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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Prince Albert Downtown Business Improvement District 20th Anniversary of Street Fair
Wildfires
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
Rainbow flags and politics on display at Montreal Pride parade
MONTREAL - Downtown Montreal was awash with rainbow flags on Sunday as thousands of LGBTQ+ community members and their supporters took to the streets for the annual Pride parade. Cheering crowds lined the streets as activists, politicians and brightly ...
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Carney maintains positive approval rating despite summer cooldown: poll
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity may be cooling off in the summer but remains broadly positive, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests. The Carney-led Liberal government's approval rating dipped to 50 per cent in the firm's latest polling...
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The controversy over Canada's rules on military exports to Israel, explained
OTTAWA - A Canadian senator is calling on Ottawa to be more transparent on its policy to restrict arms exports to Israel, following contradictory reports about what manufacturers have been allowed to send to the Middle East. "I'm horrified to hear this...
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'No safety rules': Concerns grow as AI-generated videos spread hate online
At first it appears to be a quirky video clip generated by artificial intelligence to make people laugh. In it, a hairy Bigfoot wearing a cowboy hat and a vest emblazoned with the American flag sits behind the wheel of a pickup truck. "We are going t...
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Indigenous groups question government funding for Métis Nation of Ontario
OTTAWA - First Nations in Ontario and the Manitoba Métis Federation say nearly $1 billion in federal funding went to a group they allege is fraudulently claiming Métis identity. The Chiefs of Ontario, which represents 133 First Nations in the province,...
20h ago
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10th most wanted man in Canada arrested at Montreal airport: police
MONTREAL - 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 ...
Aug 09, 2025
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