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QUEBEC — Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the Coalition Avenir Quebec government's budget on Tuesday. Here are some highlights: — Balanced books for the sixth straight year in Quebec, with a forecast surplus of $2.

The Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program – a provincial sobriety testing program – saw 16 criminal charges last year versus zero in 2018. Acting Sgt.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's education minister has taken the unprecedented step of ordering all preschoolers and students travelling abroad to refrain from returning to school for two weeks in a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Police responses to weapons related calls have been steadily increasing over the past five years. The Chatham-Kent Police Services released their 2019 Community Patrol Branch Report at Tuesday’s Board meeting.

The mother of an inmate who was murdered in his cell in Saskatchewan Penitentiary says she got answers about her son’s death during an eight-day trial, which was heard before a judge alone in Prince Albert’s Court of Queen’s Bench.

A report by the Humane Society International/Canada says better fire protection is needed in barns to stop the cruel deaths of tens of thousands of farm animals each year.

A man wanted in connection to the murder of a La Ronge woman in December was arrested in Prince Albert Feb. 4.

Better fire protection is needed in barns to stop the cruel deaths of tens of thousands of farm animals each year, says a report from the Humane Society International/Canada.

A central Saskatchewan man is on trial this week in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench for attempted murder.

In spite of the province’s concerted efforts to reduce gang activity, they are gaining a stronger foothold in Saskatchewan, according to Stan Tu’Inkuafe from STR8 UP, a Saskatoon-based non-profit that helps people leave the lifestyle.