Saskatchewan

Métis Nation - Saskatchewan Election
MSN candidates for president share their thoughts
As part of EFN Media's (Eagle Feather News) coverage of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) 2025 general election, we spoke with the candidates for president to learn more about their background, motivations for running, and the biggest issues they believe the MN-S is facing. Here are the candidates in alphabet...
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FLARING
Gas flaring scheduled in R.M. of Spiritwood
If you spot flames lighting up the sky northeast of Leoville in the coming days, don't be alarmed; it's a controlled flare.SaskEnergy says it will be conducting intermittent flaring from Saturday, May 24 to Monday, June 2, at a block valve site about nine kilometres from the village, within the R.M. of Spiritwood.A 40-...
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enhanced economic corridor
Trade corridors float to the top of conversations at Western Premiers' Conference
Much of the conversation came right back to trade at the final news conference of the Western Premiers' Conference - even when separation was the topic of discussion.The list of topics on the table was wide for the meeting with the western premiers and the territories' premiers - from housing and public safety to emerg...
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Negotiations
Canada Post union calls for halt to overtime as deadline passes with no agreement
The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, saying its negotiators will continue to review the latest contract offers from the mail carrier.The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said late Thursday that members were being told to refuse any work beyond eig...
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Canada

Mounties investigate ostrich death at B.C. farm facing cull order
RCMP say they are investigating the death of an ostrich at a farm in Edgewood, B.C., where protesters have gathered to prevent a cull of the birds ordered by federal authorities. Katie Pasitney, whose parents own the farm, posted a video on social medi...
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Police arrest man for allegedly sending fentanyl from Vancouver to U.S.
SURREY - Organized crime investigators in British Columbia say a 32-year-old man has been arrested for his role in an operation that allegedly sent fentanyl from Vancouver to the United States. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit said in a st...
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Alberta judge grants bail for man convicted of 1987 murder after new trial ordered
EDMONTON - Decades after Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life for the killing of an Edmonton woman, the 61-year-old is set to walk out of prison. Alberta Court of King's Bench Justice Eric Macklin granted bail Friday to Sobotiak, who was convicted ...
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In Ottawa, U.S. senators push trade, Canadian tourism to their states
OTTAWA - Five United States senators were in Ottawa Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and underscore the long-standing relationship between the two countries. At a press conference at the U.S. embassy, Republican Kevin Cramer dismissed the...
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Probation for ex-Mountie, convicted of obstruction after 'sexting' violence victim
KELOWNA - A former Okanagan RCMP officer who exchanged explicit messages with a victim of domestic violence has been given a conditional discharge and 12 months of probation for attempting to obstruct justice. Former Kelowna Mountie Sean Eckland pleade...
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2024 sees record warm temperatures, less sea ice cover in Gulf of St. Lawrence
MONT-JOLI - Last year, the Gulf of St. Lawrence recorded its highest maximum surface temperature and lowest seasonal volume of ice cover in decades, say researchers with the federal Fisheries Department. Surface temperatures and ice cover are directly ...
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