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Offering $1,000 bonus
Horizon SD bus contractor seeking bus drivers
The challenge of finding school bus drivers is a wide-ranging issue. That is the case for Horizon School Division, as the bus service company they contract, Southland Transportation, is offering a bonus of up to $1,000 for new drivers. The drivers will serve areas like Raymore, Wynyard, Punnichy, Wadena, Kelvington, an...
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The three peat is still alive
Mustangs clinch playoff spot with 12th straight win
The two-time defending SJHL champions will get a chance to make it a three-peat.The Melfort Mustangs officially punched their ticket to the postseason Tuesday night, with a 3-1 road win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves. The victory marked Melfort's 12th straight."Definitely wasn't pretty. There were times where I thou...
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Safety in mind
Melfort residents urged to obey signage for city work crews
The City of Melfort is reminding residents to obey all signage during snow removal and other operations. "Our crews have recently experienced vehicles driving past barricades and entering active work zones," a city social media post stated. "While we understand everyone is trying to get where they need t...
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Trap Game
Mustangs go for 12th straight in rescheduled contest with Ice Wolves
The Melfort Mustangs will look to pick up their 12th win in a row Tuesday night, when they travel to La Ronge for a rescheduled contest with the Ice Wolves.Melfort is coming off a weekend sweep of the league-best Flin Flon Bombers, which included the Mustangs handing Flin Flon their first home loss of the season."...
Mar 03, 2026
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Lone occupant uninjured
Rollover south of Nipawin Monday night
The Nipawin Fire Department was called out to a rollover south of Codette Monday night. The single vehicle crash happened on Highway 35 just before 7:30 p.m. "Snow was heavy at the time making visibility difficult," the department said on its social media pages. The lone occupant of the vehicle was uninjured....
Mar 03, 2026
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Goal attained
Bleich signs with Trojans in Tisdale
Parker Bleich of Nipawin has signed with the Tisdale Trojans and will turn his focus to the U18 AAA hockey ranks next season.Bleich, 15, is a product of the Nipawin Minor Hockey Association and most recently the Northeast Wolfpack U15 AA organization. The Trojans announced last week that the Saskatchewan U18 AAA Hockey...
Mar 02, 2026
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Saskatchewan

Alert continues
Mysterious substance alert remains in Battlefords area
An alert issued yesterday by Battlefords RCMP remains in effect today as various government agencies work to get more information. The Saskatchewan Health Authority issued a bulletin this morning but did not have any new details to add. Police have received reports of multiple deaths with a possible connection to an ...
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Middle Eastern Conflict
Canada secures limited seats on commercial flights from Lebanon as conflict widens
The federal government has secured "a limited number of seats" on commercial flights out of Lebanon for Canadians trying to flee the region, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday.Anand said 103,000 people have registered with Global Affairs Canada in the Middle East and Gulf region.The Canadian ...
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supporting Canadian
Some Sask. shoppers still snub U.S. products a year after tariff war
Some Saskatchewan shoppers are still choosing Canadian and local products at the grocery store more than a year after tariff threats began to fly from United States President Donald Trump.On March 4, 2025, Canada responded to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods with its own 25 per cent tariffs on American goods.Read more:Ta...
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Time-old debate
Time Change? Saskatchewan's been over it since the '60s
As British Columbia joins a growing global movement away from Daylight Saving Time (DST), Saskatchewan's once-controversial stance appears increasingly ahead of its time.For six decades, Saskatchewan stood apart in Canada as the only province that didn't 'fall back' by an hour in November to extend evening daylight, or...
Mar 03, 2026
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Prince Albert pulp mill
BMI signs deal with American tenant for part of old Prince Albert pulp mill
The first of multiple new tenants that are planned for the old pulp mill north of Prince Albert has been announced. BMI, the new owners, and Plum Gas Solution, an American company based in Michigan but with offices in Calgary and Drayton Valley, announced they signed an MOU on Tuesday. "As soon as we purchased t...
Mar 03, 2026
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International politics
'The national integrity is at risk right now': Sask. lawyer responds to U.S. incursion in Iran
A woman who moved from Iran to Canada two years ago, and currently works in Saskatchewan as a lawyer, says the situation in her home country is far more complicated than what's being portrayed in the media and not every Iranian is in favor of an American-led incursion.The woman who asked to be identified only as S.M. o...
Mar 03, 2026
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Local Sports

The three peat is still alive
Mustangs clinch playoff spot with 12th straight win
The two-time defending SJHL champions will get a chance to make it a three-peat.The Melfort Mustangs officially punched their ticket to the postseason Tuesday night, with a 3-1 road win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves. The victory marked Melfort's 12th straight."Definitely wasn't pretty. There were times where I thou...
4h ago
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Trap Game
Mustangs go for 12th straight in rescheduled contest with Ice Wolves
The Melfort Mustangs will look to pick up their 12th win in a row Tuesday night, when they travel to La Ronge for a rescheduled contest with the Ice Wolves.Melfort is coming off a weekend sweep of the league-best Flin Flon Bombers, which included the Mustangs handing Flin Flon their first home loss of the season."...
Mar 03, 2026
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Goal attained
Bleich signs with Trojans in Tisdale
Parker Bleich of Nipawin has signed with the Tisdale Trojans and will turn his focus to the U18 AAA hockey ranks next season.Bleich, 15, is a product of the Nipawin Minor Hockey Association and most recently the Northeast Wolfpack U15 AA organization. The Trojans announced last week that the Saskatchewan U18 AAA Hockey...
Mar 02, 2026
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Five winners
Hawks, Mustangs dominate SJHL Players of the Month list
The Nipawin Hawks and Melfort Mustangs dominated the Players of the Month list in the SJHL for February. The SGEU MVP of the Month is Nipawin's Mason Karakochuk, after an impressive 12 goals and 12 assists in just 12 games. Teammate Eric Hoiness is the Bourgault Forward of the Month for February, with five goals and 15...
Mar 02, 2026
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Season sweep
Hawks flightless in loss to Terriers
The Hawks were swept in their season series versus Yorkton after Friday's 7-2 rout of Nipawin in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) play.The loss was the Hawks fourth in a row away from the Centennial Arena and Nipawin has now dropped to 13 wins and 13 losses this season including two of those at Westland Arena.Y...
Feb 28, 2026
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Another Massive Test Coming
Mustangs finally beat Bombers, win 10th in a row
The Melfort Mustangs accomplished something on Friday that they hadn't yet been able to do all season.Melfort hosted the league-best Flin Flon Bombers and defeated them, doing so by a 4-3 score."Obviously, a big win, a huge one for the team, and one that we've had marked on our calendars since we last saw them, be...
Feb 28, 2026
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Canada

Carney supports U.S. strikes on Iran 'with regret' - what are other leaders saying?
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday Canada supports U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran "with regret" - making him just one among many world leaders struggling in recent days to respond to a volatile new conflict. In Australia for a diploma...
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B.C.'s Eby is urging West Coast governors to fall in line with daylight time change
VICTORIA - British Columbia is urging U.S. states along the West Coast to fall in line with the provincial government's decision to adopt permanent daylight time. Premier David Eby announced Monday that the province will spring forward one last time t...
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MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is calling for better mental health support and resources for people who apply for medical assistance in dying, in response to the case of a 91-year-old Montreal-area man who died by suicide last year shortly after his MAID ...
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Poilievre pitches Germany on Canada as reliable LNG supplier in Berlin speech
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday pitched Canada to a German audience as a reliable energy supplier in a period of global uncertainty. Poilievre was in Berlin as part of a trip to Europe that has seen him meet in recent days wi...
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Fact File: Claim that Toyota is moving U.S. plant to Canada is false, company says
Social media posts last month claimed Toyota had decided to move an auto manufacturing plant from Huntsville, Ala., to Ontario. The company says the claim is false. The claim originated from online accounts that appear to generate their content using a...
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Friend of complainant testifies at Frank Stronach's sexual assault trial
TORONTO - A friend and colleague of one of the complainants is telling Frank Stronach's sexual assault trial what she knew about the alleged incident. The friend says the complainant indicated something had happened to her during a brief conversation o...
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World

Sri Lanka recovers 87 bodies from Iranian warship sunk off its coast by a US submarine
GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) - A torpedo fired by a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, whose navy said Wednesday it recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people. The Iranian vessel sunk in the Indian Ocean was the Is...
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Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico in Texas Democratic Senate primary
Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday conceded the Democratic primary in the Texas Senate race to James Talarico. The congresswoman called on the party to unify behind the state representative, who clinched the nomination overnight. ...
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Early primaries show incumbents are on shaky ground in midterms
The first round of primary elections is showing how this year's midterms will be taking place on shifting political ground for incumbents. That was particularly true in Texas - the first state to redraw its congressional districts last y...
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Talarico wins Texas Senate Democratic nomination while Cornyn and Paxton head to Republican runoff
DALLAS (AP) - State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and fiercely contested Texas Senate Democratic primary that once again has the party dreaming of a big upset in November. Who Talarico will fac...
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Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley clinch US Senate in North Carolina, setting up high-stakes fall fight
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley each won their party's U.S. Senate nominations in North Carolina on Tuesday, setting them up for a fall campaign that could determine c...
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Man who fatally shot a police officer with his service revolver is executed in Florida
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop was executed Tuesday evening in Florida, becoming the third person put to death by the state this year after a record 19 executio...
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