While plans are in place and shovels are ready to hit the ground once the funding has been secured, representatives from the Government of Saskatchewan and the City of Prince Albert gathered for a joint announcement regarding the next phase. Back in February, the federal government already made a $15 million commitment...

For generations, the sacred lance run has marked the passing of responsibility from one host community to the next for the Tony Cote Summer Games. This year, after 10 days on the road, the tradition arrived in the Battlefords on the shoulders of young runners with tired legs, full hearts and hundreds of kilometres behi...

While construction of the new Ronald McDonald House in Prince Albert is still very much underway, support for the cause that will benefit families from across the region continues to roll in.On Friday, on behalf of the Watsonairs choir group, Amy Robinson presented a $5,000 cheque to Ronald McDonald House Charities. Th...

A six-person jury at the Boden Umpherville coroner's inquest in Prince Albert is recommending mandatory use of body cameras for all members of the Prince Albert Police Service and when a medical emergency team is on site of the scene, at least one paramedic needs to stay with the individual who is in need of medical ca...

Highway work in and around Prince Albert is being highlighted by the province as part of a larger push to improve transportation links across northern Saskatchewan. Highways Minister Kim Gartner was in P.A. on Monday to provide an update on a number of projects, including work on Highway 302 east of the city and the ne...

The 2026 Tony Cote Summer Games officially are officially underway in North Battleford, bringing together thousands of athletes, coaches, families and dignitaries from First Nations across Saskatchewan. As athletes entered the opening ceremonies, organizers encouraged them to compete with fairness, respect and good spo...

The Attorney General of Saskatchewan has filed an application for the Supreme Court of Canada to review the case of Bernie Herman, a former RCMP officer from Prince Albert who was convicted of killing his lover in 2021. The Crown is asking the Supreme Court to consider whether the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal was wrong...

Patients who do not have a family doctor in Saskatchewan may soon get some helping finding one through a proposed patient attachment registry.A provincial advisory committee has been set up by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, and a provincial patient attachment registry for residents who do not have a regular famil...

A new pea production plant and an expanded canola processing at Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) are bringing dozens of new jobs to Yorkton.According to a release from the province, the changes to the company's canola processing site will more than double its crushing capacity.The new jobs will bring the company's workforce...

Parks Canada says charges have been laid against two hikers who, along with their off-leash dog, encountered a grizzly bear in Banff National Park.Video of the encounter on Taylor Lake trail was posted to Instagram, and Parks Canada wardens were able to identify the people involved.The regulatory charges under the Cana...

CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A video circulating on social media is providing insight into the wrath of a wildfire that triggered a battle to save the evacuated village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding community, where homes and other struc...

Most of the carbon emitted by Canada's record 2023 wildfires came not from burning trees, but from peat and soil, according to a new study that warns a warming climate is making the country's vast underground carbon deposits increasingly vulnerable to ...

TICONDEROGA - A year after a nine-year-old girl from Montreal was found dead near a swamp in Upstate New York, local resident Bridgette Cruz says new road signs are keeping her memory alive. The reflective signs with yellow lettering are dedicated to "...

WASHINGTON - No one is shocked these days when U.S. President Donald Trump calls Canada the "51st state" or refers to Prime Minister Mark Carney as a "governor." But Trump's habit of occasionally targeting Canada with crude insults has become much more...

TORONTO - The U.S. consulate in Toronto was shot at early Monday morning in the second such incident this year, prompting a brief high-speed police chase of the suspect vehicle before the pursuit was called off for safety reasons. No injuries were repo...

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending a $100-million loan to help a lumber company in Western Canada cope with tariffs and trade uncertainty. Finance Canada says it's offering the funds to Millar Western Lumber Products, a company operating thre...

For Saskatchewan beekeepers, the hum of the hive is only one part of the season's work.Behind every jar of honey is a global market that determines wh...

A new pulse-breeding model is intended to attract investment and breeders to develop pulse varieties for Saskatchewan producers.Saskatchewan Pulse Gro...

Agricultural spray drones are drawing attention at Ag in Motion in Langham this year, after the federal government recently approved a new use of the ...

New technology and ideas were celebrated Monday night at the Ag in Motion Innovation in Agriculture Reception in Saskatoon, Sask.Four companies receiv...

Farmers will head to Ag in Motion (AIM) near Langham, Sask., Tuesday to try out the latest equipment and see new technologies and crop varieties. The ...

Federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers made several commitments during their annual conference in Halifax. In a statement released ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting. The emergency appeal comes after an appeals co...

GENEVA (AP) - One week after the World Cup final, FIFA President Gianni Infantino attacked perceived critics for "spreading hate and false rumors" about the tournament. Infantino praised FIFA for "delivering the best show in the world" an...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, blackening the midday sky and sending workers sheltering in office basements as ferocious winds splintered homes, scattered twisted metal across a highway and knocked out power to ...

SEATTLE (AP) - Police now say there were at least three suspects involved in a shootout at a crowded food festival near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend. One of them was among those killed in the violence. In a document filed in ju...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen attacked a community in northwestern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people and injuring several others, residents said Monday, in the latest violence in the conflict-hit region. The attack occurred late Sunday ...

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged fire crews to "stay strong" as they battled Monday to bring a monster wildfire under control, warning that the fight will take time but vowing, "We will win this battle together." ...