Wildfires
Massive Shoe Fire remains uncontained as 84 blazes burn in Saskatchewan
Despite the wet weather across much of the province this weekend, there 84 active fires were still burning in Saskatchewan on Sunday.Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said in a 2:30 p.m. report on August 10 that 14 of those blazes were not contained.Among those not contained include the Shoe Fire near Lower Fish...
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Crime
Canada's 10th most wanted man and suspect in Saskatoon murder arrested
A man who's been on the list of Canada's top 25 most wanted fugitives for murder and drug trafficking charges in Saskatoon dating back to 2022 has been arrested at the airport in Montreal while police say he was returning to Canada.Quebec provincial police say officers from the Sûreté du Québec Airp...
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Program Relaunch
Saskatchewan's Orange Construction Zone Update returns with focus on safety
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SIGA
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority selects new Board Chair
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Massive Shoe Fire remains uncontained as 84 blazes burn in Saskatchewan
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Politics
Carney maintains positive approval rating despite summer cooldown: poll
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Saskatchewan
Crime
One dead, two arrested in officer-involved shooting in Deschambault Lake
RCMP have released more information about the officer-involved shooting in Deschambault Lake yesterday. Police said that at 8:41 a.m., two Deschambault Lake RCMP officers came across five people gathered in a wooded area near the community. During the encounter, a confrontation sparked between the officers and one of t...
Aug 09, 2025
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Jobs
Saskatchewan leading the nation in employment rates
Saskatchewan was the only province to see an increase in employment in July. The province also had the lowest unemployment rate in the country at 5 per cent, or 22,000 full-time jobs, according to the Labour Force Survey."Today's labour market numbers continue to demonstrate that Saskatchewan is leading the nation...
Aug 09, 2025
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Forest Renewal
Over 73K trees planted in Narrow Hills Provincial Park following wildfire
The rebuilding of some parts of Northern Saskatchewan is well underway after wildfires devastated some regions earlier this summer. One of the hardest hit parts of the province was Narrow Hills Provincial Park, roughly 70 km northeast of Candle Lake, where the massive Shoe fire torched much of the area at the beginning...
Aug 09, 2025
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Sask Poly layoffs
Sask. Polytech confirms layoffs as a result of lower immigration numbers
A 'significant decline' in international student registration has led to the layoff of 14 staff at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The school, which has campuses across Saskatchewan with one in Prince Albert, will also not fill eight empty positions. Put together, the reduction is about 10 per cent of the school's out-of-sco...
Aug 08, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Air Canada flight attendants picketing at airports
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada flight attendants picketing at airports Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities in what their uni...
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Stifling heat forecast in Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic provinces and parts of B.C.
Another day of punishing heat and humidity is expected to hit Ontario, Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces. A heat warning from Environment Canada remains in effect for all of southern Ontario, stretching north past Lake Huron and Georgian Bay and e...
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Air Canada flight attendants picketing at 4 major airports on national day of action
TORONTO - Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities on Monday in what their union is calling a national day of action. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says demonstrations are expected to take p...
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Voters head to polls for closely watched Quebec byelection in Arthabaska
MONTREAL - Voters are heading to the polls today for a closely watched Quebec byelection in which the leader of the provincial Conservative party is vying to win his first legislature seat. Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime appears to be in a close two-...
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Study maps 'megathrust' quake zone off northern B.C., but risk may be far in future
Scientists have captured the first detailed images of the meeting of two tectonic plates off the coast of northern British Columbia, an area they say has the potential to generate the largest "megathrust" earthquakes and tsunamis. The images confirm wh...
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Many public servants ran for federal office in the spring - only one of them made it
OTTAWA - Out of the many federal public servants who ran as candidates in the last federal election, only one was elected: Caroline Desrochers, the Liberal member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières, Que. Originally from Montreal, Desrochers worked at Glo...
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