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Shelter decision delayed again
Another delay has been added by council for the City of Prince Albert in their quest to find a location for a permanent shelter for homeless people. Monday evening saw council discuss the results of a...
Mar 04, 2025
Here's the latest as the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods coming from Canada and Mexico
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on U.S. imports today coming from Canada and Mexico. The president's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-boar...
Mar 04, 2025
Timber over Tinder: Bridegroom's Oak in a German forest has connected lovers for over a century
EUTIN, Germany (AP) - It's timber over Tinder in a forest in northern Germany where the Bridegroom's Oak has connected lovers for more than a century. Known as "Brutigamseiche" in German, the Bridegro...
Mar 04, 2025
In the news today: Deadline passes for Trump's tariffs with no relent
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Deadline passes for Trump's tariffs with no relent Canadians are waking up to a new and uncertain reality afte...
Mar 04, 2025
Quebec auto board 'fiasco' could be largest scandal since Charbonneau commission
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is grappling with a controversy that could be the biggest political scandal in the province since the Charbonneau commission, which found deep corruption in the constr...
Mar 04, 2025
B.C. budget to buffer province against Trump's 'uncertainty and disorder': minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister is preparing to deliver a budget today that she says will brace the province against four years of "uncertainty and disorder" amid the U.S. presidency of...
Mar 04, 2025
Border officer union cites staffing shortfalls as Trump proceeds with tariff threats
OTTAWA - The federal union that represents Canada's front-line customs and immigration officers says it's worried about staffing levels at the Canada Border Services Agency as the country responds to ...
Mar 04, 2025
Pope resting after acute breathing crises forced him to resume noninvasive ventilation
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis rested early Tuesday after he suffered further setbacks in his fight against double pneumonia: two new acute respiratory crises that required him to resume using noninvasive m...
Mar 04, 2025
Gang member spoke about dying by cop to brother before shooting death
A gang member and resident of Montreal Lake Cree Nation who died by RCMP gunshot in 2021 spoke to his brother about dying in the months leading up to his death. Dillon McDonald, who was 28, had told h...
Mar 04, 2025
Philippine fighter jet goes missing while on a mission against insurgents in a southern province
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine air force fighter jet with two pilots on board has gone missing during a night combat assault in support of ground forces who were battling insurgents in a sout...
Mar 03, 2025
