POLICING
RCMP investigating counterfeit cash as it surfaces in Lloydminster and area
If you're carrying $50 or $100 bills, you might want to take a closer look.Police in Lloydminster and Maidstone are investigating after several businesses reported counterfeit cash being used in recent weeks.Mounties said seven reports have come in since mid-August involving fake Canadian bills, mostly in higher denomi...
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Rocky Meechance death
Second man gets 6 years for Sask. Pen. manslaughter
The second of six people charged in the death of an inmate in the Saskatchewan Penitentiary last year was given a six-year jail sentence in Prince Albert Provincial Court today. Wyatt Crookedneck will start his new sentence for manslaughter once his current sentence concludes in November of this year. In her victim imp...
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BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY
From fines to treats: Lloydminster rewards good deeds with Positive Ticketing Program
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Guide dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
Back-to-school help
North Battleford mom launches school supply drive
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PAGC Urban Services supplies 1,500 kids with back-to-school essentials
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Saskatchewan
LOCAL TALENT
'I got the best crew': Jay Peeaychew leads Black Bear Indian Relay to 2026 Calgary Stampede spot with Medicine Hat win
For Indian Relay rider Jay Peeaychew of Red Pheasant Cree Nation, horses are not just part of the race. They're part of his family."They helped me with anxiety and depression in the past," he said."To me, they're healing animals. They heal me and I can have the worst day ever, but as soon as I come aroun...
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students, staff and faculty to benefit
Sask. Poly campuses, Northlands College to get more child care spaces; NDP highlights 'child care desert'
The provincial and federal governments will provide $10.8 million to create 540 child care spaces at Saskatchewan Polytechnic campuses. Campuses located in Regina, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, and Saskatoon will benefit. Northlands College in La Ronge will also receive 90 additional spaces. Thirty per cent of the spaces w...
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Trade efforts
Carney says Canada will soon announce funding for port infrastructure
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that expansions to ports in Montreal and Manitoba could be among the first projects fast-tracked under his government's new major projects bill.Carney said the government will make an announcement about new port infrastructure "in the next two weeks.""There is a lo...
Aug 27, 2025
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social polarization
Experts warn viral videos on social media are deepening racial divides and community tensions
CONTENT WARNING: Readers may find the comments within this article offensive.A viral video shows a fight between some men who appear to be of Indo-Canadian descent and others who appear to be Indigenous. There's no context to it. At one point, someone in the background says 'those are the people that steal our women.' ...
Aug 26, 2025
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Canada
Canada Post urges union to revisit offers, says gap between parties is 'substantial'
OTTAWA - Canada Post is urging the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to revisit its offers after meeting at the bargaining table Wednesday. The Crown corporation says the union has "maintained or hardened" its position on many items and added new demand...
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As provinces set to get smoking lawsuit cash, advocates seek more mitigation efforts
MONTREAL - Anti-smoking advocates urged the provinces and territories to use money from a historic tobacco settlement on public health programs as the provinces are set to receive initial amounts starting Friday. In March, an Ontario judge sanctioned a...
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'Quite the show': Video shows orcas getting up close with B.C. boaters
A British Columbia resident says he got the show of a lifetime when a pod of orcas got up close with him and a group of friends on the waters of Howe Sound in an encounter captured on video. Joshua Lepin says he and his friends were in boats and inflat...
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BC Lottery Corp. says it was 'ambushed' by Fintrac in money laundering investigation
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Lottery Corp. is taking the federal government to court, claiming it was wrongly penalized more than $1 million for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing violations earlier this year by a federal financial watch...
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Ex-minister tells Quebec auto board scandal inquiry he knew project was over budget
MONTRÉAL - Quebec's former minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Technology has told a public inquiry he knew the provincial auto insurance board's digital transition project was over budget in 2021. Éric Caire made the comments while testifying before...
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Five things to know about B.C. ostrich farm fighting against avian flu cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Federal Court of Appeal ruled on Aug. 21 that a cull of about 400 ostriches can proceed at a British Columbia ostrich farm that suffered an avian flu outbreak. Here are five things to know about the situation at...
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