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Carney announces 20% increase in military starting pay
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will boost entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists.Other military members ...
Aug 08, 2025
Cyclist in hospital following collision
A person on a bicycle is in serious condition in the hospital after colliding with a vehicle yesterday afternoon. Prince Albert Fire said that the cyclist and a vehicle collided on 15 Street East dire...
Aug 08, 2025
Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says
The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Friday. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about th...
Aug 08, 2025
Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
CHICAGO (AP) - James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest,...
Aug 08, 2025
Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to B.C. after tour boat runs aground
Canada's Transportation Safety Board says it is looking into what happened when a sightseeing vessel ran aground in the waters off Metro Vancouver last weekend. The agency says investigators have been...
Aug 08, 2025
Canada's 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
TORONTO - Canada's 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record. The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilome...
Aug 08, 2025
Resident still nervous despite returning after evacuation from home for B.C. wildfire
A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week. Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose ...
Aug 08, 2025
PM Carney says Israel taking over Gaza City will hurt both Palestinians and hostages
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Israel's announced plan to take over part of the Gaza Strip will further a humanitarian crisis for Palestinians and hostages. Israel's cabinet has approved a p...
Aug 08, 2025
"It's unprecedented": SaskPower reflects on impact, damage caused by wildfires to date
This year's wildfire season has been a long one and is still going on in lots of northern parts of the province.The effects and issues caused by the wildfires have been immeasurable, and according to ...
Aug 08, 2025
Artist's Prairie Webinar Series
As part of the Prairie Webinar Series, CARFAC Alberta, CARFAC Saskatchewan and CARFAC Manitoba are pleased to present: The Artist's Life: Preventing Burnout with Brendan O'Callaghan & Laureen Marc...
Aug 08, 2025
