Murray Wood: Police officers in the line of fire need more support from Ottawa.
Two RCMP officers were wounded in Melville, and officers have been killed in Montreal and Toronto. Murray Wood says the ...
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Province aims to reduce surgical wait times with $10M investment
The Government of Saskatchewan is investing $10 million to cut down surgical wait times. "I read the personal letters from people waiting for surgery and cardiac procedures, and I assure you that redu...
Oct 30, 2019
Directwest, SecurTek employees ratify contract
Unionized employees at Directwest and SecurTek have ratified new collective agreements with the Crown corporations. In media releases issued Wednesday, Directwest and SecurTek announced employees repr...
Oct 30, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Memorial service set for paramedic killed in two-vehicle crash
A memorial service for the paramedic who died in last Friday's two-vehicle accident south of Beauval is to be held Sunday in Regina. Leigh Schroeder was 28 when he was killed in the collision between ...
Oct 30, 2019 (Speers Funeral Chapel)
Climate change means military can expect more African distress calls: Defence
OTTAWA - Climate change is expected to play havoc with already fragile African countries, prompting more calls for help from the Canadian military, warns an internal Defence Department analysis. The E...
Oct 30, 2019
Californians struggle after latest blackout hits 1.5 million
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - Californians on Wednesday found themselves facing winds, wildfires and darkness from yet another power outage that hit more than 1 million people. Frustration and anger mount...
Oct 30, 2019 Strong winds send embers flying across Ida Clayton Rd. as the Kincade Fire burns in Calistoga, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Millions of people have been without power for days as fire crews raced to contain two major wind-whipped blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes at both ends of the state: in Sonoma County wine country and in the hills of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Alberta asking arbitrators to cut public service pay as high as five per cent
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is seeking wage rollbacks as binding arbitration is set to resume with unions that represent more than 180,000 public-sector workers. Finance Minister Travis Toews sa...
Oct 30, 2019 Finance Minister Travis Toews, left, delivers the provincial budget as Alberta Premier Jason Kenney looks on, in Edmonton, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Army colonel says push to investigate Biden concerned him
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defying White House orders, an Army officer serving with President Donald Trump's National Security Council testified to impeachment investigators that he twice raised concerns over ...
Oct 30, 2019 Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a military officer at the National Security Council, center, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, to appear before a House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Committee on Oversight and Reform joint interview with the transcript to be part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Masked gunmen attack protesters in Iraq holy city; 18 killed
BAGHDAD - Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, security officials said, in one of the deadliest single ...
Oct 29, 2019 Mourners carry the coffin of Saleh Ahmed, 27, a protester killed during anti-government demonstrations in Najaf, Iraq, on Oct. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Trudeau turns to political veteran McLellan on tips to form government
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is turning to two political veterans to provide advice on forming a minority government in the face of renewed talk of separatism in Quebec and the West. Anne Mc...
Oct 29, 2019
Canada has shown ‘uneven progress’ on gender equality, says new report
OTTAWA - Canada will be years past celebrating its tricentennial before the country can close the economic gap between men and women if things keep improving at the glacial pace they are now, a new re...
Oct 29, 2019
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Sarah Mills: Saskatchewan wildfire report should bring about immediate change
Saskatchewan is not new to wildfires. They happen every year, but Sarah Mills says the review of the 2025 fire season sh...
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8:30 - Two Saskatchewan RCMP officers are recovering after being seriously injured in a shooting while responding to a c...