Two new inclusive classrooms at the new Saskatoon Child Care Centre have been made possible, thanks to the generous support of a well known family with ties to Prince Albert.The Cas and Marie Broda Family Foundation and Gord and Barb Broda Family have gifted $500,000 to Hope's Home."The support of children and fam...

Not all heroes wear capes or carry shields, because the students who work as crossing guards at Prince Albert's elementary schools are distinguished by their brightly-coloured vests and red stop signs.For many it's their first job, and protecting their fellow students, carries a heavy responsibility.As part of a specia...

A family legacy that has been a fixture in Melfort for over 60 years will continue under new management. Melody Motors is changing hands. The Madraga family is selling the Ford dealership to a team led by Mark Ripley, who comes to the city from Prince Albert after several years with Mann Northway GM. The sale is expect...

The RM of Prince Albert is hoping to lure more people into building homes and business by giving out tax breaks. In the first year, new properties would see a 75 per cent abatement, followed by a 50 per cent abatement and ending with a 25 per cent abatement in the final year. "What it is meant to do is to incentiv...

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Chief Bobby Cameron says if he is re-elected he will "continue to uphold, promote, and protect inherited treaty rights."Cameron announced on Friday he is running for a fourth term in next month's FSIN election.The FSIN advocates for Indigenous rights and repre...

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has committed that an NDP government would apologize and take ownership for the damage caused to First Nations and Métis people at the Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools. "The lasting damage and trauma caused to First Nations and Métis p...

In the mid-1950's, a British psychiatrist took part in a ceremony with members of Red Pheasant Cree Nation; a followup to work being done further south in Saskatchewan that saw the creation of a term that would come to define a generation: psychedelic. Humphry Osmond, working out of the Souris Valley Mental Hospital in...

The Saskatchewan Party has announced they have a full slate of candidates, including five with previous impaired driving charges, for the fall election. The party included the five with charges in a news release posted to social media last week. Sean Wilson (2011), Chris Beaudry (2008), James Thorstenson (2003). Terry ...

An immigrant family from Ukraine to the Battlefords has seen success with their local shawarma restaurant, but the path to get here has been both emotional and long- starting all the way back in World War II.battlefordsNOW reporter Julia Lovett-Squires shares their unlikely and inspiring story.--Battlefords resident Ch...

More than half of Saskatchewan is covered in trees, but according to the CEO of Forest Saskatchewan, most people aren't aware of just how significant the forestry industry is to the province. "It employs thousands, hundreds of thousands of people across the country in Canada," said Carl Neggers. "It's pr...

MONTREAL - An official at a Montreal-area mosque where three people were injured on Friday afternoon says the victims were hurt while trying to disarm a 24-year-old man who entered the building armed with a knife. Rachid Azmane, an administrator at the Muslim cultural centre in Châteauguay, Que., says the man ent...

VANCOUVER - A look at British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby. British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is in his first election campaign as party leader and is looking to capture the NDP's second consecutive majority victory on Oct. 19. Here are some highlights from his life and career. Age: 48. Born July 21, 1976, in Kitc...

VICTORIA - A look at John Rustad, leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia. Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad has been on a political journey over the past two years, which includes his ejection from the former B.C. Liberal Party, being acclaimed Conservative Party of B.C. leader and helping ste...

David Eby thumbs through a stack of vinyl records at Zulu Records located in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding and says he's reminded of his younger days working at a Sam The Record Man store over the Christmas holidays. "Christmas Eve, we sold a lot of Jann Arden CDs," he said, adding the last-minute shoppers ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative Party Leader John Rustad was at a low point in his life two years ago, both personally and politically. He was searching for a political home after being booted from the former B.C. Liberal Party caucus. Rustad, 61, was also grieving back-to-back-to-back family losses and his ow...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is running in the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding in the Oct. 19 election, returning to the capital after representing the Cowichan Valley riding since 2017. Age: 54. Born June 8, 1970. Pre-Politics: Bachelor's and master's degrees in history as well as a bachelor's ...

Farmers near Unity might have to take their grain elsewhere this harvest season.On Wednesday, the North West Terminal Ltd. (NWT) announced it will be ...

Farmers and ranchers continue to be frustrated trying to keep wildlife like deer and elk out of their livestock feed and crops. The Ministry of Enviro...

The newly launched capital campaign for the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate) project has received funding commitments from four Canadian ...

The matter of bread price fixing is before the courts. The Canada Bread Company filed a Statement of Defence and Crossclaim in the Ontario Superior Co...

Conflict, economic shocks and extreme weather events continue to drive food insecurity around the world, causing displacement and acute hunger and wor...

Soil science plays a crucial role in understanding how plants grow and can be used in research that combats climate change. The University of Saskatch...

PARIS (AP) - The French presidential palace unveiled a new center-right government Saturday more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions. A left-wing coalition secured the most seats in June-July elections but failed to win an outright majority. Conservative Fren...

A major Ukrainian drone attack set multiple Russian arms depots ablaze, destroying what Ukraine's General Staff said were thousands of tons of weaponry, including missiles from North Korea.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, appealed for quick action from the United States to send more weapons before his visit to...

The death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 31, including seven women and three children, Lebanon's health minister said on Saturday.Firass Abiad told reporters 68 people were also wounded of whom 15 remain in hospital, adding that search and rescue operations were still ongoing, with the n...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Another 30 were wounded in the strike on the school in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement. The Israeli army said earlier Saturday it struck a...

MUNICH (AP) - Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon when he inserted the tap into the first keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated in the Munich fairground as the first to clink their mugs during the world's largest folk festival. Th...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's health minister said Saturday that the death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb the day before has risen to 31, including seven women and three children. Firass Abiad told reporters that 68 people were also wounded of whom 15 remain in hospital, in the deadliest Israeli a...