Saskatchewan

Drug bust
Charges laid in ML contraband bust
A search warrant on a home on First Street East in Meadow Lake has yielded a serious collection of contraband. On June 20, officers seized 74 grams of methamphetamine, more than 300 hydromorphone pills, three imitation firearms, a machete, counterfeit cash; and drug trafficking paraphernalia. According to police, four ...
Jun 23, 2025
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'Survival mode': Denare Beach evacuee reflects on losing home days before her due date
Brooke Kindel is due to have a baby in seven days, and is trying to settle in Saskatoon after her home in Denare Beach was burned to the ground by a wildfire.The Wolf Fire pushed the community near Creighton out of their homes earlier this month and has destroyed over 400 structures.Kindle said when she left her home s...
Jun 23, 2025
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Sunday Wildfire update
Shoe Fire now 45% contained in latest wildfire update
There are still five out of the 21 wildfires around the province that are still considered uncontained, but the latest update from the SPSA is showing more promising numbers. Rains sweeping through Saskatchewan in the last week have helped the situation up north.Starting with the Shoe Fire east of Candle Lake, while it...
Jun 22, 2025
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Red Pheasant Designer
Roughriders unveil new colours for Indigenous logo
Artist Chris Chipak of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation has designed a new Saskatchewan Roughriders Indigenous logo which was revealed Saturday for Indigenous Peoples Day.Chipak added new colours for the 2025 season to the original all-green version of the logo, announced in September 2024, that was also designed by Chipak...
Jun 22, 2025
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Canada

Meat producers warn internal trade bill could cause blowback with trade partners
OTTAWA - The Canadian Meat Council is warning that the Liberal government's legislation to ease the movement of goods and services within Canada could actually undermine red meat exports. Lauren Martin, senior director of public affairs for the organiz...
2h ago
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Punishing temperatures return to Central Canada during record-breaking heat wave
TORONTO - A heat wave over Ontario and Quebec was set to deliver a parting punch of scorching temperatures on Tuesday, forecasters said, as hydro crews worked to restore power to tens of thousands of customers in areas hit by forceful thunderstorms. Tu...
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Maine governor tells N.B. that drop in Canadian tourism hurting small businesses
FREDERICTON - On a visit to New Brunswick, the governor of Maine issued renewed pleas for Canadian tourists to return to the United States, despite their apparent anger over the political climate. Janet Mills is on a three-day charm offensive to Canada...
3h ago
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Provincial police divers recover body of crew member in Airmedic helicopter crash
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police continued to search Tuesday for missing occupants of a helicopter that crashed in a lake on Quebec's North Shore last week. On Monday evening, provincial police divers found the body of one of the crew members aboard...
6h ago
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More than 100 people on Canadian chartered flight leaving Middle East tonight: Anand
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says a Canadian chartered flight will leave Jordan this evening with more than 100 people on board. Speaking from The Hague, Anand says Canada is also helping allied nations get their citizens out of the Mi...
7h ago
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Steady May inflation figures don't make the case for rate cuts: economists
OTTAWA - May inflation figures showed marginal improvements in some of the Bank of Canada's closely watched price figures - a step in the right direction, some economists say, but likely not enough to convince the central bank to cut interest rates. Th...
8h ago
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