Public safety
Evacuees seek answers about shelter space, Muskoday opens temporary home
To help accommodate the demands associated with thousands of evacuees from Northern Saskatchewan, an additional registration center has opened up at the Sask Polytech campus in Prince Albert.Nancy Charles, 68, was turned away and told to register at the Prince Albert Grand Council Urban Services Centre - the same place...
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Draisaitl looks back at journey with Oilers' core as Edmonton looks to capture Cup
Leon Draisaitl has experienced plenty of good moments with the Oilers.The big centre selected No. 3 overall at the 2014 NHL draft owns a Hart Trophy as league MVP, has filled the net across his decade in the Alberta capital and enjoyed playoff success.Draisaitl also remembers the bad times - disappointing finishes, mis...
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Wildfire response
Ottawa matching Red Cross wildfire relief donations, Sask. gov't chips in $15M
Canada's federal government says it will match every dollar donated to the Canadian Red Cross 2025 Saskatchewan Wildfires Appeal.The Government of Saskatchewan, meanwhile, is providing $15 million to the Red Cross "to work with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency to support wildfire evacuees."Donations will...
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Devastation in La Ronge
Indigenous art, historical artifacts lost as Robertson Trading burns in wildfire
A historic store in La Ronge has been destroyed after a wildfire tore through part of the community.In a social media post, Robertson Trading Memories confirmed that Robertson Trading burned down in a fire on Tuesday night. Since then, hundreds of messages have poured in from people mourning the loss and offering suppo...
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Wednesday Fire update
Province's largest wildfires measure significant growth overnight
The Shoe fire that started near Lower Fishing Lake on May 7 and is now burning near Candle Lake, grew overnight from 407,956 hectares to 471,418.The blaze has Type 1 and Type 2 crew members, heavy equipment support, helicopter and air tanker support, value protection specialists, a company that provides super absorbent...
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FOR A BETTER FUTURE
Chief Moosomin School named Sask.'s sole recipient of 2025 Indigo literacy grant
Chief Moosomin School in Cochin is receiving a $30,000 boost to support literacy. It's the only school in Saskatchewan to be awarded this year's Indigo Love of Reading Foundation (ILOR) grant.The funding is part of a national program supporting high-needs schools across Canada. In total, $1.1 million is being distribut...
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Canada
B.C. port supervisors' union and employers ratify four-year deal
VANCOUVER - Maritime employers in British Columbia and the union representing port supervisors say they have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, after a dispute that saw workers locked out of container terminals last year. The British Columb...
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Former astronaut, federal minister Marc Garneau dies at 76
OTTAWA - Marc Garneau, the first Canadian in space who went on to become a high-profile federal politician, has died at 76 years old. MPs rose for a moment of silence in the House of Commons Wednesday evening to honour Garneau. He was an author and a p...
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Two lots of birth control pills recalled because they contained too many placebos
TORONTO - Health Canada says a pharmaceutical company has recalled two lots of Seasonale birth control because the packages contain too many placebo pills. The agency says Teva Canada Ltd. received a complaint that the packages had an extra row of plac...
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Alberta Premier Smith says she's invited Prime Minister Carney to Oilers game
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to watch an Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup final game. Speaking to The Canadian Press in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Smith said she's waiting to see if Carney wi...
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Smith says she sees a 'breakthrough' in talks with Americans on energy
WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said on Wednesday there's been a "breakthrough" in conversations with Americans on Canada's role in the United States' quest for energy dominance as President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to cause uncertai...
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Prisoners allege pandemic rules 'wreaked havoc' on minds in class-action lawsuit
VANCOUVER - Federal prison inmates who allege they were subjected to inhumane treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic have cleared a crucial legal hurdle to move forward with a class-action lawsuit filed five years ago against the Canadian government. ...
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