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Top 10 stories of 2025 from battlefordsNOW and meadowlakeNOW

If 2025 felt heavier than most, many people can point to why.Wildfires forced evacuations and choked the air. Economic uncertainty crept in through headlines from Washington and Ottawa. Crises unfolde...

Dec 27, 2025

Wildfires, agricultural settlement payments mark highlights for LLRIB in 2025

The distribution of agricultural settlement payments, as well as evacuations from wildfires in the spring, marked the biggest moments for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) in 2025. In 2024, the LLR...

Dec 27, 2025

LLRIB chief announces intention to not seek re-election

Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson won't seek re-election at the end of her term in 2026. "I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the LLRIB membership for the opportunity t...

Dec 23, 2025

Rise Air receives Canada’s first ATR 72-600 aircraft

A Saskatchewan airline made Canadian aviation history this week by taking delivery of a passenger aircraft that had never before operated in the country - a move that could reshape how workers travel ...

Dec 22, 2025

$713.8M settlement ends James Smith Cree Nation land claim fight, but division talks remain

A decades long battle with the federal government for a settlement over a series of complex land claims is finally over for James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) #370, but conflict remains as the three First...

Dec 19, 2025

Little Pine First Nation joins Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs as sovereign partner

The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) says Little Pine First Nation has formally joined its collective as a sovereign partner.In a statement issued Friday, BATC said the move strengthens a share...

Dec 19, 2025

SHA finds fault with response in hospital incident, guards no longer allowed to work at SHA facilities

A look into the actions of several security guards that were involved in a December 11 incident at the Victoria Hospital has found fault with their actions. "The review determined that the actions tak...

Dec 19, 2025

Virtual technology expected to lower preventable mortality rates in Northern Sask.

Northern residents have twice the preventable mortality rates than their southern counterparts when it comes to cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, but medical professionals believe that gap...

Dec 18, 2025

'If I can do this, so can you': Officer encouraging Indigenous people to join RCMP

RCMP Const. Wanda McKenzie has a policing career spanning more than two decades and she now prides herself with increasing the number of Indigenous officers in the force. McKenzie, who is a member of ...

Dec 17, 2025

Prince Albert agencies say online video of man lying in the snow shows need for community supports

Editor's note: this story was updated on Tuesday, Dec. 16 to include comments from Prince Albert Grand Council.While the investigation continues into an online video that shows a man found lying face ...

Dec 15, 2025