New Bill
Saskatchewan NDP calls for free parking for cancer patients
A new private members' bill from the Saskatchewan NDP is aiming to lighten the mental and financial load on people getting cancer care in the province.Jared Clarke, the NDP's rural and remote health critic, said the bill would ban parking fees for people who are attending a Saskatchewan Health Authority facility to rec...
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Curling
Mike McEwen parts ways with Sask. rink after three seasons
After three seasons in Saskatchewan, Mike McEwen will no longer skip his current team.The Brandon, Man. product announced on Facebook, "The team has chosen a different path without me next season."He added in the post that he is a free agent for the coming season.Announcement from @MikeMcEwen80 🚨 pic.twitt...
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Federal Politics
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New Bill
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Mike McEwen parts ways with Sask. rink after three seasons
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Northeast News
Weldon man faces multiple charges
Tisdale youths threatened with gun during car jacking: RCMP
A terrifying incident for two youths in Tisdale. RCMP have charged a man for threatening the two youths with a gun and stealing their vehicle with them still inside. The incident happened Thursday night. Two youths were parked in a vehicle when a man entered with a gun pointed at them. He drove around the Tisdale area,...
Mar 14, 2026
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Looking to raise $200k
NRHF launches ENT surgical equipment campaign
The Nipawin Region Health Foundation has launched its latest fundraiser to purchase much-needed equipment for the Nipawin Hospital. The foundation's goal is to raise $200,000 to purchase advanced ENT surgical equipment that will allow specialized ear, nose, and throat procedures to be performed in the community. "...
Mar 13, 2026
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AP Heavy Lineup
Mustangs set for regular season finale with Hawks
The Melfort Mustangs will play their regular-season finale on Friday as they travel to Nipawin to take on the Hawks.Melfort is already locked into sixth place in the SJHL standings, so the result of tonight's contest doesn't technically matter.The Mustangs have struggled against their division rivals this season, havin...
Mar 13, 2026
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Local Legend
'A good man with a good heart': Blake Emmons passes away at 81
An well-known entertainer and philanthropist to residents in Nipawin and across Saskatchewan has died. Blake Emmons passed away earlier this week at the age of 81. Emmons was heavily involved in the first years of Telemiracle, helping to ensure the event's legacy was established. Long-time friend Jim Chute told northea...
Mar 13, 2026
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March 21 Gala
Mel-Bex Award nominees announced
The Melfort Trade Alliance Chamber of Commerce has announced the nominees for this year's Mel-Bex Awards. The nominees for 'Business of the Year 16 Employees and Over' include Redhead Equipment, Ripley Ford, and Wapiti Valley Ski & Board Resort. Nominated in the '15 Employees and Under' category are FYI Doctors Mel...
Mar 13, 2026
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Man arrested
Carrot River RCMP nab suspect in confinement, shooting incident in Shoal Lake
Carrot River RCMP arrested and charged 34-year-old Billy Whitecap following a shooting on the Shoal Lake Cree Nation several days ago. Officers were called to the community on March 10 shortly after 5 a.m. and found an injured man in a vehicle on Highway 55. EMS also responded and took the victim to hospital with ser...
Mar 12, 2026
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Saskatchewan
New Bill
Saskatchewan NDP calls for free parking for cancer patients
A new private members' bill from the Saskatchewan NDP is aiming to lighten the mental and financial load on people getting cancer care in the province.Jared Clarke, the NDP's rural and remote health critic, said the bill would ban parking fees for people who are attending a Saskatchewan Health Authority facility to rec...
23h ago
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Curling
Mike McEwen parts ways with Sask. rink after three seasons
After three seasons in Saskatchewan, Mike McEwen will no longer skip his current team.The Brandon, Man. product announced on Facebook, "The team has chosen a different path without me next season."He added in the post that he is a free agent for the coming season.Announcement from @MikeMcEwen80 🚨 pic.twitt...
23h ago
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Changing conditions
Deadline looms to remove ice fishing shacks
An important deadline is fast approaching for people who have ice fishing shelters on Saskatchewan lakes.The shelters must be removed by Sunday, March 15 in all areas south of Highway 16 and by March 31 in northern Saskatchewan. According to a statement from the Ministry of Community Safety, warming temperatures are cr...
Mar 14, 2026
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Breaking crime news
UPDATED: Police presence at North Battleford motel amid alleged shooting death
A taxi driver in North Battleford has reportedly died following an alleged shooting early Friday morning, according to the owner of the company he worked for.Haris Korath of Crown Cab said the incident allegedly happened after one of his drivers was dispatched for a pickup around 7:30 a.m.The driver was sent to a local...
Mar 13, 2026
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Entertainment
Sask. musician Colter Wall indefinitely cancels concerts for mental health
Saskatchewan musician, Colter Wall, has cancelled all upcoming live performances over mental health concerns.Wall shared in a social media post on Wednesday that he is taking an "indefinite hiatus" from performing live.The Swift Current artist said on Instagram that he is "mentally unwell." Despite ...
Mar 13, 2026
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Riderville
Tailgating law fully passed, ready in time for Riders opener
SLGA Minister Warren Kaeding said he'll be among those out near Mosaic Stadium ahead of the Roughriders' season opener for the very first day of tailgating.The bill to allow tailgating was given royal assent on Thursday, passing it fully into law."We're just so looking forward to game day and seeing how creative o...
Mar 13, 2026
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Local Sports
AP Heavy Lineup
Mustangs set for regular season finale with Hawks
The Melfort Mustangs will play their regular-season finale on Friday as they travel to Nipawin to take on the Hawks.Melfort is already locked into sixth place in the SJHL standings, so the result of tonight's contest doesn't technically matter.The Mustangs have struggled against their division rivals this season, havin...
Mar 13, 2026
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Goal accomplished
Mintos captain signs with Nipawin Hawks
The Nipawin Hawks have signed Barret Berger to a Letter of Intent for next year's Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season.Barret Berger, the captain of the Prince Albert Mintos U18 AAA team and draft pick of Nipawin with the sixth overall choice in 2023 has signed with the club. The 2008-born defenceman was one...
Mar 13, 2026
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Sixth Place Secured
Mustangs use lengthy delay to fuel win over Estevan
The Melfort Mustangs and Estevan Bruins played a bit of a bizarre game Wednesday night.Everything was typical through the first period and intermission, as both teams were tied at one goal apiece.Come what should've been the start of the second period, however, is where the game took a bit of a shift.Nearly an hour del...
Mar 12, 2026
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Meeting their heroes
WATCH: Education day with the Riders
Upon entering the library at St. Francis school in Prince Albert, Noah Zerr who stands at a towering 6-7, was greeted with applause, excitement, and some wide eyed expressions.The offensive lineman was one of three Saskatchewan Roughriders attending local area schools on Wednesday and shared the team foundation's menta...
Mar 11, 2026
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Same old story
Hawks flightless in loss to Flin Flon
The Hawks gave up an early third period goal, allowing the Bombers to go in front during Tuesday's game at the Whitney Forum leading to a 5-1 loss, their 15th in a row in Flin Flon.Wrapping up the season series between the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) division rivals, the Hawks were seeking their first win ...
Mar 11, 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...
Mar 11, 2026
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Northeast Profiles
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 ...
Jul 10, 2025
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farmnewsNOW
Farm groups write to the feds on research cuts
Organizations that represent Canadian farmers across conventional and organic production of crops and livestock have united in their opposition of the...
Mar 13, 2026
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Water Security Agency outlines Saskatchewan runoff
Most of Saskatchewan can anticipate near to below normal runoff this spring. In the Water Security Agency (WSA) spring runoff outlook for 2026, an are...
Mar 12, 2026
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Some Sask. farmers to get winter elk hunting permits next year to protect land
The province is taking a new step to deal with large herds of elk damaging crops by allowing hunting outside of the regular hunting season.Environment...
Mar 12, 2026
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Canada
Multi-brawl game that drew 572 penalty minutes a 'black eye' on N.L. hockey: official
ST. JOHN'S - A Newfoundland junior hockey league executive says a recent game that involved three on-ice brawls and resulted in 572 penalty minutes is a "black eye" and an "embarrassment" to the sport in St. John's. Boyd Hillier, vice-president of the ...
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Poilievre announces auto plan aiming for tariff-free access to U.S. market
WINDSOR - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has unveiled a new auto plan aiming to secure tariff-free access to the U.S. market. Poilievre said at an announcement in Windsor Sunday he expects U.S. President Donald Trump to agree to the plan because ...
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Maple 2.0: Quebec syrup-makers turn to automation and expansion as demand grows
ROXTON POND - Visitors to the main building of the Côté et fils maple farm in Quebec's Eastern Townships region will be greeted by a wall of screens with the views from dozens of security cameras, showing an array of tubes and troughs filling up with...
8h ago
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Carney, Nordic leaders pledge to deepen ties amid world economic coercion
OSLO - The prime ministers of Canada and Nordic countries have agreed to continue work to defend Arctic sovereignty and to deepen economic ties as technology and international trade are increasingly used as a "coercive tool." Prime Minister Mark Carn...
10h ago
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PM's office mum on Conservative Order of Canada petition for Don Cherry
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office wouldn't weigh in on a push by the federal Conservatives to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry. Audrey Champoux, a spokesperson for Carney, declined to say whether the p...
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Liberal candidate in Terrebonne byelection hopes to reclaim riding on April 13
TERREBONNE - Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste is hoping to be elected in the April 13 byelection in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne, and this time, for good. Auguste opened her riding office in the Montreal-area riding today, telling supporters...
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World
Formula 1 calls off April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to Iran war
SHANGHAI (AP) - Formula 1 and its governing body FIA canceled Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on safety grounds related to the Iran war. Both countries have been struck during Iran's response after the United States and Isra...
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Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Another three members of the Iran's women's soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday. The departure ...
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Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
BERLIN (AP) - Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96. Habermas' publisher,...
Mar 14, 2026
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North Korea fires about 10 missiles toward sea in show of force, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea's military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States. ...
Mar 14, 2026
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Tehran claims the US attacked it from the UAE as Iran war enters its third week
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran urged people Saturday to evacuate the Middle East's busiest port and two others in the United Arab Emirates, openly threatening a neighboring country's non-U.S. assets for the first time as its war with the U.S. ...
Mar 14, 2026
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Missile strikes a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraqi security officials say
BAGHDAD (AP) - A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials said. Associated Press footage showed a column of smoke rising Saturday morning over the embassy compound. T...
Mar 14, 2026
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