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'A test case': Métis hunting rights retrial to resume in 2026 with expert evidence
A high-profile trial at Meadow Lake Provincial Courthouse that could determine Métis hunting rights across Saskatchewan won't be resolved anytime soon.Defence lawyer Kathy Hodgson-Smith said the retrial involving Oliver Poitras, Warren Boyer and Harold St. Pierre has been adjourned until next year to hear from h...
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Gun charges
La Ronge RCMP look for man with gun
RCMP members from the La Ronge detachment are looking for a 37-year-old man in connection with a weapons incident several days ago. Officers were called to a home on Chief James Robert Drive on Sept. 7 to deal with a man with a gun. The investigation revealed an interaction between two men and a woman inside the home t...
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Concrete solution
New median should improve safety of city's highest collision intersection
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Muskeg Feature
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Saskatchewan
Arrest made after dangerous person alert at Big River First Nation
Update 6:50p.m.RCMP arrested Drayden Mcadam on Big River First Nation and the dangerous person alert issued by the Saskatchewan RCMP for the Big River First Nation area has been cancelled. There is not believed to be a heightened risk to public safety at this time. Should that change, RCMP will notify the public immedi...
Sep 10, 2025
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Former Sask. Premier Lorne Calvert loses home in fire at Buffalo Pound Lake
The home of former Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert was completely destroyed in a fire on Tuesday.According to Bethune Emergency Services, firefighters were dispatched to the scene of the fire at Buffalo Pound Lake at around 3:30 p.m.The home of Lorne Calvert was destroyed in a fire on Tuesday. (Submitted)No further ...
Sep 10, 2025
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TREE CANOPY EXPANSION
Lloydminster eyes federal grant to plant up to 285 new trees across city
Residents in Lloydminster could see about 285 new trees planted across the city starting next year, as council applies for federal grants to support the project.The $167,000 plan would be submitted to the Growing Canada's Community Canopies initiative. If approved, Ottawa would cover half the cost, with the city contri...
Sep 10, 2025
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NATO concerns
NATO scrambles jets to shoot down Russian drones in Poland, raising fears of war spillover
WOHYN, Poland (AP) - Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described Wednesday as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A NATO spokesman said it was the first time the alliance confronted a potential threat in its airspace.The incursion, which o...
Sep 10, 2025
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Canada
Judge upholds publication ban on B.C. festival attack mental fitness evidence
VANCOUVER - A judge has upheld a ban that prevents media from publishing evidence heard at a mental fitness hearing for the suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people. Judge Reginald P. Harris had earlier ruled at the ...
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Montreal Transit Corp. warns users ahead of second strike coming in 10 days
MONTREAL - The head of Montreal's public transit authority says she needs to find ways to deliver services at a lower cost, 10 days out from a second strike by maintenance workers that will drastically reduce services. The second strike is scheduled to...
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Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can return to NHL
NEW YORK - The five players acquitted in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial can return to the NHL when their suspensions end "no sooner" than Dec. 1, the NHL announced Thursday. The players, who are all unrestricted free agents, can sign with a tea...
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Fact File: Video of supposed attack on Edmonton Uber driver actually filmed in Texas
A video shared on social media claims to show an Edmonton Uber driver held at gunpoint by two passengers who violently try to remove the driver from the car. While a caption on the video says "Drivers are not safe in Edmonton," the video was actually ...
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Minister says Indigenous advisory council just the start of major project talks
OTTAWA - The newly appointed Indigenous advisory council marks the start - not the end - of talks with community leaders on how to move the government's major projects agenda forward, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty said on Thursday On We...
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Teck merger a 'vote of confidence,' says Eby, pitching B.C. as Canada's 'engine'
The proposed merger between Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American PLC to create a $70-billion mining giant based in B.C. is a "vote of confidence" showing the province is a global hub for mining, Premier David Eby said Thursday. Eby said the merger wi...
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