Wildfire smoke
Air quality warning issued for central Saskatchewan
Campfires are banned in certain parts of the province this weekend, but you may still smell like one thanks to wildfires burning in Central Saskatchewan.Environment and Climate Change Canada issued air quality advisories Thursday afternoon for areas including Prince Albert, North Battleford and Nipawin. Smoke is causin...
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WHERE IS KEBO?
Disappearance of Kebo Bear now a homicide investigation: RCMP
More than a year after Kebo Bear was last seen, Mounties say his disappearance is now being treated as a homicide, and two men have been charged with manslaughter in connection.Bear, who was 30 at the time, was last seen walking on Pelican Lake First Nation around Jan. 22, 2024. Despite extensive ground and aerial sear...
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KING CHARLES III
Wool, mustard and pulse crops: Sask. lieutenant-governor highlights prairie identity in royal audience
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'The World is Coming': volunteers, sponsored needed for men's softball championship
municipal update
Hunt resigns from town council
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TREATY RIGHTS
Onion Lake Cree Nation presses ahead with legal challenge to Alberta's Sovereignty Act
Last-minute amendments to Alberta's referendum legislation won't stop Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN) from pursuing its legal challenge against the province's Sovereignty Act and related policies it believes violate treaty rights."These are treaty lands. They are not yours to take and we're prepared to go to court t...
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Possible evacuation
SPSA wildfire update: residents near Candle Lake, Meath Park on high alert
A pre-alert for possible evacuation has been issued by Candle Lake Emergency Services as a result of the 'Camp' and 'Shoe' fires currently burning to the east of the resort village. In a public notice issued Thursday morning, the village said the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is providing support to the muni...
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Great outdoors
Camping season opens this weekend, fishing season open Thursday
New attractions and ways to enjoy the outdoors can be found at parks across Saskatchewan this summer. Campgrounds and provincial parks around the province are gearing up to welcome back campers this weekend as the 2025 camping season officially kicks off on Friday, May 16. "We are excited to welcome visitors for a...
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Strong Saskatchewan, Strong Canada
Premier lays out 'must's for Ottawa to reset relationship with Saskatchewan
With the legislative session set to end on Thursday, Premier Scott Moe turned his eyes to the federal government this week, sending a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney.The letter he posted to social media on Wednesday afternoon laid out 10 policy changes he said "the federal government must make to reset Ottawa...
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Canada
Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year was accidental. The inquest fo...
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Canada hasn't done enough to stop exploitation of foreign workers: Amnesty
A representative for Amnesty International Canada says the country isn't doing enough to stop the exploitation of temporary foreign workers brought in on visas that keep them tied to one employer. Ketty Nivyabandi, the group's English section secretary...
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B.C. district wants avian flu testing on ostriches facing cull
The Regional District of Central Kootenay in British Columbia says it will ask the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to conduct further testing for avian flu on a flock of ostriches facing a cull, before the region's landfill accepts the carcasses. Suppo...
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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
VANCOUVER - The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. calls the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says that winning the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., fought back tears of joy at a news...
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Nunavut election result not validated as ballot box held up in cargo by blizzard
OTTAWA - The federal election result in Nunavut still has not been validated by Elections Canada, because one final ballot box has been delayed by a blizzard. NDP incumbent Lori Idlout won the unofficial result by 77 votes over Liberal candidate Kilikv...
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Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths
FERGUS FALLS - U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba. A Minnesota jury found Steve Shand of Florida and Harshkumar Patel, an I...
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