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SaskPower carbon tax to be retroactive to Jan. 1
There's going to be an extra, extra charge on Saskatchewan power bills as of April.The carbon tax will start showing up on bills for this month, but so will a retroactive charge for the carbon tax for...
Apr 10, 2019 A SaskPower truck responds to a service call in Regina on Dec. 6, 2018. (Evan Radford/CJME News)
Tyler Bieber Memorial Scholarship - Broadcasting College
Once again Western Academy Broadcasting College is offering scholarships in tribute of Humboldt Broncos "play-by-play" announcer Tyler Bieber. http://www.wabcwesternacademy.com/index.php...
Apr 10, 2019
Canadian star R.J. Barrett entering NBA draft after one year at Duke
DURHAM, N.C. - Canada's R.J. Barrett will leave Duke University after one season and enter the 2019 NBA draft. The six-foot-seven forward from Mississauga, Ont., made the announcement on a video poste...
Apr 10, 2019
RCMP looking for suspect in Naicam break-ins
Melfort RCMP is looking for a suspect in connection with break-ins in Naicam last month.On Thursday, March 28 between midnight and 3 a.m., a series of break-ins took place in Naicam. Four locations we...
Apr 10, 2019 (submitted photo/Melfort RCMP)
Humboldt resident receives volunteer medal
A Humboldt resident was one of 15 recipients of the Saskatchewan volunteer medal in Regina on Tuesday.The medals are awarded to extraordinary citizens across the province for their outstanding contrib...
Apr 10, 2019 (submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
Former Harper cabinet minister hanging up his federal political hat
OTTAWA - Rob Nicholson, the longest-serving Conservative member of Parliament, isn't running for re-election in the fall. Nicholson, who was first elected in 1984 in Niagara Falls and held cabine...
Apr 10, 2019
Pinterest sets conservative pricing after Lyft drop
NEW YORK - Pinterest, among the gaggle of tech companies hoping to go public this year, set a conservative price range Monday for its initial public offering. It hopes to raise as much as $1.5 billion...
Apr 10, 2019
Trudeau defends changes to asylum laws that have refugee workers alarmed
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending a changes to asylum laws included in an omnibus budget bill tabled this week, saying his government is working to ensure Canada's refugee system is ...
Apr 10, 2019
Trudeau says mayor who compared Quebec bill to ethnic cleansing should apologize
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has joined the chorus of politicians calling on a suburban Montreal mayor to apologize for likening Quebec secularism legislation to ethnic cleansing. Speaking t...
Apr 10, 2019
Former New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault will guide Canada at worlds
CALGARY - Alain Vigneault will coach Team Canada at the world men's hockey championship next month in Slovakia. The native of Quebec City was fired as head coach of the New York Rangers last off-seaso...
Apr 10, 2019