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BC Wildfire Service says civilian drone hit firefighting plane
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says police are investigating after one of its firefighting aircraft was struck by a civilian drone that was being illegally flown in restricted airspace. It says th...
Sep 04, 2025
Saskatchewan harvest continues to lag behind five year average
The hot weather allowed farmers in Saskatchewan to make headway with the 2025 harvest. The crop report for the week of Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 showed provincial progress at 23 per cent, up from 11 per cent...
Sep 04, 2025
Communities 'can't keep up with the grieving,' Sask. NDP says, as province notes drug deaths declining
The province's drug crisis is claiming lives at an alarming rate, and the government has failed to respond with the urgency the situation demands, Saskatchewan's NDP critic for mental health and addic...
Sep 04, 2025
Officials, Indigenous leaders respond to mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation
WINNIPEG - A man killed his sister and wounded several others in a mass stabbing on the Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba on Thursday. RCMP said Tyrone Simard, 26, then fled in a stolen vehicle an...
Sep 04, 2025
Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of toughness for A...
Sep 04, 2025
Timeline of mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation, attacker dies in crash
WINNIPEG - RCMP say a man killed his sister and wounded several others Thursday in a stabbing rampage on a Manitoba First Nation. He then fled and was killed in a highway crash with a Mountie who was ...
Sep 04, 2025
School changing ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ to comply with NY ban on Native American team names
BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) - A school district in New York City's suburbs agreed this week to change its "Thunderbirds" nickname to simply the "T-Birds" in order to comply with the state's mandate to retire a...
Sep 04, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Prime Minister Mark Carney to speak at opening night of Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival, set to speak ahead of a screening of "John Candy: I Like Me," a documentary about the Canadian comedy...
Sep 04, 2025
RCMP looking for tips involving early morning shooting in La Ronge
La Ronge RCMP are investigating an early morning shooting that caused damaged to a house. An email from the Saskatchewan RCMP to larongeNOW states the shooting occurred at approximately 6 a.m. on Cook...
Sep 04, 2025
Mass attack on Manitoba First Nation leaves two dead on anniversary of James Smith Cree Nation stabbings
An 18-year-old girl lost her life in an early morning attack on the Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba. RCMP said she was killed by her own brother, who also died. The suspect, 26-year old Tyron Si...
Sep 04, 2025