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Athabasca Oil Corp. is in talks with at least one other Canadian oil and gas company to expand an oil sands joint venture planned with Kuwait Petroleum Corp. According to people familiar with the discussions, Calgary-based Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. is seeking to transfer a large portion of...

Judge says ability to walk heel-to-toe not related to ability to drive A woman who admitted to using marijuana before getting into her car has been acquitted of impaired driving, with the Saskatoon judge saying he was not convinced her ability to operate a vehicle was affected. The case...

Edmonton cop with alcohol in blood gets absolute discharge An off-duty Edmonton police officer who was caught driving with alcohol in her blood in Saskatchewan was able to walk out of court without a criminal record. Sgt. Cheryl Wallin had open alcohol in her SUV and a blood alcohol level...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is travelling from the Yukon to the Northwest Territories Wednesday where there is speculation he will make an announcement pertaining to a new national park. Harper spent Tuesday visiting the Yukon's Minto gold and copper mine, where he extolled the virtues of...

Sometimes saying thank you is not enough, and one organization is taking that gesture to another level by hosting a weekend getaway in Nipawin for more than 100 wounded soldiers from Canada and the U.S. The Wounded Warriors Weekend will serve as a way to help heal the pain soldiers struggle...

REGINA — Thanks to strong demand for resources, Saskatchewan’s export sales are expected to pass those of more-populous B.C. this year, the head of the Prairie province’s export agency says. Lionel LaBelle, president-CEO of the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) says recently...

The StarPhoenix August 16, 2012 Although luck stood by its shoulder, it takes more than that for Saskatchewan to overtake British Columbia as Canada's fourth-largest exporter. It would be fair to attribute to good fortune Saskatchewan's current state of agriculture. A widespread drought...

Marineland denies mistreating animals 'We love them dearly' Former workers at Marineland — one of Ontario's top tourist attractions — are accusing the facility of mistreating animals. The charges were documented in theToronto Star on Tuesday. Phil Demers, a former trainer at the...

The Perseid meteor shower is tonight! As many as 100 meteors an hour will streak through the sky as the Perseid meteor shower hits its peak. My wife and I look foirward to this night and the Leonids in November every year. May all you're wishes come true no matter how deranged or...

Ban it before it makes money and puts food on the tables of those in PQ. If it does go ahead. I want a my cut. From this AND Muskrat Falls. NL is making too much money as it is. MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR), several mining companies and a major pension fund manager are...

A Saskatchewan RCMP officer and his wife are facing theft and fraud charges after allegedly using an RCMP fuel card for their personal use. According to RCMP, a complaint was received in May 2012 about a Rosthern RCMP officer and his wife purchasing fuel for their personal vehicles with an...

Should there be a Chinese style one child policy? Is there too many people on the planet stressing the environment, energy, water, air and food supplies? Yay or nay and why ?

Wakie wakie, hands off snakie! Now he knows what it feels like to be an Arab or Central American or African. Sorry Larry but reality sucks for the clueless dip****s of the world. China reaps oil profits and leaves Canada with mess By Larry McGillivray, The Province August 3, 2012 3:04...

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...