Middle Eastern Conflict
Canada secures limited seats on commercial flights from Lebanon as conflict widens
The federal government has secured "a limited number of seats" on commercial flights out of Lebanon for Canadians trying to flee the region, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday.Anand said 103,000 people have registered with Global Affairs Canada in the Middle East and Gulf region.The Canadian ...
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Some Sask. shoppers still snub U.S. products a year after tariff war
Some Saskatchewan shoppers are still choosing Canadian and local products at the grocery store more than a year after tariff threats began to fly from United States President Donald Trump.On March 4, 2025, Canada responded to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods with its own 25 per cent tariffs on American goods.Read more:Ta...
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Time-old debate
Time Change? Saskatchewan's been over it since the '60s
As British Columbia joins a growing global movement away from Daylight Saving Time (DST), Saskatchewan's once-controversial stance appears increasingly ahead of its time.For six decades, Saskatchewan stood apart in Canada as the only province that didn't 'fall back' by an hour in November to extend evening daylight, or...
Mar 03, 2026
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BMI signs deal with American tenant for part of old Prince Albert pulp mill
The first of multiple new tenants that are planned for the old pulp mill north of Prince Albert has been announced. BMI, the new owners, and Plum Gas Solution, an American company based in Michigan but with offices in Calgary and Drayton Valley, announced they signed an MOU on Tuesday. "As soon as we purchased t...
Mar 03, 2026
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International politics
'The national integrity is at risk right now': Sask. lawyer responds to U.S. incursion in Iran
A woman who moved from Iran to Canada two years ago, and currently works in Saskatchewan as a lawyer, says the situation in her home country is far more complicated than what's being portrayed in the media and not every Iranian is in favor of an American-led incursion.The woman who asked to be identified only as S.M. o...
Mar 03, 2026
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Conditions issued for hockey coach Bernie Lynch's release from prison
Former junior hockey coach Bernard (Bernie) Lynch will face several conditions once he's out of prison.In 2024, Lynch was sentenced to nearly three years for assaulting and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old-boy in August 1988.His statutory release is coming up, but the exact date is pending.According to Parole Board of...
Mar 03, 2026
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Canada
Vancouver Mayor Sim sends apology to Chinese media over drug slur of his opponent
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is filling the gaps left in his apologies to fellow Coun. Sean Orr, who he falsely accused of distributing illegal drugs after being shown a photo that he didn't verify. The mayor's office says Sim's apology has been...
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Carney supports U.S. strikes on Iran 'with regret' - what are other leaders saying?
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday Canada supports U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran "with regret" - making him just one among many world leaders struggling in recent days to respond to a volatile new conflict. In Australia for a diploma...
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B.C.'s Eby is urging West Coast governors to fall in line with daylight time change
VICTORIA - British Columbia is urging U.S. states along the West Coast to fall in line with the provincial government's decision to adopt permanent daylight time. Premier David Eby announced Monday that the province will spring forward one last time t...
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MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is calling for better mental health support and resources for people who apply for medical assistance in dying, in response to the case of a 91-year-old Montreal-area man who died by suicide last year shortly after his MAID ...
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Poilievre pitches Germany on Canada as reliable LNG supplier in Berlin speech
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday pitched Canada to a German audience as a reliable energy supplier in a period of global uncertainty. Poilievre was in Berlin as part of a trip to Europe that has seen him meet in recent days wi...
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Fact File: Claim that Toyota is moving U.S. plant to Canada is false, company says
Social media posts last month claimed Toyota had decided to move an auto manufacturing plant from Huntsville, Ala., to Ontario. The company says the claim is false. The claim originated from online accounts that appear to generate their content using a...
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