News Update
- 1 person taken to hospital after shots fired from 2 vehicles in western Sask.: RCMP
Battlefords RCMP say they're looking for the occupants of a dark-green Jeep Wrangler, after a shooting on Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nation Wednesday night that left one person injured.
- Gen Z won’t answer e-mails. How can Sask. companies keep them as consumers?
Move over millennials. Gen Z is the next generation of consumers and businesses are looking for ways to capture their attention and their dollars.
- Mining companies welcome Sask.'s newly introduced mining development powers
The amendments give the energy and resources minister the power to designate subsurface development area when private mineral owners cannot be located or reasonable efforts have been exhausted to negotiate an agreement.
- Residents willing to pay to address Saskatoon's homelessness crisis, survey suggests
Saskatoon residents see homelessness as a growing issue, and most are willing to pay more to address it, an annual city hall survey suggests: 35 per cent of respondents named it the top issue, marking the third year in a row that the homelessness crisis ranked first in the survey.
- 3 Sask. men reflect on Indigenous Veterans Day
Three First Nations men from Saskatchewan who served in the Canadian Armed Forces say National Indigenous Veterans Day on Nov. 8 is a time to reflect.
- Budget's $2.7B cut to foreign aid leaves international development in limbo, say NGOs
Canada is being accused of retreating from its role as an international development leader after the Liberal government’s budget announced it will cut $2.7 billion in foreign aid over the next four years.
- Two Conservative backbenchers steal the show on budget week
It can be easy for long stretches to forget about most of the 343 democratically elected members of the House of Commons. But then, every so often, someone who is not the prime minister, the finance minister or the leader of the Opposition does something to steal the headlines.
- How budget week turned into a nightmare for the Conservatives
This is not the week Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wanted to have. Instead of taking a victory lap around the bases, the Conservative ends the week dodging reporters and facing questions about his leadership — after losing one MP to his rivals and another resigning from federal politics altogether. Here’s how it played out, according to CBC News sources and public accounts.
- Liberal budget clears second confidence hurdle as MPs head into break week
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government survived its second confidence vote in two days after MPs voted down a Bloc amendment calling on the House to reject the Liberals’ budget.
- In damage control after 2 departures, Conservatives accuse Liberals of 'undemocratic' distractions
Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer held a brief media availability Friday morning in an attempt to redirect attention from the Official Opposition's internal crisis to the Liberal Party.