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Meadow Lake welcomes back local track and field athlete
With a late August sunset shining over the community, residents in Meadow Lake gathered at the PineRidge Ford Theatre to welcome home local track and field standout Avery Pearson. The young woman had ...
Aug 27, 2021

Aberdeen Recreation Complex closes its doors indefinitely
The hub of Aberdeen has closed its doors.After 15 years of operation, the Aberdeen Recreation Complex closed down this week due to mounting maintenance costs, an outstanding mortgage and repairs it's ...
Aug 27, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Manitoba brings back COVID orders, gives more freedom to vaccinated
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is bringing back some of its COVID-19 public health orders and will allow only people who are fully vaccinated to go to restaurants, bars, bingo halls and sporting events. Health M...
Aug 27, 2021

Premier not wavering on health measures, mandatory vaccines
Premier Scott Moe isn't discussing the reintroduction of any public health measures or vaccine mandates with the highly infectious Delta variant bringing a new wave of COVID-19 infections to Saskatche...
Aug 27, 2021

Shahab encourages mask use, vaccination requirements as COVID cases rise
After nine straight days of new COVID cases exceeding over 100 per day, Saskatchewan's chief medical officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says that indoor mask use as well as limiting non-essential services to pe...
Aug 27, 2021

Saskatchewan Cancer Agency first in Canada to use new treatment
The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency (SCA) celebrated a milestone earlier in August when they used a new form of treatment for metastatic brain cancer. This was the first time a patient had undergone the ne...
Aug 27, 2021

Prince Albert RCMP identify deceased woman as Crystal Castle
The Prince Albert RCMP have confirmed the deceased woman found west of St. Louis as 28-year-old Crystal Castle.On Wednesday RCMP officers found the body in a rural area and an autopsy has been complet...
Aug 27, 2021

RCMP investigating Break and enter, shooting incidents
RCMP are asking the public for help in identifying a suspect involved in a break and enter that occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday.The incident occurred at a business on 100th Street in Nort...
Aug 27, 2021

Coroner releases report into 2020 death of six snowmobilers in Lac-St-Jean, Que.
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has found that a lack of signage and an ill-fated decision to take an unfamiliar shortcut contributed to the deaths of five French snowmobilers and their guide in the Lac-S...
Aug 27, 2021

Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell wants everyone who lives or works outside the city's levee protection system to evacuate well ahead of an expected hit by Hurricane Ida on Sunday. ...
Aug 27, 2021