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Yesterday was a scorcher, but how hot was it? According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Moose Jaw was the hotspot not just provincially but also nationwide, topping out at a balmy 31.0°C. 

Moose Javian's are in for several more days of persistent heat, and Meteorologist Crawford Luke says that we could hold that top spot again in the near future. 

The City of Moose Jaw has announced that two new pieces of public art have been installed at the Tourism Moose Jaw visitor’s centre.  

The two pieces are art are a metal baby bison sculpture and a full-sized Red River Cart. Both pieces of art were installed earlier this month. 

It could be another chaotic day for travellers as a labour dispute continues between Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants. 

Flight attendants with the Montreal-based airline represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees are expected to remain on the picket lines today as a battle against a federal return-to-work order continues. 

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In Canada, there are currently over 1000 people waiting for a stem cell match. This is why Canadian Blood Services is urging Canadians to add their name to the Stem Cell registry, as it increases those individuals chance of finding a match. 

Aaron Barlow, Community Development Manager for Canadian Blood Services Saskatchewan, explains they're looking for people ages 17 to 35 to join the registry, especially those with diverse ethnic backgrounds. 

China hit Canada with a new round of canola tariffs, threatening one of Western Canada's biggest cash crops and causing potential issues for farmers looking to sell their crops. The tariffs were announced overnight Monday in China, meaning that people watching the agriculture markets were in for quite the shock Tuesday morning.

Chuck Penner, founder of Left Field Commodity Research, was watching the markets and says much of the agriculture sector saw this coming.

The Safe Public Spaces Act came into effect at the start of August and its adoption could be in the cards for Moose Jaw. It has been confirmed that a report on the act will be delivered to Moose Jaw's Executive Committee during their next regular meeting on August 25.

A series of planned power outages will be impacting customers west and southwest of Moose Jaw today.

The outages begin Monday morning with brief interruption to service for rural customers south and southwest of Caron from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

This interruption is followed by one impacting all customers in the village of Caron itself, lasting from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

There are no additional outages currently planned at this time.

Air Canada cancelled hundreds of additional flights on Sunday after the union representing its flight attendants announced the workers would remain on strike in defiance of a back-to-work order.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees said it filed a challenge in Federal Court on Sunday to an order by the Canada Industrial Relations Board that said its members must return to work by 2 p.m. ET.

"Our members are not going back to work," CUPE national president Mark Hancock said outside Toronto's Pearson Airport. "We are saying no."

Ukraine and its allies held a virtual meeting Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares for a high-stakes discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said in a Sunday afternoon statement that he took part in the call with the "Coalition of the Willing," a group of nations that have agreed to support Ukraine as it defends itself against Russian's full-scale invasion. The statement did not indicate that Carney would be part of Monday's discussions.