The New Democratic Party (NDP) has a new face representing the Prince Albert riding in the upcoming federal election. The NDP has named Virginia Kutzan as the candidate for Prince Albert, her first time running in any sort of political election and explained why she chose to put her name on the ballot. "I've reall...

Well known for making moves on the race track, Prince Albert's Shantel Kalika was showing off a different set of moves Saturday night and winning over the judges.The CEO of Cornerstone Insurance and her partner Kim Schick were among the teams competing during the annual Swinging with the Stars event at the Exhibition C...

As an important deadline approaches, concerned members of a forest protection group in the Prince Albert area are calling on the provincial government to extend a moratorium for a clearcutting event in the Island Forest.Over 60 people showed up at meeting last week at Crutwell Community Hall, representing Sturgeon Lake...

Ahtahkakoop RCMP are asking the public for assistance in locating a missing 27-year-old man. Peyton Benjamin was reported missing on March 24, but was last seen on February 19. He is described as 5'9" with a slim build, along with short black hair and brown eyes. Peyton is known to travel to the Prince Albert area...

Warning: This story contains references to suicide. Find support links at the end of this file.The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for resignations after they say a teen died by suicide while in the care of a non-profit organization in Regina.In a media release sent out by the group, the FS...

More than half a dozen industry groups in Saskatchewan came out this week supportive of the province's move to reduce its industrial carbon tax rate to zero. However, the Saskatchewan Environmental Society is on the other side of that coin."We think it's a very serious mistake. It's going to undermine Saskatchewan...

An assistant professor with the University of Saskatchewan is continuing his research on the free bus service formerly provided by La Ronge's Kikinahk Friendship Centre. The new study by Jacob Alhassan is called Sustaining Innovative Community-Driven Transportation in Northern Saskatchewan: Exploring the Impact of Kiki...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders were one of four CFL clubs to receive fines for exceeding the league's salary cap.The CFL said the Riders, B.C. Lions, Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa Redblacks all exceeded the league's salary cap of $5.525 million in 2024. Saskatchewan was over the cap by $40,121, and will face a fine as a r...

Gangs in Saskatchewan are moving beyond major cities and into smaller communities, using social media and music to recruit young people. Women in gangs are also playing increasingly violent roles, Cpl. Tyler Zrymiak says. At the first annual Gang Prevention Symposium in North Battleford Thursday, Zrymiak of the Saskatc...

If 10 people are in a room that previously had a person in the infectious period of measles and had coughed in it, nine of those people would become infected. The disease, one of the most contagious in the world, has come to North Battleford. "This case was...confirmed last night," Dr. Mandiangu Nsungu, medic...

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario were still without power on the third day of a spring storm, after freezing rain coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice. An outage map from provincial utility Hydro One showed more than 430,000 homes and businesses remained without power Monday morning. The...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Eyes warily turn to next round of U.S. tariffs during second week of federal election The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh round of U.S. tariffs expected to soon reverberate on the hustings. E...

OTTAWA - The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh round of U.S. tariffs expected to soon reverberate on the hustings. Eyes are turning to Wednesday when U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to slap "reciprocal tariffs" on countries including Canada over various alleged trade...

A representative for the Canadian Red Cross says the situation on the ground in Myanmar is "still very dire and tragic" days after a massive earthquake that has killed at least 1,600 people. Canadian Red Cross senior operations manager Chiran Livera says teams of staff and volunteers made up of both internati...

HANOVER - Quebec Premier François Legault believes Europe's rearmament presents an "extraordinary opportunity" for his province as it tries to diversify trade away from the United States. Legault told a gathering in Hanover, Germany, that Europe plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on defence...

HALIFAX - If U.S. President Donald Trump fails in his stated goal of annexing Canada through economic force, what would happen if he ordered the world's most powerful military to invade? Some experts and academics say it's a notion too preposterous to even contemplate. But Aisha Ahmad isn't one of them. "When you ...

The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) has created a sustainability framework for the country's meat processing sector. The goal of Protein PACT (People, Ani...

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) urged the Canadian government to exempt pork from any retaliatory tariffs levied on U.S. products in respon...

SaskTel's 5G network is expanding to several local communities. The company has announced its newly expanded 5G network is coming to nearly 100 cell s...

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) was the first farm group to respond to the Moe Government's announcement to eliminate the ...

Saskatchewan farmers might not be getting the help they need after China slapped a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian canola oil.Codie Nagy, vice-chair o...

Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) say they're encouraged by the recent statement from the federal government regarding the fraudulent importation of bro...

PARIS (AP) - A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday in an embezzlement case but didn't immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader's political future. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. PARIS (AP) - A Paris court started delivering a v...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military has issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The orders issued Monday come after Israel ended a ceasefire and renewed its air and ground war against Hamas earlier this month. The Associated Press

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) - The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country's military-led government said Monday. Government spokesman Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun told state-run MRTV that another 3,400 have been injured and more than ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear a last-minute attempt by the state's Democratic attorney general to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters, a ruling that came just minutes before the planned start of the rally. Two lower courts had...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's president said Sunday that Tehran had rejected direct negotiations with the United States in response to a letter from President Donald Trump over its rapidly advancing nuclear program. The remarks from President Masoud Pezeshkian represented the first official acknowledgment o...

BANGKOK (AP) - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Myanmar's second-largest city on Sunday, the USGS said, the latest in a string of aftershocks following Friday's devastating temblor. People in the streets of Mandalay screamed as the aftershock hit. Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake hit near the city, bringing down scores ...