CBC - Canada (44 minutes ago)
Ruthann Quequish of Kingfisher Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario died at home from diabetes complications in 2017 after seeking the help of her community's nursing station. The 31-year-old's family believes her death was preventable. An inquest that begins Monday is set to examine issues in providing health care in remote communities.
ReadCBC - Canada (44 minutes ago)
After the daughter of beloved Canadian author Alice Munro spoke to the Toronto Star about her abuse at the hands of her stepfather, it was also revealed that Munro's biographer intentionally kept that information out of his book. That has some biographers re-examining the purpose of their genre.
ReadCBC - Canada (44 minutes ago)
Kathy Skinner says that when she started nursing in the late 1950s, there were few career options for women. At 86, the Wallaceburg resident is retiring after working in Ontario and the U.S., and is taking memories of keeping things light on the job with her.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
A new $10.5 million water treatment plant now provides clean drinking water to 112 homes in the area.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan tops StatsCan crime severity list for 25th year in a row
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
A final decision on whether an SMR will be built in the province is not expected until 2029. If approved, construction could begin as early as 2030, with the first SMR in Saskatchewan becoming operational as soon as 2034. CBC Saskatchewan reporter Alexander Quon explains why the province is looking to set one up in the first place.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
Prince Albert is grieving the loss of a local icon after police identified a homicide victim found Monday afternoon as 52-year-old Trevor LaPlante.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
Alex Alexidze admitted to stealing $150,000 through the province's income support program.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
A wildfire that roared into the community of Jasper, Alta., late Wednesday, incinerating vast stretches of the townsite, has grown to 36,000 hectares.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
The Saskatchewan Roughriders dropped to 5-2 on Thursday after losing the battle of the CFL's division leaders. The Riders went into the break with a 16-3 lead over the Montreal Alouettes, but gave up 17 unanswered points to lose the game 20-16.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
There are 15 athletes with ties to Saskatchewan competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This guide shows you when to tune in.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
The Saskatoon Berries invited seven-year-old Madison Vanden Dungen to sell lemonade at their Western Canadian Baseball League game Thursday night after learning about the robbery of her lemonade stand on Monday. Police say two teenage boys are facing charges after drink cups were thrown, the counter trashed and her money stolen.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
Nine-year-old Laura Omeke was heartbroken when she returned from vacation to realize that both of her bikes had been stolen while she was gone.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
Fans gathered outside the Kramer Imax Theatre in Regina on Thursday afternoon to honour a hometown superhero with a knack for one-liners, kicking butt and getting into trouble — not necessarily in that order.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
The province has pledged $2 million for Food Banks of Saskatchewan to help with supplies at a time when the non-profits are reporting an acute shortage.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
CBC Saskatchewan will be following athletes' ambitions through the 2024 Olympic Games. Follow along here for interviews and stories on athletes with connections to Saskatchewan.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
Carissa Norsten only started playing rugby in Warman, Sask., about five years ago. Now the 20-year-old Waldheim native is one of 12 players in Paris with Canada's rugby seven's team for the 2024 Olympics.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
The annual Statistics Canada crime severity index report puts the Saskatoon CMA eighth among 41 cities. That's a slight improvement from the previous year.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (45 minutes ago)
The Government of Saskatchewan held a water safety awareness event at Echo Valley Provincial Park near Fort Qu'Appelle on Friday afternoon, just in time for a weekend sure to find many campers and day visitors at the beach.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (45 minutes ago)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will take all federal dollars out of programs and facilities that use prescribed drug alternatives in perhaps his strongest commitment yet to roll back a Liberal drug program he claims is fuelling "chaos" on the country's streets.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (45 minutes ago)
As Canada's premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated since they returned home.
ReadCTV - Edmonton (53 minutes ago)
During a tour of the town with Mayor Richard Ireland, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and other dignitaries on Friday, the indiscriminate nature of the wildfires could be seen everywhere, with Jasper National Park's glorious mountain peaks overlooking the devastation.
ReadCTV - Vancouver (54 minutes ago)
The lawyer for a former judge whose claims to be Cree were questioned in a CBC investigation says his client is not considering legal action against the broadcaster after the Law Society of British Columbia this week backed her claims of Indigenous heritage.
ReadCTV - Saskatoon (54 minutes ago)
Cpl. Owen Third has been working in the Livestock Investigation's Unit at the Saskatchewan RCMP detachment as the lead investigator for the last two years.
ReadCTV - Saskatoon (54 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan's provincial crime rate ranked worst in the country for a 25th straight year in 2023, according to the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.
ReadCTV - Saskatoon (54 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has denied a political group that opposes so-called "gender ideology” intervener status in a legal dispute over the province's controversial pronoun law.
ReadOttawa Citizen - Local (56 minutes ago)
With next week off and 13 days before they play again, the Ottawa Redblacks are entering their second bye on a high. The “Bank St. Bullies” turned in their most complete performance of the season Friday night, throttling the Calgary Stampeders 33-6 before 17,267 fans at TD Place. In their most decisive victory since they […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (56 minutes ago)
As a result of starting to train for marathon running in the mid-1990s, I also became interested in promoting healthy, active living in children and adolescents. Our habits are often established at a young age, but we are entering a chapter in our culture where it is becoming increasingly difficult to start and maintain a […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (56 minutes ago)
By Deepa Bharath MESCALERO, New Mexico (AP) — Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being Apache and being Catholic. To her, and many others in the Mescalero Apache tribe in New Mexico who are members of St. Joseph Apache Mission, their Indigenous culture had always been intertwined with faith. Both […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (56 minutes ago)
The Winnipeg Jets have defenceman Simon Lundmark on a one-year, two-way contract extension, the NHL club announced Friday. The contract has an average annual value of US$775,000 at the NHL level. The 23-year-old from Stockholm had 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in 67 games for the American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose last season. Winnipeg...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (56 minutes ago)
By Matthew Lee VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — The United States and China on Saturday renewed their mutual grievances as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Chinese counterpart held their sixth meeting since last year amid an uncertain political situation in the U.S. and growing concerns about China’s increasing assertiveness in Asia and...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (56 minutes ago)
SIOUX FALLS, SD – The Sioux Falls Canaries (38-27) defeated the Winnipeg Goldeyes 3-1 at Sioux Falls Stadium Friday evening. The Canaries jumped out to a 2-0 first inning lead. First, shortstop Jordan Barth singled to left-centre field to bring home third baseman Liam Spence. Barth then scored on a Jabari Henry fielder's choice. Winnipeg […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (56 minutes ago)
By Jim Heintz TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Watching the Paris Olympics will be difficult for most people in Russia — and in the view of its media, it’s not really worth the effort. Only 15 Russian citizens will be competing in the Games and, in principle, they won’t be representing Russia. Because Russia and neighboring […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (56 minutes ago)
By Will Graves It still happens to Simone Biles. Even now, after two Olympics, six world championships, and a decade-plus in the spotlight. The most decorated gymnast of all time and the face of the U.S. Olympic movement will be chatting with someone when her age comes up. “They’re like ‘Oh my god, you’re so […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 hours ago)
One man is in custody following a stabbing in Rexdale. Police say there was an argument between two men at an apartment building on Kendleton Drive near Albion Road and Kipling Avenue just after midnight. One of the men was then stabbed. He was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition. Investigators say the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 hours ago)
NO SHOW: Saturday is your last chance to see this amazing group show from artist-run centre Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists with the aim of building community resilience. "Exhibitions are called shows,” explains participating artist Justin Jenkins, "and the parallel between the concept of a No Show — not showing up, being missing —...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
Are you concerned about gang crime in Edmonton? Vote in our daily poll! I am puzzled that the location for evacuees to get to in Edmonton is in such a poor location and a questionable building. Is this the best the City of Edmonton can do? It is the Kennedale Building #2, 12814 58 St. […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 hours ago)
Premiering on Oct. 9, 1986, in London's West End, the Phantom of the Opera recently marked 37 spectacular years. A pivotal song in the award-winning musical is The Point of No Return. During the premiere of Don Juan Triumphant, the opera within the opera, Christine Daaé realizes that she is being serenaded, not by her […]
ReadSaskatoon Star-Phoenix - Local (2 hours ago)
Beware of candidates for mayor or city council offering simple solutions to Saskatoon's homeless crisis — perfect solutions will be extremely expensive.
ReadSaskatoon Star-Phoenix - Local (2 hours ago)
The Assembly of First Nations has negotiated $47.8 billion for child welfare reform over a 10-year period.
ReadSaskatoon Star-Phoenix - Local (2 hours ago)
Readers offer their opinions on the conflict in the Middle East, Saskatoon city hall's tracking of issues and a patients-to-nurses ratio for Saskatchewan.
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
It's no secret that Winnipeg has faced a troubling surge in violent crime, with the latest police statistics revealing a staggering 12.1% increase. Stabbings, shootings, murders, assaults, bear spray attacks, rape, and drug trafficking are just a few of the harrowing incidents that have escalated in our city. According to the most recent data from...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
Two lucky Manitoba ticket holders are $100,000 richer following Friday’s Lotto Max draw. A ticket sold somewhere in Manitoba and another sold in Winnipeg won $100,000 after matching the last six digits in the Extra draw. The winning number was 2943662. Meanwhile, the $70 million Lotto Max was not won and will carry over to […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By By Stephen Mcgrath And Nicolae Dumitrache BAILE TUSNAD, Romania (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that the European Union was sliding toward oblivion in a rambling anti-Western speech in which he warned of a new, Asia-oriented “world order” while throwing his support for Donald Trump’s U.S....
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Janie Mccauley NANTERRE, France (AP) — Zhang Yufei hopes her international rivals will believe she is competing clean after the Chinese swimming star estimates she took between 20 and 30 drug tests monthly in the lead up to the Paris Olympics. “I don’t think there’s a single athlete, Chinese or foreign, who would test […]
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (2 hours ago)
Every year on the Saturday of the August long weekend, there's a coast-to-coast-to coast celebration of Canadian food. Whether you're wiping butter tart goo from your chin or grabbing a slice of butter chicken pizza, it's a day we can all sink our teeth into.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
Enough Trump, please I would like to know why you insist on giving coverage to Donald Trump. Just because someone shot at him doesn't mean he deserves all this hype. In fact, his actions that day should be deplored. I say this because back in 2017 after another mass school shooting he was very critical […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 hours ago)
Two divergent trends are now playing out in Calgary's housing market, as blistering rent increases are finally slowing down, while the sale of $1 million-plus homes is taking off. The latest report by Rentals.ca finds price increases in Calgary's rental market cooled to the lowest annual level in more than two years in June. Average […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
DEAR ABBY: I worked for 11 years in the accounting department of a busy law firm. During my tenure, my three much younger colleagues married and started families. Due to the inevitable trials of raising kids, planned, unplanned and often simultaneous absences became commonplace, which left me to run the department alone. During my last […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
WATCH BELOW: Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra talks with political columnists Brian Lilley and Lorrie Goldstein about how a vacationing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was located at the beach on Tofino, B.C. by Keean Bexte, editor-in-chief of The Counter Signal. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don't forget to subscribe to...
ReadWindsor Star - Local (3 hours ago)
Dear Prime Minister: The recent loss of a Liberal stronghold in a Toronto byelection should send a message to your party and the NDP who have been propping you up that the electorate will no longer tolerate your abuses of the public trust. When I see headlines like: $223k for meals on PM’s trip; Parks […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
By Kate Brumback PARIS (AP) — Olympic Games organizers said they “deeply apologize” for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris. As the South Korean athletes waved their nation’s flag on a boat floating down the Seine River on Friday evening, they were announced in both French and English...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
By Victoria Milko PAPARA, Tahiti (AP) — Tahitian dancers in palm-leaf skirts mingled with Olympic surfers, locals and tourists as the opening ceremony for the Summer Games commenced in French Polynesia on Friday morning, some 10,000 miles away from the main ceremony in Paris. “The people of Tahiti, we are all enchanted to have these […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
By By Seth Borenstein And Sam Metz BENI MELLAL, Morocco (AP) — In the unrelenting heat of Morocco’s Middle Atlas, people were sleeping on rooftops. Hanna Ouhbour needed refuge too, but she was outside a hospital waiting for her diabetic cousin who was in a room without air conditioning. On Wednesday, there were 21 heat-related […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
Just as all signs pointed to a Democratic loss in the upcoming U.S. election with Joe Biden at the helm, Canada's Liberals are headed in a similar direction with Justin Trudeau as leader. Recent polls suggest we'll be discussing Prime Minister Poilievre in 2025. The comparisons are hardly exact. Unlike Biden and Republican nominee Donald […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
Blame fentanyl Re "Stop making excuses for crime, it’s time for accountability,” (Kevin Klein) July 24: Claiming our crime problems are related to the lenient bail and sentencing in Canada omitted one important detail, that the U.S. is experiencing the same crime problems we are and the U.S. system is a lot more strict in […]
ReadCBC - Manitoba (3 hours ago)
Staff at a northern Manitoba Cree Nation care home say a daily cap on coverage from the federal government for incontinence products is out of step with elders' needs — something Indigenous health advocates call an "offensive" example of bureaucracy disadvantaging people in remote communities.
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