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Guilty plea entered in impaired driving causing death case
A 23-year-old entered a guilty plea to impaired driving causing death in a La Ronge courtroom on Tuesday. According to an agreed statement of facts, James Misponas, who was 21 at the time, was travell...
Aug 19, 2025

Over $325,000 in drugs seized at Sask. Pen.
Vigilant staff members at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary near Prince Albert have once again intercepted a large amount of drugs. Corrections Canada said today that on August 16, they found and seized h...
Aug 19, 2025

Melfort U13 Spirit reflect on season
The Melfort U13A Spirit softball team is now a week removed from participating in the Western Canadian Championships, as they've had time to reflect on a historic season.The group of 11 girls finished...
Aug 19, 2025

Florida man executed for the 1982 killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her was executed Tuesday evening. Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. follo...
Aug 19, 2025

B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park closing for a month for recovery, First Nations' practices
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - British Columbia's government says Joffre Lakes Park will shut for a month in about two weeks' time, to allow it to "recover from a busy summer" and allow First N...
Aug 19, 2025

Lake Country Co-op Aquatic centre pool to open next week
In a long awaited moment, the City of Prince Albert said the new aquatic centre will open to the public next Thursday, August 28. For the first week, alternative programming will allow swimmers to try...
Aug 19, 2025

5 Canadian soldiers suspended over Nazi salute video
OTTAWA - Five members of the Canadian Armed Forces have been suspended and military police are investigating after a video surfaced showing a group of people giving Nazi salutes. The commander of the ...
Aug 19, 2025
More hiccups for BHP’s Jansen Potash Mine Project
Just a month after BHP announced its Jansen Potash mine project would face delays and a price increase, it's now facing even more setbacks.Stage 2 of the multi-billion-dollar project southeast of Sask...
Aug 19, 2025

Ottawa orders forensic audit of Poundmaker Cree Nation
Poundmaker Cree Nation is the latest Saskatchewan First Nation to undergo a forensic audit of its finances by Indigenous Service Canada (ISC).ISC confirmed the review is taking place but declined to p...
Aug 19, 2025

Man accused of drowning his nine-year-old daughter in New York makes court appearance
The lawyer representing a father charged with murdering his nine-year-old Canadian daughter in Upstate New York said his client will ask for bail. Luciano Frattolin appeared Tuesday in Essex County co...
Aug 19, 2025