Coinciding with the beginning of the 2024 civic election season, long-time Prince Albert councillor Don Cody is looking forward to retirement and one more meeting. Cody has sat as a councillor for about 12 years, was mayor for eight years before that and was elected to the Legislature well before that. It adds up to ov...

The Prince Albert Police Service is asking for the public's assistance locating 52-year-old Glen Wick. He was last seen on Sept. 3, in the 1100 Block of Branion Drive in Prince Albert. Wick is described as 5'8'', 170 lbs, medium length black hair, brown eyes, and glasses. He has numerous tattoos, including a guitar on ...

The Mayor of Candle Lake says it's a sad day for the community.Colleen Lavoie is responding to the early morning fire that destroyed a large section of the resort village's golf clubhouse. Fire crews arrived are on scene around 12:30a.m. and Lavoie was not far behind."By the time I got there you realized this is a...

Update: Based on information provided by Parkland Ambulance, paNOW had reported the man was 26. A family member has since reached out to paNOW and stated the young man is actually 21 and is in critical care. They also confirmed he is not homeless (there's been a few online suggestions he may have been) and was simply c...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.A judge ruled earlier this year a challenge of the law could continue, even though the government invoked the notwithstanding clause ...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Christine Bumstead's path toward being an assistant coach in a preseason game for the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers started in a most unusual way.She went deer hunting.Her journey took off when hockey - and the rest of the world - had stopped in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemi...

Like others residential schools, the one at Sturgeon Landing saw outbreaks of illness during its operation between 1926 and 1952. The names of 43 students are listed on the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation's (NCTR) website remembering students who passed away. Now the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN), wi...

A 14-year-old girl from Flying Dust First Nation is dead after an ATV crashed when it hit a ditch while trying to evade police on Saturday.Meadow Lake RCMP said in a news release that two people without helmets were spotted by an officer on the ATV in Meadow Lake around 4:15 a.m. on Sept. 21.The ATV did not stop when e...

They came from all over Saskatchewan and got to represent Canada on the world stage.Athletes, coaches and mission staff were all honoured at the Legislative Building on Friday for their participation in 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games.One of those honoured was Paralympian Shelby Newkirk, who took home the bronze meda...

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...

The mother of a six-year-old girl who went missing for three days in north-central British Columbia has described her joy at their reunion, which played out on social media videos. Footage shared on Sunday night by a Facebook group devoted to the search for the girl shows mother Gail Skin rushing into the forest to mee...

OTTAWA - Some MPs are demanding more discipline from House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus after an exchange between two party leaders last week got so heated one MP thought it may actually come to physical blows. In Question Period on Thursday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had a sho...

OTTAWA - The NDP is urging the Liberals to recognize Palestinian statehood, warning that a Conservative government would not protect international law in the Middle East. NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson is accusing the Trudeau government of lacking courage to advance its stated goal of helping a two-state ...

BURNABY, B.C. - The union representing grain workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver says it has served the employer with a 72-hour strike notice. The Grain Workers Union Local 333 says in a notice posted to Facebook that it served the notice at 7 a.m. Saturday, with job action to start Tuesday. It says the union's bar...

HAILEYBURY, Ont. - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in a northeastern Ontario court as his trial gets underway. The former Hedley frontman, dressed in a dark suit, stood up to enter his not-guilty plea today. Jury selection has begun for the trial that's taking place in Haileybur...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has published a new health-care directive clarifying that anglophones have the right to receive health and social services in English. The five-page document states multiple times that English speakers do not have to prove their identity to receive care in their language. It is meant to...

Another major labour disruption could affect the Port of Vancouver starting tomorrow. Grain Workers Union (GWU) Local 333 served 72-hour strike notice...

Two people each from Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia have been selected as 2025 Nuffield Canada Scholars. Nuffield Canada Chair and 2008 Scholar Steve La...

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...

TOKYO (AP) - Small tsunami waves washed ashore on remote Japanese islands Tuesday morning after an earthquake that may have been triggered by volcanic activity. The offshore quake was not felt, and the tsunami advisory was lifted about three hours later. No damage or injuries were reported. The Japan Meteorological Age...

PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) - Hurricane John ripped toward Mexico's southern coast on Monday after rapidly intensifying over the eastern Pacific Ocean, surprising authorities who called for residents of some coastal areas to head for cover. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said John had "rapidly strengthened&q...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks Monday as the state's top court and governor each rejected requests to cancel his scheduled lethal injection. Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and for...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was convicted Monday of murder and faces life in prison. Defense attorneys did not dispute that Ahmad Alissa, who has schizophrenia, fatally shot 10 people including a police officer in the college town of Boulder. But he pl...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder and faces life in prison. Jurors reached their verdict Monday in the trial of Ahmad Alissa. His attorneys did not dispute that Alissa, who has schizophrenia, fatally shot 10 people including a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is sending additional troops to the Middle East during a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder would provide no details on how many addit...