Highlights

Saskatchewan housing starts up 86 per cent.

VANCOUVER — An arctic stranglehold on much of Western Canada is loosening on all but northern Alberta, while a Pacific low-pressure system brings snow to much of British Columbia.

OTTAWA — The federal government will not bankroll sensitive scientific research tied to dozens of schools, institutes and labs in China, Iran and Russia under new restrictions announced Tuesday.

Cold weather prompts thousands of requests for assistance

Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen was the latest guest at the Estevan Chamber of Commerce's Coffee Talk last week.

While this month's deep freeze may make it seem like a distant memory, December broke warm temperature records around the country, especially on the Prairies.   

Tim Reid is out at the top of REAL following a vote of the REAL board earlier this month.

Twenty-one recently completed training.

Hundreds of Saskatchewan's teacher's braved -40 degree temperatures in their first strike since 2011.

Beer Canada says this is the worst time to impose with the largest beer tax hike on Canadians in almost 40 years.