Saskatchewan Marshals Service hires first 10 officers, training to begin
A new Saskatchewan police agency has sworn in its first 10 officers, it said Monday.
The Saskatchewan Marshals Service said the officers are undergoing seven weeks of training before they start working later this year.
The training includes firearms education, defensive tactics, emergency casualty care, high-risk vehicle stops, trauma-informed policing and Indigenous culture.
Year in review: A look at national news events in June 2024
A look at national news events in June 2024
1 - Israel's government says its conditions for ending the war with Hamas have not changed and that conditions for a ceasefire are still not met. The comments come a day after U.S. president Joe Biden put forward a proposed peace deal between Israel and Hamas that seeks to enact a three-phase wind-down of the war. Israel's government says putting a permanent ceasefire in place before the conditions are fulfilled is a "non-starter.''
BoC delivers jumbo interest rate cut, signals slower pace of cuts moving forward
The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point today but signalled a slower pace of rate cuts moving forward.
The decision marked the fifth consecutive reduction since June and brings the central bank’s key rate down to 3.25 per cent.
Forecasters were widely expecting the jumbo interest rate cut after the November labour force survey showed the unemployment rate rose to 6.8 per cent.
Ottawa considers changes to reduce number of temporary foreign workers in Canada
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says the federal government is considering new regulations that could make fewer employers eligible to hire temporary foreign workers.
It's part of a suite of changes the minister is announcing in an effort to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada.
He says he told a group of large business associations today that the program cannot be used to circumvent hiring Canadian workers.