lower, 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a suit...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it's seen an increase in complaints about items mislabelled as products of Canada or missing information about their country of origin.The federal organization enforcing labelling standards on food products says the rash of complaints have come in the last few months, when Canad...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...Trump tells Congress tariffs benefit U.S. as commerce secretary floats idea of dealU.S. President Donald Trump has launched a North American trade war but a key member of his team floated that a compromise could materialize today. ...

Saskatchewan brewers are raising a glass to local support - and bracing for a financial hangover - as new U.S. tariffs threaten to drive up costs for the industry.A 25 per cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods, along with a 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, took effect at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday."Tariffs, 25 ...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has called a meeting of his cabinet for Wednesday to consider the provincial government's reaction to the U.S. tariffs imposed on Tuesday.Moe said in a social media post that U.S. President Donald Trump "was simply wrong" when he says that Canada has nothing the U.S. needs, addi...

The Don Allen Saskaloppet attracted 317 skiers from across Saskatchewan. The annual event was held Feb. 28 and March 1, and it usually attracts around 200 skiers. Organizers of the competition, which ranges from two kilometers to 75 km, believe ideal weather conditions led to the high turnout. According to Environment ...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly's office confirms she has briefed Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney on President Donald Trump's tariffs days ahead of Sunday's leadership vote this week. Carney is the presumed front-runner for the party's leadership and could become prime minister as early a...

WINNIPEG - The interim leader of Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives has apologized to the families of two slain First Nations women for declining to search a landfill for their remains. Wayne Ewasko made the apology in the house to the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, following last week's discovery of p...

OTTAWA - Police say they have made more than 100 arrests and laid more than 300 charges in a major national child exploitation operation. Representatives of the RCMP and other police forces provided an update today on a project aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse. RCMP Insp. Matthieu Girard told a news confe...

The federal government says it's moving ahead with a plan to designate the entire class of so-called forever chemicals as toxic and expects to begin consultations in two years on further regulating their use in cosmetics, food packaging and other consumer products. The government released its phased approach to tacklin...

MONTREAL - The head of a business group says Quebec's Beauce region is in a "state of shock" following U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs on Canadian imports. Hélène Latulippe of the Conseil économique de Beauce says the region has more than 500 manufacturing companies, s...

MONTREAL - The weak Canadian dollar and the trade war with the United States is expected to boost Quebec's tourism economy this year. A major tourism association says it calculated that Quebecers who choose to vacation in the province instead of the United States will spend $1.5 billion in 2025. Sébastien Benedi...

WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald Trump's authority to fire the special counsel. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia sided with the Trump administration in allowing the immediate r...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution. Ivey said Myers, 63, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibili...

PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he will confer with European allies on the idea of using France's nuclear deterrent to protect the continent in the face of threats from Russia. France is the only nuclear power in the European Union. Macron, in a televised address to the nation, described Ru...

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that U.S. officials have had "ongoing talks and discussions" with Hamas officials. Confirmation of the talks in the Qatari capital of Doha come as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire remains in the balance. Leavitt declined to provide detail...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to drop an emergency abortion case in Idaho in one of its first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump began his second term. The Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was originally filed by the Biden administration, in a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County said Wednesday that it's suing Southern California Edison, alleging the utility's equipment sparked January's Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 9,400 structures and killed 17 people in the Altadena area. The lawsuit seeks to recover costs and damages sustained from the blaze th...