News Update
- Do you look like your pet?
Renata Roma, a post-doctoral fellow and research associate at the University of Saskatchewan, works with the Pawsitive Connections Lab. She's been combing through the research to find out if our dogs really are our doppelgangers. She joined The Morning Edition to talk about her findings.
- Coroner says death of man handcuffed, pinned face-down by Saskatoon police an accident
People at a Saskatoon inquest loudly stormed out of the hearing when the coroner concluded Saskatoon police did not intend to kill Ashwin Poggenpoel when they handcuffed him and pinned him facedown.
- This could be Canada's 2nd-worst wildfire season
The area in Canada burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record for this time of year, according to government data.
- Federal government to put latest Canada Post offer up for union vote
Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Thursday she's putting Canada Post's latest offers to unionized postal workers up for a vote in the hope of breaking a long-standing impasse between the parties.
- Gay and Catholic: How this couple reconciles their faith with their sexual identity
Erwin Ottenbreit has come to embrace his sexual identity as a gay man, but doing so forced him to leave his marriage and revisit his relationship with the Catholic Church.
- Canada calling for de-escalation between Israel and Iran, says foreign affairs minister
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is calling for de-escalation after Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear sites and killed Iranian military leaders with a barrage of airstrikes early on Friday.
- More than a dozen Canadian Sikhs face active assassination threats, organization warns
More than a dozen Canadian Sikhs live under active threats on their lives, an advocacy organization is warning — pointing to India as the source. The group argues it’s unconscionable for the federal government to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to next week’s G7 meeting.
- This could be Canada's 2nd-worst wildfire season
The area in Canada burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record for this time of year, according to government data.
- Protests at G7 summit expected to be largely peaceful, targeting Trump policies
Protests during the upcoming G7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis, Alta., may be starkly different than demonstrations happening this week against immigration crackdowns in the United States.
- Federal government to put latest Canada Post offer up for union vote
Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Thursday she's putting Canada Post's latest offers to unionized postal workers up for a vote in the hope of breaking a long-standing impasse between the parties.