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Ottawa says businesses can request tariff exemption on Chinese goods
OTTAWA - The federal government says businesses can now request remission from newly announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products. Ottawa says the relief is aimed at ...
Oct 18, 2024
High number of discarded needles found around Nipawin in September
Some concerning numbers about sharps from the Nipawin Fire Department (NFD). In their monthly information report to council, the department said the total number of sharps pickups around the community...
Oct 18, 2024

Hawks face Ice Wolves on the road
The Nipawin Hawks are in La Ronge Friday, taking on the Ice Wolves for their matchup of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season at the Mel Hegland Uniplex.Nipawin is looking to reorganize ...
Oct 18, 2024

Five things on proposed landmark $32.5-billion tobacco deal
MONTREAL - Three tobacco giants are set to pay out roughly $32.5 billion in a landmark deal that would settle decades of litigation with provinces and individual smokers and their families. The propos...
Oct 18, 2024
Defence minister announces nearly $65 million in aid to Ukraine
National Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada is sending $64.8 million in military aid to Ukraine.Blair made the announcement at a NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels where Ukraine's ongoin...
Oct 18, 2024

Supreme Court tosses driving prohibition against Saskatchewan man in fatal crash
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has struck down a driving prohibition handed to a Saskatchewan man convicted in a fatal highway crash. Braydon Wolfe was driving on the wrong side of a divided highway near...
Oct 18, 2024

NDP says Sask. Party's Moe needs to answer for campaign comment on children
REGINA - The NDP says the Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe needs to provide answers after a candidate's two children and their use of a school change room were brought up in the election campaign. Moe s...
Oct 18, 2024

Harris and Trump seek Arab American votes in Michigan in effort to shore up battleground states
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Kamala Harris and Donald Trump both sought support from Arab American voters Friday as they campaigned in Michigan, trying to lock down support in a battleground state that ...
Oct 18, 2024

AFN votes on way forward after $47.8 billion child welfare reform deal is defeated
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs have voted in favour of a new negotiation process to reform the child welfare system after a $47.8-billion deal with Canada was defeated Thursday evening at an Assembly o...
Oct 18, 2024

Fire and Ice: New curling exec Sulsky makes early impression on Slam circuit
Change is in the air on the Grand Slam of Curling series, and The Curling Group CEO Nic Sulsky is leading the charge as the face of the circuit's new ownership group. Early returns are in after the se...
Oct 18, 2024