Leaders Again
Former Broncos captains now leading championship club at VIU
A pair of former Humboldt Broncos captains are once again leading the charge, this time at the university level.Forwards Landen Stromme and Cage Newans have been named to the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners leadership group after leading the club to a BCIHL (British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League) Ch...
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Next Wednesday
Have your say at Coffee with Council in Melfort
Melfort residents will once again have a chance to chat with city representatives next week. Coffee with Council will be held in the Affinity Credit Union room at the Kerry Vickar Centre Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The get-together is a chance to talk with members of council in an informal setting, accordi...
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Leaders Again
Former Broncos captains now leading championship club at VIU
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Submission for Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards 2026 are now open
Next Wednesday
Have your say at Coffee with Council in Melfort
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UPDATED: One person dead, dangerous person alert cancelled on Red Earth Cree Nation
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Next Wednesday
Have your say at Coffee with Council in Melfort
Melfort residents will once again have a chance to chat with city representatives next week. Coffee with Council will be held in the Affinity Credit Union room at the Kerry Vickar Centre Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The get-together is a chance to talk with members of council in an informal setting, accordi...
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Suspect with gun
UPDATED: One person dead, dangerous person alert cancelled on Red Earth Cree Nation
Update: RCMP provided an update to an incident that began early Thursday afternoon on Red Earth Cree Nation and ended with one person deceased.On Oct. 15, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Carrot River RCMP received a report of an injured man at a residence on the Cree Nation. Officers immediately responded and located the m...
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Nov. 30 deadline
Tisdale issues request for proposal for new town office
The town of Tisdale has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design and construction of their new town hall. Town council decided earlier this year to move forward with construction of a new town hall after being forced from their previous location two years ago due to mould issues. The town office staff were t...
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Main floor rehab
Prairie North Co-op donates $30k to Historic Post Office Advisory Group
Another step forward for the rehabilitation of the Historic Post Office in Melfort. During a pancake breakfast at the iconic structure on Wednesday, the Prairie North Co-op presented the Historic Post Office Advisory Group (HPOAG) with a $30,000 cheque to be used toward the restoration of the main floor of the building...
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Cost of living a factor
Melfort Food Bank in need of cash donations as usage spikes
The Melfort Food Bank is raising the alarm about their financial well-being amidst a drastic increase in program usage. The organization has posted on social media that increasing expenses have left them in financial difficulty. "At the moment we are struggling financially more so than we ever have before," S...
Oct 14, 2026
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Crime Watch
Hit and run suspect sought by Humboldt RCMP
Humboldt RCMP are looking for your help to solve a recent hit and run. Police were called about the incident Sept. 19 near the SARCAN building on 6th Ave. The investigation revealed that a white GMC truck hit a black SUV parked on the street and failed to report the incident. RCMP released a CCTV photo of the driver of...
Oct 14, 2026
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Saskatchewan
Suspect with gun
UPDATED: One person dead, dangerous person alert cancelled on Red Earth Cree Nation
Update: RCMP provided an update to an incident that began early Thursday afternoon on Red Earth Cree Nation and ended with one person deceased.On Oct. 15, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Carrot River RCMP received a report of an injured man at a residence on the Cree Nation. Officers immediately responded and located the m...
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Ghost story
La Ronge woman's poltergeist story draws interest from TV series
Roxy Fisher won't reveal the address of the La Ronge home she claims she shared with a poltergeist, but she's preparing to tell her story to a television audience.Fisher, who now lives in Saskatoon, was contacted about two weeks ago by a producer of Paranormal Survivor. The series pairs first-person accounts of alleged...
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Housing crisis
NDP calls for direct rent payments as Prince Albert mayor urges broader housing strategy
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on Premier Scott Moe to restore direct rent payments to landlords to help prevent more people from becoming homeless.Speaking in Prince Albert Thursday, Kim Breckner, the Opposition's trade and export development critic, said the NDP plans to introduce private member's legislation during...
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Service Disruption
Widespread SaskTel service disruption caused by fibre cut
A fibre cut disrupted SaskTel internet, television, home phone and cellular services in several Saskatchewan communities Thursday, including Prince Albert and Saskatoon. The Crown corporation said crews were working to restore service as quickly as possible.SaskTel first reported the outage around 10:30 a.m. in Saskato...
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Financial irregularities
ISC demands FSIN pay back over $12 million, owed funding may be used to cover debt
After years of back and forth between Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), the federal government is now demanding re-payment of over $12.3 million and is threatening to use the funding it pays out to the organization to cover off the debt. That's according to a le...
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vaccinations encouraged
Saskatchewan could see severe cold and flu season: Expert
The upcoming cold and flu season in Saskatchewan may be a doozy.University of Saskatchewan microbiologist Dr. Joseph Blondeau gave a grim forecast following the launch of the fall influenza immunization campaign."My prediction is, unfortunately, we might have a rough respiratory virus season this year."He sai...
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Leaders Again
Former Broncos captains now leading championship club at VIU
A pair of former Humboldt Broncos captains are once again leading the charge, this time at the university level.Forwards Landen Stromme and Cage Newans have been named to the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners leadership group after leading the club to a BCIHL (British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League) Ch...
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Player Swap
Hawks send defenceman to Bruins, acquire rights to Trojans forward
The Nipawin Hawks have made a trade with the Estevan Bruins. Nipawin has acquired the list rights to 2009-born forward Ramy Borowsky in exchange for 2008-born defenceman Chris Newell.Borowsky is currently in his third season with the Tisdale Trojans, having produced four points (2G, 2A) through seven games this year. D...
Oct 14, 2026
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Hockey moves
Broncos trade with Bombers again, send Kaminski to Flin Flon
The Humboldt Broncos have once again made a trade with the Flin Flon Bombers. In the most recent deal, Humboldt has sent 2007-born forward Gabriel Kaminski to Flin Flon in exchange for a player development fee. Kaminski, a 19-year-old native of Langley, B.C., has spent the past two seasons with the Broncos, accumulatin...
Oct 14, 2026
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Big week
Nipawin Hawks linemates earn SJHL Player of the Week nods
A pair of Nipawin Hawks are on the SJHL Players of the Week list. Mason Lowther is the SaskLotteries Forward of the Week, after netting four goals and three assists in just three games last week. Linemate Carson Park had eight assists in those three games, earning the SaskMilk Rookie of the Week honours.
Oct 13, 2026
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Hockey roundup
Mixed results for local hockey teams over the long weekend
The Tisdale Trojans earned three of four points this past weekend. They dropped a 5-4 overtime decision to Estevan on Saturday. Jacob Tait scored a pair for the Trojans, who also had goals from Ramy Borowsky and Camryn Aebig. Karter Hilbig stopped 29 shots for Tisdale. The Trojans bounced back with a 4-1 win on Sunday....
Oct 13, 2026
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A good fight
Riders get carved by Alouettes on Thanksgiving Monday, lose 44-24
On a Thanksgiving Monday clash, it was the Montreal Alouettes who enjoyed a feast while the Saskatchewan Roughriders tumbled to a fourth-straight loss.Als quarterback Davis Alexander found plenty of big plays as he connected on touchdown passes of 45, 46, and 51 yards, as he finished with 403 yards, five touchdowns and...
Oct 13, 2026
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Promoting music and culture
Submission for Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards 2026 are now open
The SIMA Awards are back for 2026, and this year promises to be more exciting than ever. As a platform dedicated to celebrating Indigenous talent, the awards recognize the contributions of Indigenous artists across various genres. Whether you're a seasoned musician or just starting out, this is your chance to shine.The...
Jun 30, 2026
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Summer adventures
Think Kelowna is just wine tours? The locals would like a word.
Ask someone from Calgary or Vancouver what you do in Kelowna and you'll get the same answer: wine tours. Fair enough. The Okanagan earned that reputation. But spend a summer day here with one of the region's local guides and you'll come home with a different story.You might spend a morning rappelling down a canyon wall...
Jun 15, 2026
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Ram Monsters and Mayhem
Monster trucks roar back to Prince Albert after decades-long absence
Monster trucks are set to return to Prince Albert for the first time in more than 30 years this summer.Lake Country Co-op presents Ram Monsters and Mayhem, scheduled for Aug. 15 and 16 at the Prince Albert Exhibition Grounds, marking a rare stop for the high-octane motorsports show in northern Saskatchewan. Promoter Ro...
May 4, 2026
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Wet and damp weather holding back Saskatchewan harvest
The Saskatchewan harvest in the province is now about 93 per cent complete. There was some good weather in the early part of last week that helped pro...
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Weekend rain halts harvest in Manitoba
Manitoba farmers were making good progress with harvest until rain brought activities to a halt. In the weekly crop report, combining advanced substan...
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Province says it's righting historic wrong for Alberta ranchers
The Government of Alberta is reopening a registration program for eligible ranchers to have their long-standing water rights recognized.The province n...
Oct 14, 2026
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Canada
Canada must diversify trade away from the U.S. for security reasons: Freeland
OTTAWA - Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland says it's important for national security reasons that Canada do everything it can to diversify trade away from the United States. During a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations in New Y...
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Author Steven Galloway concludes testimony at Vancouver defamation trial
VANCOUVER - Author and former University of British Columbia creative writing chair Steven Galloway has concluded testifying in his defamation lawsuit trial in Vancouver. Galloway, who alleges the defendants defamed him by publishing unproven allegati...
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The Canadian Press celebrates 75th anniversary of its French services
MONTREAL - The Canadian Press is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its French-language service, which sent out its first dispatches on Sept. 30, 1951. Until then, The Canadian Press, founded in 1917, had been sending English-language dispatches to F...
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Three dead, others injured in fiery crash of Calgary transit buses
CALGARY - Three people died Thursday when a transit bus set off a chain-reaction crash on a busy Calgary road and rear-ended another bus to ignite an explosion Officials said the three killed were on one of the buses, and more than a dozen others were ...
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B.C. Conservatives dump teenage candidate accused of making Hitler remarks
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Conservatives have dumped a teenage candidate in the provincial election after he was accused of posting "offensive" remarks online about the Holocaust and Hitler. The party said Thursday that Jordan McIntosh was no long...
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CFB Kingston failed environmental compliance inspection on refrigerants: memo
OTTAWA - Environment and Climate Change Canada warned National Defence earlier this year that the CFB Kingston base had broken federal environmental regulations by failing to test air conditioners for refrigerant leaks. After inspecting a building on t...
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World
Brewers sweep the Dodgers in the NLCS to reach the World Series for the first time since 1982
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, Milwaukee's brilliant bullpen slammed the door late and the Brewers rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Thursday in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series ...
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Las Vegas officials release the ID of a man whose body was found in a barrel in Lake Mead
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas authorities have identified a homicide victim whose remains were found in a rusted barrel on a Lake Mead shore after the lake's level was depleted amid drought, officials announced Thursday. Clark County Coroner...
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Teen shooter kills 4 at Oregon elementary school before being shot by a witness
A 16-year-old shot his way through locked doors to get into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher. He was then shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside, authorities said. The ...
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FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back
WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents at his Florida estate sued on Thursday to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of "politic...
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Ukraine abandons truce and attacks Russian oil refinery as Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by Trump
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery Thursday, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by U.S. President Donald...
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Authorities investigate letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to congressional, election offices
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal authorities are investigating letters with "suspicious substances" that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as "potentially hazardous." ...
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