Estevan Bruins in town
Mustangs play final regular season home game in hopes of locking down sixth
The Melfort Mustangs will play their final home game of the regular season on Wednesday when they play host to the visiting Estevan Bruins.Melfort will enter the contest with the opportunity to clinch the sixth seed in the SJHL (with a win), locking them into a meeting with the third seed come the first round of the pl...
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First Nations leaders unveil items repatriated from the Vatican at History Museum
First Nations leaders unveiled today five items repatriated to their communities after being at the Vatican for more than a century, and unboxed another two crates of items with origins that have yet to be determined.Among the items include a birch bark sap collector from Akwesasne, leather embroidered gloves from Atha...
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Estevan Bruins in town
Mustangs play final regular season home game in hopes of locking down sixth
The Melfort Mustangs will play their final home game of the regular season on Wednesday when they play host to the visiting Estevan Bruins.Melfort will enter the contest with the opportunity to clinch the sixth seed in the SJHL (with a win), locking them into a meeting with the third seed come the first round of the pl...
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Meeting held Monday
Nipawin Council discusses employee departure, equipment issue
The Town of Nipawin is looking for a new employee. The general manager of corporate services has resigned to move on to a different position, according to Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Michele Sorensen. "We will be posting the position right away, and the incoming CAO will be involved in the interview and hir...
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David Gillen will begin April 6
Nipawin hires new chief administrative officer
The Town of Nipawin has announced that they have hired their new chief administrative officer (CAO). They have appointed David Gillan the new CAO, effective April 6. Gillan served one term as mayor of North Battleford, beginning in 2020. He also served as finance director in North Battleford and the Town of Battleford....
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One more shot
Hawks with one last chance to diffuse Bombers
The Hawks have one more chance to end a four-plus year losing streak in Flin Flon on Tuesday in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action.Nipawin has not won at the Whitney Forum since Feb. 15, 2022, a span of 14 games. The Hawks are coming off another strong week with back-to-back wins over Melfort and Warman. H...
Mar 10, 2026
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February storm dumped 20 cm
Snow removal dominates discussion at Melfort council meeting
Much of Monday night's council meeting in Melfort centred on the major snow event a few weeks ago. Director of Public Works Kalyna Cipywnyk outlined the city's response to the snowfall in her February report. She said according to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Melfort had about 13 cm of snow on the ground prio...
Mar 10, 2026
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100 Women Who Care Melfort donation
Melfort Public Library receives $10,000
The 100 Women Who Care chapter in Melfort has donated another $10,000 to a worthy local organization. This quarter's recipient is the Melfort Public Library (MPL). "We were surprised, overwhelmed, and honoured to be chosen, as all three organizations were worthy recipients," Board Chair Christina Prybylski, V...
Mar 09, 2026
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Saskatchewan
financial glimpse
Sask. budget tease: Municipal revenue sharing up eight per cent for 2026-27
As has become almost a tradition for the Sask. Party Government, it unveiled the Municipal Revenue Sharing total for the coming fiscal year a week ahead of the provincial budget, during the annual SARM convention.On Tuesday, the province said the total for the program will reach $392.4 million in 2026-27, $30.7 million...
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Economic reconciliation
Saskatchewan First Nations, Métis see opportunity in purchase of Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp.
Fish harvesters in Saskatchewan say they can supply a lot of northern fish to domestic and international markets and are taking steps to expand an industry that has been their livelihood for decades. Members of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Fishers Ltd. (SCFL) are meeting in Prince Albert March 10 and 11 to discuss th...
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First Nations leaders unveil items repatriated from the Vatican at History Museum
First Nations leaders unveiled today five items repatriated to their communities after being at the Vatican for more than a century, and unboxed another two crates of items with origins that have yet to be determined.Among the items include a birch bark sap collector from Akwesasne, leather embroidered gloves from Atha...
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Expanding scope of practice, private surgeries part of new Sask. health care plan
The Saskatchewan government is putting forward a new plan with the goal of giving more people better access to health care.The Patients First Health Care Plan has more than 50 actions it plans to achieve in order to succeed."We have been listening to Saskatchewan residents and the two main concerns we have heard a...
Mar 10, 2026
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No offence committed by police
SIRT report shows death on Fishing Lake First Nation was result of self-inflicted wound
The death of a man being pursued by RCMP in Fishing Lake in September 2024 was due to a shotgun wound to his head, according to a report from the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) released on Monday. The report into the death of Joey Desjarlais, 34, showed that the fatal wound was self-inflicted following a pursui...
Mar 09, 2026
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Name that town
No bids yet as deadline approaches for Duck Lake naming rights
It doesn't appear the Town of Duck Lake is going to change its name.The community is just weeks away from a deadline to submit bids for the naming rights and hasn't received any yet. "Was I ever actually expecting any? It's a hard call," said Mayor Jason Anderson.For him, the idea was worth the effort since i...
Mar 09, 2026
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Estevan Bruins in town
Mustangs play final regular season home game in hopes of locking down sixth
The Melfort Mustangs will play their final home game of the regular season on Wednesday when they play host to the visiting Estevan Bruins.Melfort will enter the contest with the opportunity to clinch the sixth seed in the SJHL (with a win), locking them into a meeting with the third seed come the first round of the pl...
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One more shot
Hawks with one last chance to diffuse Bombers
The Hawks have one more chance to end a four-plus year losing streak in Flin Flon on Tuesday in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action.Nipawin has not won at the Whitney Forum since Feb. 15, 2022, a span of 14 games. The Hawks are coming off another strong week with back-to-back wins over Melfort and Warman. H...
Mar 10, 2026
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Nipawin sweeps weekend
Hawks' Roberts named SJHL's MVP of the Week
Gage Roberts of the Nipawin Hawks is the SGEU MVP of the Week in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The backstop went 2-0-0-0 with a 0.50 goals-against-average and a .981 save percentage. The Hawks defeated the Mustangs in Melfort 3-1 Friday night, and blanked the Warman Wolverines 5-0 at the Centennial Arena on Su...
Mar 09, 2026
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U of S Huskies win Canada West
Former Mustangs heading to University Cup Championship
A couple of Melfort Mustangs alumni are Canada West champions.Forwards Zac Somers, Ben Tkachuk, and the rest of the University of Saskatchewan Men's Hockey Team have advanced to the University Cup Championship. The Huskies swept the Mount Royal Cougars 5-0 and 4-2 in the best-of-three series over the weekend. They went...
Mar 09, 2026
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Taking down the champs
Cole's first career SJHL game winner the sealer in Hawks victory over Melfort
The Hawks continue to demonize the Mustangs after Nipawin won 3-1 Friday in Melfort in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action.The win was Nipawin's sixth over Melfort this season in seven games with one more to be played on March 13.Melfort opened the scoring in the first period courtesy of Lanigan, Sask. prod...
Mar 07, 2026
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local talent
'We hope to make Saskatchewan proud': local curlers set for U-20 nationals after provincial win
Curling often begins with small moments - a first step onto the ice, learning to slide and balance, finding the rhythm of the sweep, and the precise push of the stone from the hack.For North Battleford's Chloe Semeniuk, those moment came when she was just a toddler."I first stepped on the ice when I was just littl...
Mar 06, 2026
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It’s a Co-op Thing
Building, Feeding, Fuelling, Growing and Helping Keep Our Communities Safe
At Prairie North Co-op (PNC) we often say that we are proud to serve our members with products and services that help build, feed, fuel and grow the communities in which we live and do business. Now we can add "help keep our members and communities safe' through our commitment to a strong safety culture to that li...
Aug 26, 2025
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Guide dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a hug...
Jul 23, 2025
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Innovation at Work
Prairie North Co-op Retrofit Serves Rural Members
At Prairie North Co-operative, the vision is to be the trusted first choice in the community. Sometimes achieving that vision requires thinking outside the box and taking an innovative approach to problem solving. In 2019, the Prairie North Co-op Agro Fuel team began to offer a number of bulk oil products to its rural ...
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Ritchie Bros parent company expands auction footprint
RB Global, the Canadian parent company for Ritchie Bros., has announced it will acquire BigIron Auction Company. BigIron, based in Nebraska, is a scal...
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Canola research projects selected
Genetic improvement and disease risks facing canola production need to be researched to find solutions for canola production. The three Prairie provin...
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A new option for elk management in Saskatchewan
A new program has been created to help producers address ongoing issues with herds of elk causing damage on farms. In 2027, the Environment Ministry w...
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Fact File: As Iran war escalates, fake videos and images proliferate online
As the U.S.-Israel war on Iran escalates, a flood of fake and misleading content is muddying the waters online. People are turning to social media for news of the war, but experts in artificial intelligence say bad actors, unchecked tech companies - an...
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Canada will 'do its part' to help IEA release of oil reserves: Hodgson
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Wednesday Canada will "do its part" to lower the cost of oil globally as a bloc of nations looks to tame the surge in energy prices triggered by the war in the Middle East. The International Energy A...
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Police were 'limited' in investigating allegations against Stronach, officer says
TORONTO - The lead investigator in Frank Stronach's sexual assault case says police were limited in what they could do to look into the allegations against the billionaire businessman. Peel Regional Police Sgt. Gabe Di Nardo is facing questions from th...
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Iran war supply jolt underscores importance of emergency oil reserves: expert
CALGARY - An oil market expert says the supply jolt triggered by war raging in the Middle East underscores why it's important for countries - including Canada - to keep energy stored in reserve in case of emergency. Rory Johnston, author of the Commod...
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Conservatives nominate candidates for two coming byelections
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives have nominated candidates in two of the three byelections set for April 13. Adrienne Charles, who ran for the Tories in last spring's election, will once again be on the ballot in Terrebonne, Que. That byelection was ...
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Winter storm bringing freezing rain, heavy snow sweeping into Ontario, Quebec
MONTREAL - A winter storm is sweeping across Central Canada and headed toward the Atlantic region, bringing a mix of heavy rain, freezing rain or significant snowfall depending on the region. In Toronto, police said flooding had been reported in North ...
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South Africa summons new US ambassador over criticism as rift deepens
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa has been summoned to explain his criticism, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday, as a diplomatic rift continues over foreign policy that the Trump administration describes as anti-Am...
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Kast takes office as Chile marks its sharpest shift to the right since dictatorship
VALPARAÍSO, Chile (AP) - Far-right leader José Antonio Kast was sworn in as Chile's new president on Wednesday, marking the Latin American nation's most pronounced shift to the right since the return of democracy in 1990. In a ceremony at...
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A drone strike hits school and medical center in southern Sudan, killing 17, mostly schoolgirls
CAIRO (AP) - An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said. ...
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Files show British prime minister was warned of 'reputational risk' in appointing Mandelson
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was warned that Peter Mandelson 's friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exposed the government to "reputational risk," but he still appointed him as ambassador to the United States, do...
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South Africa deploys soldiers to the streets to tackle organized and violent crime
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Soldiers were deployed to the streets of South Africa's biggest city Wednesday in an effort to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. It was the first major deployment since President Cyril Ramaphosa said ...
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Drone strike reportedly kills at least 1 person in the eastern Congo city of Goma
GOMA, Congo (AP) - A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person as the attack rocked downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a spokesperson for the M23 rebel group and local residents. The drone...
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