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'We were 100 per cent sure.' Mounties mistakenly thought N.S. gunman had shot himself
HALIFAX - It is one of the most perplexing aspects about the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives: after killing 13 people in Portapique, N.S., late on April 18, 2020, the killer decided...
Mar 08, 2022
Winnipeg zoo giving COVID-19 vaccine to 55 animals including tigers and snow leopards
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg zoo is giving a COVID-19 vaccine to some of its animals that are considered to be at greater risk of contracting the virus. The Assiniboine Park Zoo says it has begun using a v...
Mar 08, 2022
Experts question Tory MP's bill to protect political beliefs in Human Rights Act
OTTAWA - Legal experts are questioning the necessity of a Conservative MP's bill to add political beliefs and activity to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights ...
Mar 08, 2022
Canadian military trainers deal with mixed emotions as Ukrainians defend from Russia
OTTAWA - Lt.-Col. Sarah Heer says it is absolutely "excruciating" watching from afar as friends and comrades that she helped train in the Ukrainian military a year ago are now forced to fight for thei...
Mar 08, 2022
Who's in, who's out and who else may enter the Conservative party leadership race
OTTAWA - With Sept.10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running h...
Mar 08, 2022
Alberta rural municipalities say unpaid oilpatch taxes rising despite high oil prices
The amount of unpaid taxes energy companies owe to small-town Alberta is growing despite high oil prices, the province's rural municipalities said Tuesday. Rural Municipalities of Alberta says its mem...
Mar 08, 2022
Gas tax cut not being ‘actively considered’ for Saskatchewan
While Alberta looks to knock off a few bucks at the gas pump for its residents, it doesn't look like Saskatchewan will be following suit.On Monday, the Alberta government announced it would pause coll...
Mar 08, 2022
Saskatchewan ready for thousands of Ukrainian refugees
It was the first day of the new spring sitting on Monday, but the war in Ukraine was the centre of attention for much of the day in the Saskatchewan legislature.The MLAs on both sides of the aisle spe...
Mar 08, 2022
Saskatchewan forestry sector sets new sales record in 2021
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story claimed the increase was due to the four major forestry projects happening in northern Saskatchewan and that the Carrot River sawmill project was comple...
Mar 08, 2022
Transport Canada fines passengers on Sunwing party flight
MONTREAL - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says his department has fined six passengers who were onboard a Sunwing flight last year that devolved into a raucous onboard party. Videos of the Dec. 30 c...
Mar 08, 2022