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Provinces, territories are owed more than $1.3B in unpaid fines, investigation shows

More than 12 years after a propane explosion in Toronto killed two people, levelled large parts of a neighbourhood and sent thousands running from...

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From Prairies to Bollywood: Record deal shows power of TikTok to get diverse artists noticed

Last year, a 25-year-old rapper, producer and musician from Canada checked the YouTube page of one of his remixes. In the comments section, someone...

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Some Humboldt Broncos families angry over lawyer’s request to delay one lawsuit until another is ready

A battle between lawsuits related to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is to be heard in a Regina courtroom this week. Eleven lawsuits...

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‘Everybody sees her exactly as a girl’: 9-year-old Sask. girl embraces identity through makeup, ribbon skirts

Reece Okemaysim was only four years old when she told her mother that she wanted to be a girl. Up until then, Reece,...

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‘Meant to be’: How this WW II veteran cheated death 4 times to find love

Reg Harrison slides his leather wallet out of his pocket and removes a weathered black-and-white photo of a beautiful woman. “I’ve been carrying...

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For homeless people trying to stay safe in pandemic, federal housing program is a lifeline, say advocates

In the past year, the word “stay” has been repeated over and over as Canadians have been urged — even ordered at times...

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2 Canada Post workers in Regina suspended after refusing to deliver Epoch Times

Two Canada Post workers in Regina were temporarily suspended earlier this month after they refused to deliver the latest sample edition of the...

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Saskatchewan premier condemns protest by ‘group of idiots’ outside chief medical officer’s home

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe condemned what he called a “misguided protest” outside the Regina home of the province’s chief medical officer of health. Moe...

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‘They call us every day’: COVID-19 case monitors are a lifeline for those waiting out illness at home

When Shaleen Erwin became sick with COVID-19 in November, the pregnant mother from Springside, Sask., wasn’t surprised that she had a hacking cough and...

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How a ‘hotshot whiz-kid’ ensnared a Sask. company in a $97.5M deal riddled with red flags

Input Capital, a publicly traded company based in Regina, says it is investigating after its $97.5-million proposed sale to smooth-talking American businessman Eric...

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Federal program gives young newcomers paid work experience — and reason to hope

Fashion designer Soniagandhi Chinnasamy left her job at a clothing company in one of India’s largest cities last year to move to Canada...

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Elon Musk’s Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadians. But it’s not cheap

When Vernon Kejick got a first taste of Starlink satellite internet on the Pikangikum First Nation, his initial review was succinct. “All I...

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Nav Canada looking at cutting air traffic controller jobs at 7 towers across Canada

NAV Canada, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, is considering cutting air traffic controller jobs at seven towers across Canada in an effort to...

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Landlords say poor tenants who received CERB can’t make rent after losing social assistance

Landlords in Saskatchewan say they are in a “morally tough spot,” forced to choose between evicting tenants whose social assistance payments have been...

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Saskatchewan staved off bankruptcy in the ’90s. Is there hope for N.L., too?

Roy Romanow says he still loses sleep over decisions he made 27 years ago. The former NDP premier of Saskatchewan came to power amid...

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How technology — and a global pandemic — are transforming Remembrance Day

On a grey, windswept spring day three years ago, Ryan Mullens sat next to the grave of a long-dead soldier in the green...