Saskatchewan

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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Third times a charm?
Mustangs advance to second straight National Final
The Melfort Mustangs are back in the gold medal game at the Centennial Cup.For the second straight season, the Mustangs will be playing in the National Final, with the hopes of winning the club's first Canadian Junior A Championship."In the first period, we came out the way we wanted to play, hard and heavy, but t...
May 18, 2025
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Canada

Canada Post workers issue strike notice, poised to hit picket lines Friday
MONTREAL - Canada Post said Monday it has received strike notices from the union representing more than 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week - for the second time in six months. The union informed management...
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TCanada, U.K., France warn of concrete actions against Israel over military expansion
OTTAWA - Canada, the United Kingdom and France issued a forceful condemnation of Israel's expansion of military operations and other actions in Gaza and the West Bank, threatening in a joint statement Monday to take concrete actions, including sanction...
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Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF - Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. "The next fire in here is going to be incredible," says the former Parks C...
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Archeologists find prehistoric artifacts at future skating rink site near Montreal
MONTREAL - Last fall, as archeologist Yves Chrétien was supervising a team digging at the site of a future hockey rink northeast of Montreal, a mini excavator unearthed pieces of cut stone. Formed under an ancient sea, the stones bore marks made by Ind...
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Eco-friendly transportation a condition of planned Ottawa Senators arena: agreement
OTTAWA - Public transit, cycling and walking will be the "primary and preferred modes" of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators' planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the project. Under the agreement, a group led by the NHL...
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Protesters opposed to agency-ordered cull at ostrich farm prepare for long-term stay
NAKUSP - Protesters who have been camping this weekend at a British Columbia ostrich farm that's been ordered to kill its entire flock because of bird flu say they're preparing to stay longer. Universal Ostrich Farm, in Edgewood, B.C., has been battlin...
May 18, 2025
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