PUBLIC SAFETY
'Not feeling safe for walking around town': Loon Lake mayor says crime down, but stray dogs leave residents uneasy
Crime in Loon Lake has eased since last year, when the mayor was calling for emergency help after a church fire and a rash of criminal activity. But he warns residents are now facing a different threat - packs of stray dogs roaming town.Mayor Brian Hirschfeld said political pressure from then-MP Gary Vidal for Desneth&...
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Northern skies, family ties: The Paceys and the legendary Beaver
Moored along a northern shoreline, the Beaver waits for its next trip into the bush - still doing the job it was built for. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)Beside a quiet dock in La Ronge, a floatplane bobs gently on the surface of the lake.It's old, unmistakably so, its paint faded from decades of sun, wind and water.The en...
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national dialogue
Premier calls for economic migration in conversation around temporary foreign workers
While other leaders in Canada call for the Temporary Foreign Workers program to be scrapped, Saskatchewan's premier is staying above the fray.Last week, federal Conservative leader Pierre Polievre called for the program to be scrapped, saying it depresses wages and is contributing to higher unemployment for young peopl...
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Inaugural season starts soon
Wolverines GM on how the team is shaping up ahead of reguar season debut
Warman Wolverines Head Coach and General Manager Brett Pilkington is preparing his team for the upcoming season as the franchise makes it's SJHL debut in the coming weeks.Since the Notre Dame Hounds relocated from Wilcox, Sask. in the summer, there have been major changes - from the team name to the coaching staff, alo...
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CENOVUS ENERGY
Rush Lake well failure probe expected to wrap up within three months
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Energy and Resources says the investigation into the uncontrolled well release at Cenovus Energy's Rush Lake II facility near Lloydminster is expected to be completed within three months.The release first occurred in May, when gas and fluids surfaced at the Rush Lake II site, forcing Cenovus ...
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preparedness
Humidity dome in Wadin Bay protected community from 'wall of fire'
The president of the Wadin Bay Cottage Owners Association believes other communities can learn a thing or two after residents of the resort subdivision were able to successfully protect their properties from a wildfire in June. The fast-moving Pisew wildfire, which led to the evacuation of more than 7,500 people in the...
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Canada
Canada sending $2.6M in humanitarian, refugee aid after months of Pakistan flooding
OTTAWA - Canada is providing $2.6 million in humanitarian aid for people in Pakistan displaced by flooding, and for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has been grappling since June with floods and heavy monsoon rains that have affected roughly four million peop...
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First Nation says it was shortchanged by millions for land in 2002 settlement
VANCOUVER - A First Nation in British Columbia says it was underpaid by millions of dollars in a 2002 settlement with the federal government over land that was given to a different band then sold to a railway more than a century ago. The Lax Kw'alaams ...
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Carney condemns 'intolerable' Israeli strike on Qatar that killed Hamas officials
OTTAWA - Canada condemned Israel's military strike on Qatar on Tuesday, saying the attack undermines the Gulf country's sovereignty and risks escalating conflict across the Middle East. An explosion killed Hamas officials Tuesday in the Qatari capital ...
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Safety board investigates after second train derailment in B.C. within a week
CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a derailment in British Columbia involving a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train. It's the second time this month a CPKC train has been involved in a derailment in B.C. The Transportation Safety...
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Fixing WestJet plane in St. Maarten likely 'very difficult project': aviation experts
An aviation expert and former pilot says it will be a challenge to repair the WestJet plane that landed roughly in St. Maarten on the weekend and shut down the Caribbean island's airport for a day. Keith Mackey says the next step is to move the plane t...
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Battle that led to Haiti's independence among names of new Montreal metro stations
MONTRÉAL - Montreal's outgoing mayor says she hopes a major project to extend the subway system into the city's east end will chart a path forward for other public transit developments. On Tuesday, Valérie Plante said she had wanted to see more transi...
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