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A group of 20 Irish pipefitters laid off from their jobs outside Saskatoon are grateful for the help they're getting from the local union and the provincial government, but feel they're being "screwed over" by the company that brought them here. Speaking on behalf of the group Thursday...

A one-year jail sentence for possessing an Uzi would be going "overboard," says the defence lawyer for a 58-year-old man who was found with the weapon after a domestic dispute call. Greg Mitchell Fertuck got into a drunken argument with his wife on Oct. 23, 2011, grabbing her and dragging her...

A deal signed Thursday will enable Canadian companies to export Canadian uranium to China. Canada and China signed a “supplementary protocol” to a pact on nuclear co-operation reached in 1994, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said. The protocol, signed by Baird and Liu Tienan...

Toronto has seen 25 shootings and four killings in three days, as well as other gun-related deaths in some of the most public and perceived safe spaces – a community barbecue, ice cream parlour, primary school playground and popular downtown mall – all shattering the community’s sense of...

A Saskatchewan man who builds industrial-grade, remote-controlled helicopters is finding his inventions are a hit with the RCMP. For years, Monty Allan, 26, has been building the high-powered, camera-equipped choppers — also known as unmanned aerial vehicles — at his shop on the family farm...

More than 80 per cent of Saskatchewan's non-union contractors believe the current labour shortage is the worst in the province's history, with nearly three out of four unable to hire a journeyperson within three months and four out of 10 unable to hire at all. Merit Contractors Association...

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel has been closed due to a "a perceived threat," officials say. Carolyn Brown, executive vice-president of the tunnel corporation, would only say Windsor police were notified of "a potential threat" at approximately 1 p.m. A tunnel employee told CBC News a bomb...

Reggae king Bob Marley has finally hit the big time, joining an exclusive club of superstars with a species named after them. A marine biologist has discovered and named a small parasitic crustacean Gnathia marleyi. You read that right: a crustacean, not a Crustafarian. "I named this...

Opponents of wind farms are hailing Health Canada's decision to study the possible connection between noise generated by the towering turbines and adverse health effects reported by people living close to them. Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Tuesday that Ottawa will conduct...

CALGARY — Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a gathering of party supporters that other nations hoping for economic success in the future, must “become what Canada is today.” At his annual Stampede-week barbecue in his Calgary riding, Saturday, he said that the country will not “slip back”...

SASKATOON - French nuclear giant Areva says it has started the first phase of construction to expand its McClean Lake uranium mill in northern Saskatchewan. Areva and its partners are investing $150 million to upgrade the mill and increase its capacity. The upgrade is being done so that the...

OTTAWA — Two-thirds of Canadians think the law should be changed so that people caught with small amounts of marijuana no longer face criminal penalties or fines, a new poll has found. The nationwide survey for Postmedia News and Global TV, which examined the state of Canadian values, revealed...

GENEVA — Scientists working at the world’s biggest atom smasher plan to announce Wednesday that they have gathered enough evidence to show that the long-sought “God particle” answering fundamental questions about the universe almost certainly does exist. But after decades of work and billions...

July 1 is the anniversary of the Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Act Sunday is the 50th anniversary of the arrival of medicare in Saskatchewan. It was a pivotal , but divisive moment in Saskatchewan's history that even led to a doctors' strike. When the Saskatchewan Medical Care...

The F4 tornado that swept over Regina 100 years ago this weekend remains the deadliest disaster of its kind in Canadian history REGINA -- It may sound strange that a horse could be tossed from downtown Regina, across Wascana Lake, through the doors of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building and...

Can I say it again? I will any way. Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure. This should help goods flow easier and cheaper. Just what ON manufacturers need. After years of wrangling and debate, Canada and Michigan finally announced a deal Friday to build a second bridge...

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has declared Canada's law against physician-assisted suicide unconstitutional. Justice Lynn Smith called the law discriminatory, stating that since suicide itself is not illegal, the law against assisted suicide contravenes Section 15 of the Charter...

A national conference on natural resources and aboriginal people being held this week in Saskatoon is "important and vital" to creating more understanding on key issues, one of the participants says. More than 100 business law professionals and leaders from across the country gather today at...

Shell Canada has pleaded guilty to releasing a toxic substance into the Peace River in northern Alberta and has agreed to pay a $225,000 fine. The company says John Rhind, vice-president of heavy oil, appeared in court in Peace River, Alta., on Tuesday. "He was there on behalf of the...

EDMONTON - A woman who had more than 1,100 rabbits seized from her south Edmonton home has been fined $8,500 and given a lifetime ban from owning pets, except for the dog she currently owns. The provincial court decision Monday morning came more than two years after the Humane Society seized...