Category Archives: National News
Some or all Saskatchewan and other Peavey Mart locations might be closing
ESTEVAN - Peavey Mart is set to close, according to local sources and other media reports. Its store Estevan introduced a 10 per cent store-wide sale last weekend, and some departments were already lo...
Harvard Media Jan 27, 2025
CN Rail signal union issues 72-hour strike notice
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says it has given Canadian National Railway a 72-hour strike notice. The union represents about 750 employees at CN who work in signals an...
Harvard Media Jan 26, 2025
'Turning point': Rent prices should see relief this year, but markets still tight
For Canadian renters, it may feel like the years since the COVID-19 pandemic have brought one hit after another. After a 4.6 per cent increase in the average asking price of a rental unit in...
Harvard Media Jan 26, 2025
Trump seeks to reshape American institutions with barrage of executive orders
Donald Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institu...
Harvard Media Jan 21, 2025
Ottawa approves Bunge's acquisition of Viterra
The federal government has approved Bunge's acquisition of Viterra, with conditions attached. The conditions, Transport Canada says in a news release published on Tuesday, are meant to "ensure that th...
Harvard Media Jan 15, 2025
Harm reduction advocates hope high court will 'clarify' Canada's 'Good Samaritan' law
Outside a rural Saskatchewan elementary school on a fall morning in 2020, Paul Wilson and three others parked their truck and called 911 as a woman they were with experienced a fentanyl over...
Harvard Media Jan 14, 2025
No indication Trump will back down on tariffs, but retaliating not the answer: Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she received no indication from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend that he plans to back down on implementing hefty tariffs on Canadian products. Bu...
Harvard Media Jan 13, 2025
Saskatchewan Marshals Service interviewing Mounties for positions before launching
Saskatchewan's new provincial police force has begun interviewing Mounties as it prepares to launch this year, a move critics say highlights concerns of job poaching. Chief Marshal Robert Cameron of t...
Harvard Media Jan 13, 2025
B.C. fire crews sent to fight Los Angeles wildfire: forests minister
British Columbia's forests minister says a crew from the province's wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. Ravi Parmar says...
Harvard Media Jan 12, 2025
Justin Trudeau's own walk in the snow launched a historic week in federal politics
"Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways." With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority governme...
Harvard Media Jan 12, 2025












