President Trump’s Communication’s White House adviser Kellyanne Conway has said she meant no disrespect when asking a reporter to reveal his ethnicity. Her question came during an informal press gathering when reporter Andrew Feinberg asked her about Mr Trump’s tweets regarding Democratic congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar. Mr Feinberg wondered […]
The largest private-sector union in the country says Air Canada is employees’ best option when it comes to the purchase of Quebec tour operator Transat A.T. Unifor president Jerry Dias argued in an open letter Wednesday that while takeovers can work against employees’ best interest, his union is backing the option that offers the most […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Time and again at the trial of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, figures from his past braved retaliation from the Sinaloa cartel to testify about his heinous crimes. There was the professional assassin […]
SASKATOON — Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there is no place in society for comments such as the ones U.S. President Donald Trump has made about four Democratic congresswomen. Scheer said he believes people should be free to criticize their governments without having their backgrounds questioned or being told to leave the country. “I […]
During a tornado warning, do you know what to do? We’ve gathered some tornado safety tips from the Canadian Red Cross’ disaster expert Georgie Schuring and Environment Canada on how to prepare for a tornado and what to do if there is one. What’s the difference between a funnel cloud and tornado? Related 6 dead, […]
Prosecutors say they are dropping the criminal case ‘due to an unavailability of the complaining witness’ Massachusetts prosecutors on Wednesday announced they had dropped a criminal case alleging that former House of Cards star Kevin Spacey groped an 18-year-old man at a bar in Nantucket more than three years ago. Prosecutors said they decided to […]
Vote comes after US Attorney General William Barr, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defy subpoenas related to the census. The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to hold two top Trump administration officials in criminal contempt of Congress over their failure to provide documents related to their decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 […]
The front steps of an abandoned school, the bushes behind a church – these are just some of the places that peer navigators pick up used needles and other forms of drug equipment from on a daily basis. “If a needle’s sticking in there [shrubs] it will stick right through your sneaker, no problem,” said […]
More than 3,500 species of snakes exist in the world – nine of which can be found in Saskatchewan. In Saskatoon, the plains garter snake is most common. Typically measuring up to two feet in length, they thrive in areas like the Northeast Swale because of its abundance of food and habitat but are common […]
Drug overdose deaths in the US have fallen for the first time since 1999, according to preliminary official data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures showed a drop of 5.1% in 2018 from the year before. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said this was down to a decline in deaths […]