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Crash
American senior dies in collision near Shellbrook
A 75-year-old woman from the United States is dead following a two-vehicle collision near Shellbrook on Friday. Officers were called to the collision on Highway 3, just west of Mont Nebo at about 9:20 p.m. and responded along with fire fighters and EMS. The car the woman was driving collided with an SUV and she was d...
11h ago
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Best in the West
Champions crowned as Western's comes to a close in P.A.
The final pitch of the 2026 AA Western Canadian Baseball Championships has been thrown, signaling the end of the tournament in Prince Albert.Over the course of the weekend, the Prince Albert Royals welcomed 12 of the best youth baseball teams from across Western Canada spread across the 13U, 15U, and 18U age groups.Eac...
Aug 17, 2026
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ETCHED IN HISTORY
Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes 2026 induction class
Some of Saskatchewan's top baseball figures were enshrined in history Saturday as the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum welcomed its 2026 induction class, honouring 11 individuals, three teams and one family.Dr. Craig Weran, who grew up playing baseball in the Battlefords before his career took him across N...
Aug 16, 2026
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Thunderous victory
White Lightning Express wins Territorial Days Indian Relay championship
It was a historical first for the North Battleford's Northwest Territorial Days fair on Friday.The beloved summer event hosted an Indian Relay championship for the first time, with Mistawasis First Nation's White Lightning Express topping a field of 19 teams. They finished ahead of host Northern Sky Relay, KL Stables a...
Aug 15, 2026
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Saskatchewan

Colby Stanley wins
Chuckwagon champ weighs in on why his sport is so popular in Meadow Lake
Meadow Lake's Colby Stanley is fresh off securing his second straight Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association championship, a title he said was made sweeter by winning close to home. Stanley, who grew up in Onion Lake and now lives in Meadow Lake, said chuckwagon racing has deep roots in both communities, where ho...
8h ago
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Deadly attack
Necropsy confirms euthanized bear killed couple at McTavish Lake
A necropsy on a bear that was euthanized after being caught in northern Saskatchewan near the spot a couple was recently killed, has confirmed the bear was indeed the animal involved. The provincial government confirmed the findings this afternoon, a month after Regina couple Jay and Deb MacDonald were found deceased ...
11h ago
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Honouring treaties
JSCN members embark on four day Unity Ride and Lance Run
Members of James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) are going the distance this week to honour the anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6.A Unity Ride and Lance Run is slowing making its way to Fort Carlton with the four day journey beginning Monday morning with a pipe ceremony. Chakastaypasin Chief Calvin Sanderson acknowledged...
11h ago
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New Unit
Saskatchewan Marshals Service seeks snipers, special gear for new unit
Saskatchewan is looking to buy some high-tech weaponry for its marshals police service, including sniper rifles, sound cannons and a thermal camera.In a bid request posted online, the province says the marshals need the equipment for a special response unit.It says the unit also requires night vision goggles, hydraulic...
12h ago
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Reducing risks
Severe weather driving up insurance costs, expert warns
Saskatchewan homeowners could face higher insurance premiums and more restrictions on coverage as severe weather events become more frequent and expensive, according to a University of Waterloo professor who studies climate risk and insurance.Jason Thistlethwaite, a professor at the university's School of Environment, ...
18h ago
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Latest numbers
Gas price rebound drove inflation up to 3% in July: StatCan
Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation accelerated to three per cent in July as motorists were once again paying more to fill up their tanks.Inflation had cooled to 2.8 per cent in June as the United States and Iran worked toward a peace agreement but fresh conflict in the Gulf region in July pushed global...
18h ago
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Canada

B.C.'s provincial health officer to hold news conference amid wildfire smoke warnings
VANCOUVER - B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is set to hold a news conference today as much of the southern half of the province remains blanketed in wildfire smoke. The news conference will also include Emergency Management Minister Kel...
15m ago
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Palestinian envoy says Canada 'pivotal' in Mideast peace, urges more action
OTTAWA - The new Palestinian ambassador to Ottawa says Canada's recognition of the State of Palestine has been "pivotal" for her people and for upholding international law, but she says Canada must do more to end Israel's occupation. "My message to Can...
15m ago
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Take a bough: Climbing takes relationship with B.C.'s trees to the next level
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - Fifty metres up a grand fir tree, and the rigidities of the world at ground level fall away. There are the branches, needles, the smell of freshness and a profound stillness. Look up, and tiny flakes of bark patter gent...
15m ago
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Deadline looms as Trump's 50 per cent tariffs set to take effect
OTTAWA - There are less than 24 hours left until U.S. President Donald Trump's high-stakes tariff deadline. Trump signed an executive order to impose 50 per cent tariffs on Aug. 19 that would apply to a variety of goods from cement to hockey sticks. T...
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Demolition underway at Tumbler Ridge school, site of B.C. mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Demolition is underway at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in northern British Columbia, the site of a deadly mass shooting earlier this year. Photos posted to social media show excavators clawing at the building, tearing down the outsid...
7h ago
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B.C. couple awarded damages against neighbour after 2022 shooting
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded more than $1 million in damages in a shooting that left a man with lifelong injuries and his wife traumatized after witnessing the violent confrontation. Anthony and Wendy Nelson of Sooke, B.C....
9h ago
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World News

Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed Philippine school attack, official says
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he livestreamed using a body-worn camera, police and other...
5h ago
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Zambia President Hichilema has been reelected for a second term
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected for a second five-year term, the Electoral Commission of Zambia announced early Tuesday. He was declared the outright winner of last Thursday's presidential ele...
6h ago
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Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits Texas to do an "on-the...
13h ago
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Lindsay Clancy's sister, former coworker take the stand for the defense in her murder trial
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The defense began calling witnesses Monday in the emotionally charged trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who has admitted killing her three young children but blamed her actions on her failing mental health. ...
16h ago
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Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump's push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump's push to throw out a jury's $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defame...
18h ago
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Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclearize Iran. Trump said in a social medi...
Aug 16, 2026
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