repairs and renovations
Saskatchewan funds $1.3M for facilities supporting disabled individuals
The provincial government is funding $1.3 million in improvements to group homes and day programs for people with intellectual disabilities.According to a Government of Saskatchewan media release, the capital grant funding will go to 15 community-based organizations.The money will fund repairs and renovations to group ...
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More support
Sask. government announces new School literacy initiatives for September
Saskatchewan's youngest readers will be getting more support with their early learning needs this September.The Government of Saskatchewan is expanding literacy supports by launching provincial reading screeners this month.Students in Kindergarten through Grade 3 will have access to these screeners, which are quick ass...
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20,000 flee as explosive B.C. wildfire races toward Summerland, burning homes in path
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Summer adventures
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local talent
Macklin's Cole Reschny named to World Junior Summer Showcase roster for Team Canada
Jul 25, 2026
Back in win column
Sexton sparks Riders in 27-22 win over Redblacks
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Saskatchewan
Yearly showdown
'Sixty minutes of violent football': Riders, Bombers set to clash in Labour Day Classic
It's one of the most anticipated games of the CFL season - the annual Labour Day Classic at Mosaic Stadium between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.The yearly showdown has a reputation as a game where the teams' records don't matter but in 2026, it, along with the rematch between the two in the ne...
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Rate Hike
Sask. drivers face SGI rate increase of 3.75 per cent in 2027
SGI customers will face an increase in their insurance rates for a second straight year.The Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel (SRRP) has recommended a 3.75 per cent overall Auto Fund increase, with rate rebalancing, which is set to take effect on June 1, 2027.Rate rebalancing means the increase for each customer will vary...
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special warrant
Sask. Public Safety Agency being handed $50M more for flooding and wildfires
Just five months after presenting its budget, the provincial government is signing off on an extra $50 million in spending for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency.A special warrant was signed at the end of last month to authorize the money for the Ministry of Community Safety, which will be put into the agency.Nearly...
Sep 05, 2026
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Paint crop?
Saskatchewan highways could soon be painted with home-grown canola oil
The yellow lines painted on Saskatchewan highways could soon have a much deeper connection to the Prairie landscape.A new research initiative at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is exploring whether canola oil can completely replace petroleum products in the province's highway paint.If successful, the project co...
Sep 05, 2026
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Canada
Otto Jelinek, a former cabinet minister and world-champion figure skater, dead at 86
OTTAWA - Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86. "He was quite the ambitious guy," his younger brother Henry said Sunday, a day after Jelinek's death. "He was also sincerely and stron...
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Quebec school finds creative ways to help students with visual impairments learn
MONTREAL - At Jacques-Ouellette school, learning can mean reading braille, making out large print, or relying on touch - and no two students learn quite the same way. The hallways of the Longueuil school, just south of Montreal, came back to life last ...
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Chicago aquarium shares health update on Marineland belugas after whale deaths
CHICAGO - A Chicago aquarium says several of the belugas that were transferred to its site from Ontario's Marineland have health issues. Shedd Aquarium says in a Friday statement it is conducting round-the-clock supervision and teams are monitoring the...
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Nova Scotia mourning woman who died during flooding, premier says
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the province is mourning a Cape Breton Island woman who died during widespread flooding across the region caused by torrential rain. RCMP say the body of a 46-year-old woman from Cleveland, N.S., was recov...
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American diplomat recounts Canadian solidarity with U.S. after Sept. 11 attacks
OTTAWA - American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building. "It was just a day that none of us will ever forget,"...
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Quebec courts say generative AI cannot replace judges' reasoning
MONTREAL - Quebec's courts have issued new guidelines restricting judges' use of generative artificial intelligence, stressing that judging must remain a fundamentally human responsibility. The guidelines, jointly adopted by the Quebec Court of Appeal,...
Sep 05, 2026
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