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Akaitcho First Nations want to see action on long medical travel
28 Oct 2026
The concerns discussed on Tuesday at the Akaitcho Territory Government's annual general assembly include medical travel, high cancer rates, housing and the spread of drugs and alcohol in their communi
Parents of boy who died from CO poisoning say his legacy lives on as new Sask. law comes into effect
28 Oct 2026
Marina Hills and Sergio Losco are working to keep their son Henry's legacy alive as a law named after him is set to come into effect in Saskatchewan on Nov. 1. The 11-year-old died as a result of a ca
Saskatoon city hall reviews procedures in wake of too-tall house dilemma
28 Oct 2026
The owners of a home on University Drive in the Nutana neighbourhood are appealing — for the second time — an order to halt work on the nearly completed house after an inspection in May found the structure exceeded the maximum height allowed.
Leduc man pleads guilty to luring, sexually assaulting nearly two dozen teenage girls
28 Oct 2026
Campbell Fergusson of Leduc pleaded guilty to seven charges against 23 victims, including luring, sexual interference and making child sexual abuse material.
Oil trading in triple digits, but Canadian crude selling at steeper discount
28 Oct 2026
Canadian oil is typically sold at a discount compared to the North American benchmark, but that gap has widened in recent months with no clear short-term solution in sight.
Safe but excluded: Bureaucratic hurdles keep refugee kids from Gaza out of school
28 Oct 2026
Community advocates say they’ve seen families wait anywhere from 40 days to seven months to get their work permits, which Alberta requires before kids can be enrolled in school as local residents.
'Quiet, independent, strong-willed': B.C. soldier burned at CFB Wainwright faces long recovery, family says
28 Oct 2026
Pte. Trevor Flegel of Kitimat on the province's North Coast was among the dozens of casualties, including four fatalities, after a fire resulting from a training exercise ripped through the Canadian Armed Forces base in Alberta on Oct. 17.
Meet the 'hell chicken,' a feisty little dinosaur who feasted on fruit
28 Oct 2026
While other dinosaurs were crunching the bones of their prey in their powerful teeth, or slowly gnawing on leaves and twigs, Infernogallus jamesi may have been happily savouring nature's sweet delights.
Whitehorse man arrested after incidents targeting mosque faces new hate-related charge
28 Oct 2026
James Joseph Thomas faces a new charge of committing an offence motivated by hatred based on religion — namely, mischief — after an Islamophobic message was spray-painted onto a building downtown on Sept. 21.
Brand-new training facility for firefighters in Watson Lake, Yukon
28 Oct 2026
The fire department in Watson Lake, Yukon, has a brand new training facility. The multi-room, two-storey structure will allow firefighters to simulate a structure fire in a safe and controlled environ
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