Lou Gehrig’s disease
'It's devastating': ALS Society of Saskatchewan two years away from running out of funding
Terry Loustel was diagnosed with ALS in 2022. Since then, he's gone from walking with a cane to needing a wheelchair and numerous expensive accessibility modifications to his home.Loustel has had to rely on support from the ALS Society of Saskatchewan, which is calling for $150,000 in annual funding from the provincial...
May 19, 2025
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Missing
Multi-agency search underway for Dilbert Thomas
Robert Clarke has been counting the days since his good friend Dilbert Thomas went missing."Forty-nine days. So, I thought maybe they'd find him right away, but it's been 49 days now he's been gone. It's not like him to do that."Clarke said his 62-year old friend often walked, in part to help manage his diabe...
May 19, 2025
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Saskatchewan
provincial court case
Saskatchewan RCMP charge man with kidnapping
A 24-year old man from Canoe Narrows, SK is facing several charges following an incident that started May 15 on Island Lake First Nation (Ministikwan).Around 11:00 p.m., Loon Lake RCMP received a report that a woman was potentially taken against her will. Their investigation determined a man entered a home with a firea...
May 19, 2025
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Riders Camp
Riders all-star centre Sean McEwen out for 'a while' after training camp injury
Newly acquired all-star centre Sean McEwen will be out for "a while" according to Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Corey Mace.McEwen left practice on Tuesday and was seen sitting on a chair with crutches next to him on Wednesday after suffering an injury during one of the one-on-one drills."Unfortunat...
May 18, 2025
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Crime
Saskatoon police looking for 'armed and dangerous' man after city's third murder of 2025
Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) have charged a 27-year-old man with first degree murder and are looking for a second "armed and dangerous" suspect after a man was shot at a motel in the city on Saturday.It is the third homicide in the city in 2025.SPS said in a news release late Saturday night that officers we...
May 18, 2025
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ANTHRAX
Saskatchewan government doesn't expect more deaths in small anthrax outbreak
The Government of Saskatchewan says it doesn't anticipate any more deaths related to the small anthrax outbreak in the Rural Municipality of Paynton.The outbreak claimed the lives of two cows according to a May 13 test result, prompting the province to remind producers to be on the lookout for anthrax in their animals....
May 18, 2025
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Canada
One person dead after collapse at construction site north of Montreal
BLAINVILLE - Police say one person is dead after a structure at a construction site collapsed north of Montreal. The construction site is located in Blainville, Que. Police say they received a call around 11 a.m. after the underground walls collapsed o...
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Kansas businesses hit by Trump's trade war are wooing Canadian customers
OTTAWA - The head of the Topeka Kansas Chamber of Commerce is in Ottawa this week seeking to strengthen ties as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to rattle cross-border business relationships. Juliet Abdel is meeting with federal and provi...
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CRTC hears debate on including a 'cultural element' in new definition of CanCon
OTTAWA - The federal broadcast regulator is considering whether it should include a "cultural element" in its new definition of Canadian content. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre said the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission s...
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Majority of Quebecers think province should end carbon pricing, survey says
MONTREAL - A new Léger poll says more than half of Quebecers want the province to abolish its price on carbon. Quebec has had some of the highest gas prices in the country since Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped the federal consumer price on carbon ...
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Here's what you need to know about King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to Ottawa
OTTAWA - King Charles will drop a puck at a road hockey game and visit an Ottawa farmers market next week during his first visit to Canada since his coronation. Those will be two of several chances people in Ottawa will have to get a glimpse of the Kin...
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Ottawa claims child welfare talks stalled over AFN's 'unreasonable' requests
OTTAWA - The federal government has told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that negotiations with the Assembly of First Nations on reforming the child welfare system are stalled and the AFN's requests are "unreasonable." In a May 15 filing to the trib...
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