Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques enjoying ‘renewed love for life on Earth’
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says returning to normal life after his six-month stint aboard the International Space Station feels anything but mundane. In his first time ba...
Jul 10, 2019 Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is welcomed by colleagues Wednesday, July 10, 2019 as he arrives at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in St. Hubert, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Dozens ill from carbon monoxide out of hospital as leak at hotel investigated
WINNIPEG - Insufficient ventilation is the suspected cause of a carbon monoxide build-up that forced the evacuation of a Winnipeg hotel this week and sent 46 guests and staff to hospital. "It appears ...
Jul 10, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
U.K. ambassador to U.S. quits days after leaked cables on Trump
LONDON - Britain's ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after being made a diplomatic nobody by President Donald Trump following the leak of the envoy's unflattering opinions about the U...
Jul 10, 2019
Legal pot price as much as 80 per cent more than illicit: StatsCan
The average cost of a gram of cannabis from the illicit market continues to drop as legal prices rise - with authorized retailers charging as much as 80 per cent more, according to an analysis by Stat...
Jul 10, 2019 A cannabis plant. (Canadian Press)
Federal Liberals, Ontario Tories point fingers over looming Bombardier layoffs
The federal Liberals and Ontario Tories are blaming each other for the impending loss of 550 jobs at Bombardier's railway car plant in Thunder Bay, Ont. Bombardier Inc. announced Wednesday it is layin...
Jul 10, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Attorney: Girl fell to death from open window on cruise ship
MIAMI - An 18-month-old Indiana girl who fell to her death from the 11th story of a cruise ship in Puerto Rico plunged from a window inexplicably left open in a children's play area, the family's atto...
Jul 10, 2019
Military’s second-in-command to resign, links decision with Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - The Canadian military's second-in-command has announced his surprise resignation - and is reportedly linking the decision to an aborted attempt to reinstate Vice-Admiral Mark Norman into the ...
Jul 10, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn has died at the age of 88
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rip Torn, the free-spirited Texan who overcame his quirky name to become a distinguished actor in theater, television and movies and win an Emmy in his 60s for his comedy turn on TV...
Jul 10, 2019 In this Oct. 13, 2006, file photo, actor Rip Torn attends the New York premiere of "Marie Antoinette." Award-winning television, film and theater actor Torn has died at the age of 88, his publicist announced Tuesday, July 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)
Climate change increasing range and number of ticks
It's not just mosquitoes that people should be on the lookout for this summer. Tick season is upon us, and a recent report by the Public Health Agency of Canada adds that climate change is increasing ...
Jul 09, 2019
Tories, Libs fight over costs of climate action in election-campaign preview
OTTAWA - A day after Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer accused the Liberals of plotting to levy a "secret fuel tax" on families, seniors and farmers, the Liberals volleyed back with allegations the To...
Jul 09, 2019 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Sean Fraser speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on July 9, 2019. Fraser says it's premature for the Liberal government to say how a promised new clean fuel standard will affect gasoline prices, as consultations on how the policy will be implemented are still underway. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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