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Thomas Mulcair is a hypocrite for not applying his polluter-pay principles to Quebec's hydro sector when he had the chance and now attacking Alberta's oilsands on the same subject, Reform party founder Preston Manning said Saturday in an interview on CBC's The House. Manning said he...

Al-Shabaab mocks US bounty of up to $7m for whereabouts of group's leaders with offer of camels and chickens 'Whoever reveals the hideout of the idiot Obama will be rewarded with 10 camels,' said Fuad Muhammad Khalaf of al-Shabaab. Somali Islamist militant group is offering rewards of...

It's hard to feed a family when a bag of apples costs $15 and a spring chicken will set you back more than $60. That's why the people of Nunavut are organizing a massive demonstration on Saturday - at home and in Ottawa - to protest the soaring cost of groceries in the territory. It began...

Province granted more control The federal government has agreed to give Saskatchewan control over how it cuts greenhouse gas emissions from its coal-fired power plants. Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and Saskatchewan Environment Minister Ken Cheveldayoff announced Friday they have...

Proponents argue male students require a safe space too, but opponents worry equality issues are overlooked. Thirty years after Simon Fraser University's Women's Centre opened its doors, the campus is now considering a proposal for its first ever Men's Centre. Last Wednesday the Simon Fraser...

With moose venturing farther south in Saskatchewan come their natural predators - wolves. "(The moose population has) expanded quite a bit in southern Saskatchewan over the last 20 years," said Gary Provencher, a conservation officer for the Ministry of Environment. "From what we know...

I'll do a better job next time. RCMP are attempting to determine how a homemade explosive device came to be caught by a fisherman in a Saskatchewan. Saskatoon RCMP were contacted Sunday night around 7:20 p.m. by a man who had been fishing at the Brightwater Reservoir near Hanley...

REGINA — Canada’s looming labour shortage could be met in part by the rapidly rising aboriginal population, but not unless the widening education gap between natives and non-natives is addressed, according to the head of aboriginal banking for one of Canada’s largest banks. “We’ve got a...

The City of Regina is considering selling treated wastewater to a potash mine in a deal valued at $80 million, according to a report going to council members next week. The proposed deal, with a company called Western Potash Corp., would see water from the city's treatment plant piped to a...

Federal cash for roads, sewers to continue, minister pledges National infrastructure program, currently funded to 2014, will continue beyond The president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities says mayors across the country are relieved that the federal government has committed to...

Some flights were briefly put on hold at the Regina International Airport Friday after a moose wandered onto the airfield. It happened sometime after 6 a.m. CST at the airport just west of the city. Air travellers waited on the runway while workers chased the moose away. The moose was...

Wage growth remains tame in Canada, and nowhere is it weakest than in the country’s most populous province. Average weekly earnings rose 2.1 per cent among Canadian workers in March, led by Saskatchewan and Newfoundland -- where wage growth is running at twice the national pace. It’s a...

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Apparently she "smoked a pole". I wonder how many times the cops made her blow? Jenna Jameson was arrested on suspicion of DUI early this morning in Orange County ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the porn queen was involved in a single car accident at around 1:30 AM...

Imagine you’re NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and you’ve just been elected prime minister. Now, you’re about to impose a massive, new cap-and-trade market on Canada as your solution to “Dutch Disease.” In other words, you’re going to hit Canadian energy producers with a new cost, buying pollution...

Mining is the backbone of the Saskatchewan economy and its prospects are enormous. The province is internationally recognized as a leader in mining, a sector stimulating economic growth, job creation and spin-off activity in urban centres, rural areas and First Nations communities across the...

The crude oil flows thick and black, pouring like hot coffee sludge into a rail tanker on the Saskatchewan prairie. The tracks it sits on bisect a snow-covered tableau of wheat fields and grain elevators and oil wells. The rails stretch past the horizon, winding their way to distant refineries...

The federal government Friday called for all baby boomers to be tested for hepatitis C, which kills more Americans each year than AIDS and is the leading reason for liver transplants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the recommendation to find hundreds of thousands of...

Home to over 25 different mine operations, Saskatchewan is producing massive quantities of mineral exports. Pam Schwann, executive director of the Saskatchewan Mining Association, was recently interviewed about Saskatchewan's place in the world mineral market. Q: What advantage does mining...

Saskatchewan has become much more than a land of rolling wheat fields and emerald forests. No longer relying solely on its economic backbone of agriculture, the province has even become more than the land of milk and honey - increasingly, it is the land of ore and money. Minerals make up a...