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Five things to know about the wildfire situation in the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE - Wildfires have ripped through tens of thousands of square kilometres in the Northwest Territories, forcing the government to declare a state of emergency and residents of its capital cit...
Aug 17, 2023
The victim of an illegal tackle, Canada's Ben LeSage part of raging rugby controversy
Canada's Ben LeSage has unwittingly found himself in the middle of a raging rugby controversy. The Canadian co-captain is a victim rather culprit in the story which involves two separate red cards in ...
Aug 17, 2023
NDP calls on feds to give study permits to institutions with 'credible' housing plan
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to address student housing shortages on Thursday. The party is calling on the federal government to allocate student permits to post-secondary instit...
Aug 17, 2023
Canada mulling 'game plan' if U.S. takes far-right, authoritarian shift: Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada has been considering a "game plan" for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year's pres...
Aug 17, 2023
Things to Do when the Rider Season is Over
"The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Pattison Media and this site."The Saskatchewan Roughriders reached the halfway ...
Aug 17, 2023
Access to electric vehicle charging getting better but not quickly enough
OTTAWA - If you live in Montreal or Vancouver and own an electric car, finding somewhere to charge it is likely as easy as a quick search of an app on your smartphone. If you live almost anywhere else...
Aug 17, 2023
Justice minister says Canada remains 'open' to criminalizing coercive control
OTTAWA - Canada's federal justice minister says gender-based violence is a "epidemic" and Ottawa remains open to criminalizing a pattern of behaviour known as coercive control. Arif Virani made the co...
Aug 17, 2023
Human activity and climate change cause cascading effects for Arctic ecosystem
It doesn't end up on dinner plates and it lacks the popular appeal of whales and dolphins, but scientists warn that a small fish that is critical to Arctic marine life could be in trouble from climate...
Aug 17, 2023
‘I’m excited’: Dolegala gets first-team reps as Riders prepare for B.C.
Jake Dolegala appears to be the next man up to lead the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offence.With injuries to Trevor Harris (knee) and Mason Fine (hamstring), the 26-year-old Dolegala is set to be the th...
Aug 17, 2023
Saskatchewan vice-chief David Pratt running for Assembly of First Nations leadership
OTTAWA - David Pratt is the first person to announce his intention to run to be the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Pratt currently serves as a vice-chief with the Federation of S...
Aug 17, 2023