Canada Summer Games 2025: Team Saskatchewan opens with a solid win in men's baseball

The Canada Summer Games are off and running in St. John’s, NL with the first day of competition wrapped up on Sunday.  

The Men’s Baseball contingent for Team Saskatchewan has a strong local component featuring three players and one coach from the East Central Red Sox Camp. Jarret Rude and Cade Britz of Muenster, along with Pryor Dyck of Watrous and pitching coach Chad Hofmann of Muenster are all in the mix for Team Saskatchewan. 

Air Canada flight attendants picketing at 4 major airports on national day of action

Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities on Monday in what their union is calling a national day of action.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says demonstrations are expected to take place at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Calgary International Airport, all at 1 p.m. ET. 

Heartland Livestock Services closes Brandon auction mart

Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25; the Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef producers selling their cattle

Manitoba’s livestock producers have one less place to sell their animals.

Heartland Livestock Services announced July 25 that they are closing their Brandon location.

Carney maintains positive approval rating despite summer cooldown: poll

Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity may be cooling off in the summer but remains broadly positive, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests.

The Carney-led Liberal government's approval rating dipped to 50 per cent in the firm's latest polling, down two percentage points compared to mid-July and the lowest level since March.

With 48 per cent viewing Carney favourably and 19 per cent disapproving, the prime minister maintains a positive net approval. That figure is a couple percentage points lower than in Abacus's previous poll.

Workers' compensation changes include cancer coverage for wildland firefighters

The provincial government announced that change to workers’ compensation came effect on Aug. 1 including expanded cancer coverage for wildland firefighter. 

Amendments to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013, includes presumptive cancer coverage for wildland firefighters in the province. 

Think before you swat: How wasps mark you as a target for the group

It’s a reflex we all have, and it's a difficult one to fight — but experts say swatting at wasps can actually make things worse.

According to Dr. James Tansey, an entomologist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, wasps don’t just sting in the moment — their defensive attack also involves chemical communications with others of their species nearby.

RCMP union pushes for change to help force attract talent from U.S., other countries

The union representing front-line RCMP members wants the force to ease requirements for foreign applicants to help attract experienced police officers from agencies like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and counterparts in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The RCMP currently requires that applicants be Canadian citizens or have permanent resident status in Canada. Applicants with permanent resident status must have lived in Canada as a permanent resident for three of the last five years.

Farm groups push Ottawa to prioritize agriculture amid uncertainty

Farm groups are asking for federal action on regulation and trade amid mounting financial pressures and tariff fears

Keystone Agricultural Producers and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture want governments to consider agriculture more often when setting priorities.

They are ramping up pressure on governments to prioritize agriculture in trade, regulation and disaster response as farmers face worsening drought and mounting financial strain.