When you drive up to Brenda Trafford’s home in Murray Corner, in southeastern New Brunswick, you can see why she’d never want to leave. It is a unique 12-sided, dodecagon house, with windows on all sides, overlooking the Northumberland Strait and the Confederation Bridge. It’s a special place she shared with her husband, Tom, until he…
Cristiano Ronaldo again topped the list of the world’s highest-paid athletes with total income of $260 million US in 2024, according to sports industry news site Sportico, but there were no women in the top 100. The leading 100, dominated by players from soccer, the NBA, NFL, golf and boxing, earned an estimated $6.2 billion…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Acquiring business permits in Saskatoon can be a weeks-long process. The Chamber’s proposed “Automatic Yes Tool Kit” aims to get businesses growing their operations and creating jobs instead of navigating bureaucracy. Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) CEO Jason Aebig says implementing these changes to permit procedures…
Two Nova Scotia men are asking the Federal Court to declare the current suspension of Parliament illegal because there must be a “reasonable justification” for hitting the pause button. Federal lawyers contend in response that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s advice to the Governor General to prorogue Parliament is not subject to review by the courts,…
The International Boxing Association announced this week that it’s seeking a showdown in courtrooms in the U.S., France and Switzerland, where it plans to file criminal charges against the International Olympic Committee. The alleged offence? Letting Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan compete in Paris last summer. The IBA said the two…
Saskatchewan’s official opposition is calling for greater focus on homegrown products and the creation of more jobs in the steel industry following U.S. President Donald Trump planned tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. “We need to double down on trade infrastructure, on finding new markets, on increasing what we make here at home, on supporting…
The Bank of Canada’s governing council felt that a protracted trade conflict with the U.S. would permanently shrink the level of domestic GDP, the minutes of a policy decision meeting showed on Wednesday. The central bank trimmed its key policy rate by 25 basis points to three per cent on Jan. 29, its sixth reduction in a…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. As the NHL’s best players get ready for their long-awaited return to the Olympics next year, an appetizer will be served over the next nine days as Canada, the United…
Canada has appointed a new fentanyl czar, part of the measures aimed at addressing concerns about border security made by U.S. President Donald Trump in tariff threats. According to a release by the Prime Minister’s Office, Kevin Brosseau, a former senior law enforcement officer with the RCMP and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s deputy national security…
Saskatchewan RCMP have released the identities of the four people killed on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation last week. Officers responded to a report of deaths on the reserve, located about 80 kilometres east of Regina, at 11:15 a.m. CT on Feb. 4. They found four people dead in a home. They were Tracey Hotomani, 34, and Terry…
