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Saskatchewan’s finance minister is opting to wear the same shoes he wore last year for this year’s budget day, saying it reflects the province’s response to “tough economic times” around the world. “They are in good shape, just needed a little touch-up and they needed some protection,” Jim Reiter told reporters Tuesday while holding a can of shoe protectant.Reiter also unveiled the title of this year’s budget, which is “Protecting Saskatchewan.”“You’re going to see measures that the government is taking to help Saskatchewan citizens through geopolitical stresses around the world,” Reiter said, adding that some other concerns from residents that can…

Foreign tourists entering the United States may soon be required to provide their social media histories from the past five years, as well as their family members’ names and addresses, in order to obtain a travel authorization. However, Canadian citizens would not be affected by the proposed changes to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program.“Canadian citizens, travelling on a Canadian passport, do not need an Electronic System for Travel Authorization” to enter the U.S., a Global Affairs Canada spokesperson told Global News, adding they are “aware” of the U.S. proposal.Visitors to the U.S. from nearly four dozen visa-exempt…

It was a busy weekend for Cecil’s Perogies — just not the kind the owners were hoping for. Owner Jonathan Warwaruck said his phone “was ringing off the hook” after the family-run restaurant on Richter Street was broken into early Saturday morning.Police say the first incident happened around 6 a.m. Then, just 24 hours later, it happened again.“The front door was smashed in and they stole pop,” Warwaruck said. “The second time they came back and took more stuff.”Kelowna RCMP say they’ve already gathered surveillance footage and are working with nearby businesses to identify the suspect. Get daily National news…

The number of Canadians travelling to the United States in February dropped year-over-year from 2025 to 2026, numbers from Statistics Canada show. Canadian-resident return trips, or the number of Canadian residents returning home from the U.S., fell 14.5 per cent in Feb. 2026 from Feb. 2025, and 31.5 per cent from Feb. 2024. Return trips by vehicle at land border crossings decreased by 12.9 per cent from Feb. 2025, and return trips by air fell by 17.6 per cent.It’s affected business in some North Dakota cities popular with road-tripping Manitobans.“We’re down about 20 per cent compared to the year before,”…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday her long-term goal is to be able to balance the province’s books even with moderate oil prices. In about 10 years, she said, she’d like Alberta to bring spending in line with revenues that US$60-per-barrel oil would bring to provincial coffers.“That’s where we have be. But then when you have years where you have a surprise surge and you realize a surplus, then that gives you an opportunity to support particular projects,” she said.The latest Alberta budget, tabled last month, projected a $9.4-billion deficit in the upcoming fiscal year based in part on the…

Update 5PM ET: Tumblr has reversed the changes, saying “strong” user reactions “made clear that the rollout created problems we need to address before moving forward.” The company says it still believes “there’s a better version of how reblogs can work,” but it wants to do so with more community input and will share more in the coming days. Original article follows below.Tumblr has overhauled its reblogging feature to add new options for interacting with chained posts, and it hasn’t gone down well with many of the platform’s users. The update announced by Tumblr on Monday enables users to like,…

The federal government is appealing to the Supreme Court a lower court decision that found its use of the Emergencies Act four years ago during “Freedom Convoy” protests was unreasonable and led to the infringement of constitutional rights. The government invoked the act to quell protests in the national capital and at key border points.“Canada has sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to review of the use of the Emergencies Act during the convoy protests and blockades that caused serious disruptions across the country,” said Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s spokesperson Lola Dandybaeva.“Our government remains committed to…

Denver, Colo., March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) held a ceremony on Sunday, March 15, in Bismarck, N.D. to honor the 2025-26 Tribal College and University Students of the Year and Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars. Held as part of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium’s 2026 Student Conference, this event also honored Tribal College and University President Honoree of the Year, Dr. Leander “Russ” McDonald of United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck. The Adolph Coors Foundation sponsors both the Tribal College and University Students of the Year and the Tribal College and University…

After lots of rumors, it’s now official: Bethesda’s sci-fi epic Starfield is coming to the PS5. It’ll launch on Sony’s console on April 7th, and that day will also see the debut of two major updates for the game — one paid, one free — a combination that Bethesda describes as “the biggest update to the game since launch.”As for the updates, the first is a paid expansion called Terran Armada. This is a more traditional story update for the game, along the lines of 2024’s Shattered Space, which adds a brand-new questline that includes fresh characters, locations, enemies, and…

BROOKFIELD, Ohio, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Greenwater Services, a water technology company specializing in environmentally safe water treatment and purification technologies, announced that its five-week pilot project on the Tijuana River achieved an average 91.5% reduction in total coliform bacteria on treatment days, significantly exceeding the project’s initial 15 to 20% performance objectives. The pilot, facilitated and overseen by the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), was funded at $1.1 million and conducted late last year along the flood control plain west of the U.S.-Mexico border. The Tijuana River flows north into San Diego County before emptying into…