Drug bust
Charges laid in ML contraband bust
A search warrant on a home on First Street East in Meadow Lake has yielded a serious collection of contraband. On June 20, officers seized 74 grams of methamphetamine, more than 300 hydromorphone pills, three imitation firearms, a machete, counterfeit cash; and drug trafficking paraphernalia. According to police, four ...
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'Survival mode': Denare Beach evacuee reflects on losing home days before her due date
Brooke Kindel is due to have a baby in seven days, and is trying to settle in Saskatoon after her home in Denare Beach was burned to the ground by a wildfire.The Wolf Fire pushed the community near Creighton out of their homes earlier this month and has destroyed over 400 structures.Kindle said when she left her home s...
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There are still five out of the 21 wildfires around the province that are still considered uncontained, but the latest update from the SPSA is showing more promising numbers. Rains sweeping through Saskatchewan in the last week have helped the situation up north.Starting with the Shoe Fire east of Candle Lake, while it...
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Roughriders unveil new colours for Indigenous logo
Artist Chris Chipak of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation has designed a new Saskatchewan Roughriders Indigenous logo which was revealed Saturday for Indigenous Peoples Day.Chipak added new colours for the 2025 season to the original all-green version of the logo, announced in September 2024, that was also designed by Chipak...
Jun 22, 2025
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Meadow Lake celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
It was a cold and windy day in Meadow Lake but for those who attended the North West Friendship Centre's Indigenous Peoples Day event, the enthusiastic energy and smiling faces were enough to warm the crowd. "It helps with building relationships right and reconciliation," said Kyla Wapass, mental health thera...
Jun 22, 2025
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Rainfall warnings issued for west central Saskatchewan this weekend
It's going to be very wet in parts of Saskatchewan this weekend.Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has issued a rainfall warning for west-central areas of the province from the Alberta border through to Kindersley, north to Kerrobert and east to Davidson.Chris Stammers, ECCC meteorologist, said a low pressure...
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CP NewsAlert: Friend identifies second victim of rockfall in Banff National Park
LAKE LOUISE - A survivor of a rockfall last week in Banff National Park is remembering 33-year-old friend Hamza Benhilal, who didn't make it out alive from under the rubble. Khaled Elgamal, 28, of Surrey B.C., says his roommate and friend Benhilal was ...
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Top public servants unanimously opposed 'big bang' pay switchover for public service
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Suspect killed in alleged shootout with Quebec police, watchdog investigating
MARSTON, QUE - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after provincial police killed a person in an alleged shootout about 200 kilometres east of Montreal. The independent agency says police responded to a call midday on Sunday in the community of M...
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Judge refuses to allow more avian flu tests on ostriches at B.C. farm
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal is refusing to allow the owners of a British Columbia ostrich farm to conduct further testing of their flock for avian flu in a bid to avert a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The same ruling tha...
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St. John's, N.L., streets won't be named for people to avoid problematic legacies
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Manitoba premier ends state of emergency as wildfire danger recedes, evacuees return
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