Saskatchewan Marshals
Sask Marshals Sworn In Amid Rising Crime-and Rising Questions
The first class of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS) were sworn in at the end of April.The new, provincial law enforcement agency has jurisdiction throughout Saskatchewan, including First Nations, and will reportedly support RCMP, First Nations, and municipal police services.At an annual cost of $20 million to ta...
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Wildfire season 2025
Wildfires near Onion, Lower Fishing Lakes of concern for SPSA
What started out as slightly slower than previous wildfire seasons has quickly changed thanks to hot, dry weather and human activity. In the first online media update of the season, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said while wildfires often change rapidly, several blazes across the north central belt of Sa...
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SIRT investigation
SIRT: Man found in medical distress 5.5 hours after being lodged in cell by Melfort RCMP
More details have been released regarding an in-custody death at the Melfort RCMP detachment. The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) was notified about the death on Tuesday, May 6. Shortly before 10 a.m. that morning, members of the Melfort RCMP responded to a disturbance at a residence in Melfort where...
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Fire ban in north
Provincial fire ban declared for much of northern Saskatchewan
A provincial fire ban is now in effect for much of northern Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said in a news release that the current conditions, high fire activity, and the extreme fire risk across Saskatchewan led to the fire ban, which encompasses the area north of the provincial forest boun...
May 09, 2025
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Crime
Former Sask. Government employee charged with money laundering, breach of trust
A former employee of the Government of Saskatchewan is facing charges after allegedly laundering the proceeds of crime and obtaining more than $650,000 from participants in the province's immigrant nominee program.According to the RCMP, Tony Dou, a resident of Saskatoon, is facing charges including fraud over $5,000, b...
May 08, 2025
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More measles exposures
New measles exposures in Sask; Medical Health Officer says 5-month-old patient among rising cases
Saskatchewan's top doctor says he expects the measles cases that have already almost doubled in a week to go up unless people get immunized against the virus."Many parents who themselves had the privilege of getting vaccinated are choosing not to get their children vaccinated because of all the misinformation and ...
May 08, 2025
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Canada
'Policing in Nunavik is broken': Inuit group wants change after latest fatal shooting
MONTREAL - A political organization that represents Inuit in Quebec says policing in the Far North is "broken" after an officer shot and killed an Inuk man on Tuesday. The shooting by the Nunavik Police Service is the second officer-involved death in t...
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Liberal candidate says judicial recount ordered in Ontario riding he narrowly lost
OTTAWA - A Liberal candidate who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in the federal election says his request for a judicial recount has been granted. Irek Kusmierczyk, the Liberal incumbent in Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore, argues in a social...
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White House downplays North American auto industry's concerns about U.K. trade deal
WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday downplayed the North American automobile industry's claim that U.S. President Donald Trump's new trade deal with the United Kingdom could make the sector less competitive. "The idea that an American buyer can now ...
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Ontario First Nation seeks emergency relief in Federal Court over water crisis
A First Nation in northwestern Ontario is seeking $200 million in emergency relief from the federal government to address the "critical" state of its water and sewage system as part of legal action launched in Federal Court, lawyers for the community s...
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Hearing in September on whether Quebec daycare crash accused is high-risk offender
LAVAL - A court hearing will take place in September into whether a man who killed two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should be declared a high-risk offender. Superior Court Justice Éric Downs today set aside one week begin...
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Filipino BC confirms identities of all 11 people killed in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - The group that organized the Lapu Lapu Day festival where 11 people were killed last month has released the names of the dead. Filipino BC says in a social media post that its members honour the lives lost in the tragedy and hold their fami...
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