Canada

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck promised to improve health care and build a new school as both she and Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe campaigned in Moose Jaw on Saturday. Beck was joined during her appearance by former premier Lorne Calvert, and she pledged an NDP government would construct a new elementary school next year to replace an […]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders travel to Edmonton on Saturday for a Week 18 match-up with the Elks. With a little help on the out-of-town scoreboard the Green and White can clinch a play-off spot: a Riders win combined with Calgary and Hamilton losses. That said, Saskatchewan’s offence will have a new look from the 12 players that started last week […]

The union representing Montreal dockworkers has ended a three-day strike at two terminals as scheduled. The Maritime Employers Association confirmed the work stoppage came to an end at 7 a.m. at the terminals, which handle more than 40 per cent of container traffic at the country’s second-largest port. The two sides have not met all […]

Canadian running back Thomas Bertrand-Hudon produced his best professional performance during the Saskatchewan Roughriders 29-16 win over the Ottawa Redblacks in Week 17.  After Ryquell Armstead left the game with an upper body injury, the Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC native was pressed into action.  “We call him Thomas the Train. Thomas the Train was out there toting that thing. […]

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar who became a superstar songwriter, singer and actor, has died. A family spokeswoman says Kristofferson died at his home in Hawaii on Saturday. He was 88.  Kristofferson brought a gritty realism to country music with compositions like “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” “Help Me Make it Through the Night” and and “Me and Bobby McGee.” […]

REGINA — Some Canadian Football League games are high-scoring shootouts, some are close back-and-forth battles and some are just grinding wars to the finish. Saturday’s contest between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Redblacks was most certainly an example of the latter, as the two teams engaged in a physical scrap that saw the Roughriders emerge […]

Despite it being the team’s first post-Labour Day victory since 2021, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are moving ahead quickly after a 37-29 win over the Stampeders in Calgary. That said, there are a number of positives that can be drawn from the Week 16 game. Running back Ryquell Armstead ran for 207 yards on 25 carries, the fourth most in a single […]

India is continuing to allow Canadian yellow peas to come into the country restriction-free from October 31st to December 31st this year. India’s Directorate of Foreign Trade published the order on Friday.  The Indian government originally lifted the duties on pea imports in December 2023 until it expired this spring. However, that was extended to […]

China released more details of its anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola, but a farm leader believes it’s all politics and wants to see the Chinese and Canada come to a resolution before it escalates. The anti-dumping investigation will be year-long process, according to the Chinese government, looking into canola imports from January 1st to December […]

Canola groups await more information from China after its announcement last week of two investigations into Canadian canola imports and tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, and aluminium. Canada announced it will impose a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese EVs coming into the country, and a 25 per cent tariff on Chinese steel and […]