Flashes of lavender purple will be visible at Gather Local Market and throughout Saskatoon during the Canadian Country Music Awards' Country Music Week, thanks to a local artist's design.Chris Chipak, a teacher and Indigenous artist from Red Pheasant Cree Nation who lives in Saskatoon, said he's excited to be creating ...

The Edmonton Police Service is extending their request for assistance in locating a missing 42-year-old man and his two children. Police said that Scot MacDermid and his two children, George, 6, and Lesley, 9, have been missing since Aug. 28 and were last spotted at the Manning Town Centre in Edmonton. Further investig...

Uranium City was once home to thousands of people drawn by mining. Now, a company exploring nearby hopes new drilling will show whether uranium mining could return to the area. Triton Uranium said Wednesday it had completed four technical reports on its Atlas project, a roughly 46,000-acre property in the historic Beav...

Saskatchewan's Nakoda curriculum already exists. What is often missing, teacher and filmmaker Wahbi Zarry says, is someone in the school who can speak the language.Beginning Monday, a free online lesson will try to bridge that gap by bringing a Nakoda teacher from Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation onto classroom screens.T...

Applications for the 2026-27 School Playground Equipment Grant are officially open once again. A contingent of officials led by Prince Albert MLAs Kevin Kasun and Alana Ross made the announcement at École St. Anne School in Prince Albert on Wednesday morning in front of the new play structure the school built in...

Attendees at the Canadian Country Music Awards kickoff event had a boot-scootin' time learning a group line dance and taking in some live music from a twice-nominated Saskatchewan country music artist.Singer Josh Stumpf of Prince Albert - who is nominated for the fans' choice and breakthrough artist or group of the yea...

While the award show may attract most of the attention, there are plenty of activities to keep country music fans' boot-clad toes tapping during CCMA Country Music Week in Saskatoon.Shine up your belt buckles and get ready for several days of events, designed to appeal fans of all aspects of the genre.Songwriters Unplu...

A newly minted copper and zinc mine near Creighton that has not yet reached full production is already looking to double in size.El Dorado Gold, which bought Foran Mining earlier this year, is in the process of test drilling at a site dubbed Tesla, next to McIlvenna Bay.During a luncheon hosted by the Prince Albert and...

Flying Dust First Nation member and former La Ronge resident Christopher Merasty is back in Canada after participating in the Indigenous New York Fashion Week 2026 over the weekend. The event featured 30 Indigenous designers and 120 models, representing one of the largest gatherings of contemporary Indigenous fashion t...

"I am a single-income household. So if I'm not working, there's no money coming in," Kimberly Plumb said when asked what strike action would mean for her.The cook and Red Seal chef was among over 100 health-care workers at a rally outside Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill's North Battleford constituency office ...

The end of summer may be approaching quickly, but there will still plenty of happy campers in Saskatchewan this fall.Fall campsite reservations in Saskatchewan Provincial Parks are now open, with many parks offering access to amenities like power and water until the end of the month. While services will be limited by t...

"I have a dream for Canada, and I need people's help to make it happen," said Allen Lycka.Lycka is encouraging Canadians to take part in National Resilience Day on Sept. 24 by completing a small act of resilience, with a goal of inspiring one million people to participate."Sooner or later, life changes f...

Bell Canada is expanding its plans to build an AI data centre outside of Regina, announcing it will establish the company's new Bell AI Fabric Headquarters in Saskatchewan.The move is expected to bring more than $50 billion in capital investment.The province called it the single-largest private sector capital investmen...

The RCMP says officers seized more than 2,000 pounds of illegal cannabis during a traffic stop near Maple Creek earlier this month.According to a statement issued on Monday by the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers with the police force's roving traffic unit (RTU) stopped a vehicle on Highway 1 for an equipment violation back...

Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation was unchanged at three per cent in August as a slowdown in rising gas prices was offset by higher rent and travel tour costs.The agency says gasoline costs continued to increase in August but at a slower pace, with prices up 22.8 per cent compared with 25.7 per cent a...

TORONTO - Protests are planned for the prime minister's high-stakes summit aimed at attracting new investment to Canada, with organizers saying Mark Carney is keeping company with business leaders they say are exacerbating global crises.Hundreds of executives and global asset managers are set to arrive in Toronto for C...

OTTAWA - Some sports organizations and companies are urging governments on both sides of the border to suspend sports-related tariffs, warning of heightened economic challenges and waning participation in healthy activities. The trade war between Canada and the United States has been escalating for weeks after talks on...

Prime Minister Mark Carney will gather scores of deep-pocketed investors in Toronto next week in a bid to fix Canada's "Achilles heel" - a persistent lack of business investment dragging down the economy.Hundreds of global and domestic investors with trillions of dollars in assets under management will descen...

A quarter of a century after the attacks that saw four hijacked passenger planes flown into both World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and into a field in Pennsylvania, a Prince Albert woman who is an American citizen is still feeling the impact.Winter Miller was 11 years old and scheduled to board a plane home on S...

It's a significant sign that summer is quickly coming to an end. The North Battleford, Prince Albert, and Northeast areas could see frost overnight Saturday. Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang said a large ridge of high pressure is coming into the province from the Arctic, bringing cooler te...

Saskatchewan's Public Prosecutions branch has declined to give any specifics as to why it had recommended charges not be pursued against an RCMP officer who broke a woman's arm during an arrest last year.The Serious Incident Response Team's report about the incident, which was made public earlier this week, said there ...

CAUTION: This article contains graphic pictures that may be disturbing to some. Conservation officers in Melfort are investigating the discovery of a spike bull and cow elk that were unlawfully harvested on private land without permission. The officers were called Sept. 5 about the elk that were discovered between the ...

A day after his death at the age of 70, Saskatchewan's Barry Melrose is being remembered as one of the most influential voices in hockey.Melrose died on Wednesday after a three-year battle with Parkinson's disease.Among those sharing their memories of the longtime NHL player, coach and broadcaster is Toronto Maple Leaf...

NEW YORK (AP) - Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.The milestone anniversary brought memorial rituals - wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments of silence, vigils and rea...

Twenty-five years ago, Kelly Klassen took his high school students to the library to watch history unfold.Klassen was teaching Grade 11 and 12 history and social sciences when the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks occurred. He remembers arriving at school that morning and learning what was happening.Students were taken to the lib...

Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died. He was 70.ESPN announced Melrose's death Wednesday after his wife informed the network."From the flowing locks of his distinctive mullet to t...

A potential alumina mine near Tisdale is getting ready to drill down into the numbers, showing whether the project makes economic sense or not with a pre-feasibility study.CEO Chris Hopkins said that Canadian Energy Metals has shown they can produce high-purity and chemical-grade alumina and now have also shown they ca...

For the last two years, Choiceland resident and business owner Patricia Kowtek has been waking up every morning, having coffee, going for a walk and then jumping into a freezer filled with cold water for exactly four minutes. Kowtek said the habit has changed her life. "I think like a new person. In the last two...

There's a particular kind of magic that happens when a fiddle starts playing and someone's feet begin to move.The music rises, the toe tapping begins and before long, the room is alive. Not just with movement, but with culture and connection.This is Métis jigging.At the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Heather Fo...

Premier Scott Moe responded Wednesday to the latest U.S. trade announcement, reiterating that he believes the move will have a relatively small effect on Saskatchewan."The latest round of US tariffs will have relatively little net impact on Saskatchewan. While some Saskatchewan exports like wooden furniture and ho...