The President of the Prince Albert Winter Festival committee says she is deeply saddened by the loss of a fur hat.The hat word by Bev Erickson was stolen during the final days of the festival and was made in 1964 by a woman at Cumberland House and gifted to Erickson's mother-in-law."It's been in the Erickson famil...

The Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is concerned about a wild pig recently being discovered in traditional territory. Last weekend, a land user near Weyakwin shot and killed a wild pig while he was out checking his traps. Since then, northern residents, including Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, have been expres...

In one of his first public appearances since the start of the on and off tariff war between Canada and the United States, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe pointed out that when it comes to things like potash and uranium, the province has cards to play. He was asked, should tariffs continue if potash and uranium - two of ...

The planned construction of Prince Albert's Ronald McDonald House (RMH) hits close to home for a local couple. Ivan and Shianne Trudel spent months in the Saskatoon RMH beginning in 2017, following the birth of their son Thomas, who had a very rare genetic condition. "The Ronald McDonald House always felt like hom...

Businesses in Saskatchewan are worried about finding workers and keeping the ones they have after an abrupt pause to the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP).It's the only immigration stream controlled by the provincial government, and last month intake for the job approval forms was paused. This out a stop to...

Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities.China is hitting Canada with 100-per-cent tariffs on canola oil and peas, and 25-per-cent tariffs on pork and aquatic products - loosely mirroring Canada's EV and steel and aluminum lev...

Saskatchewan's Brier drought continues as Team Mike McEwen was eliminated last night by Team Manitoba's Reid Carruthers 6-4, after what a shattered McEwen called a "catastrophic error."The last time a rink from the Land of Living Skies won the Brier was in 1980.In 2024, McEwen and Team Saskatchewan also left ...

A political expert says U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that he may deport Ukrainian refugees could be more of a political strategy than a firm plan-but the impact on Canada could be significant.Trump has reportedly floated the idea of expelling about 240,000 Ukrainians who fled to the U.S. after Russia's inva...

The Village of La Loche is preparing for what it calls an "Animal Surrender" on Saturday. They are enacting by-law 2-99 the Running At Large of Dogs to deal with the ample strays roaming the neighbourhood. According to a notice the village posted to its Facebook page, the priority will be stray dogs or dogs t...

For Fred Robillard, whenever he'd come into Prince Albert he knew that he would be coming to spend time at the Northern Lights Casino where you'd usually be able to find him at the blackjack table. On March 6, after Robillard's blackjack table was shut down, something inspired Robillard to take a shot at the Smoke Sign...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Mark Carney succeeds Trudeau as Liberal leader Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday, putting him on track to soon become the next prime mini...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's interest rate announcement arrives on Wednesday in a cloud of uncertainty thanks to a shifting trade war with the United States. Most economists expect the central bank will deliver another quarter-point rate cut while it waits to see how long the dispute with Canada's largest trading part...

TORONTO - There had been warning signs for months. There were the reports of dangerous flu-like symptoms in Asia. News of the lockdown that kept tens of millions of people inside their homes in China. Here at home, the growing ubiquity of blue surgical masks. The advice to sing "Happy Birthday" while washing ...

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party selected its new leader, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. Carney is heading into a day full of briefings and in the coming days will need to be sworn in as prime minister, tap his cabinet and sort out his party's b...

OTTAWA - Moments before the new Liberal leader was announced on Sunday, former prime minister Jean Chrétien took to the stage to reprimand U.S. President Donald Trump over tariffs and threats to Canada's sovereignty. Chrétien warned a crowd of Liberals gathered in Ottawa that Canada's "long and fruit...

OTTAWA - Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day. His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm nor deny. Carney, a devout catholic who hails from Fort Smith, N.W.T. and turns 60 next week, cleared his first major pol...

Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities.China is hittin...

The interest-free limit under the Advance Payments Program (APP) will be set at $250,000 for 2025. Producers had been protesting as the initial announ...

Canadian farmers could take a big hit from China's sudden retaliatory tariffs that take aim at canola, pork and other food commodities.Chris Davison, ...

Saskatchewan amended the Crown land grazing lease rate formula, effective for 2025. Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison said the government listened t...

The life of a farmer is demanding and comes with different challenges and uncertainty. It can have a direct impact on mental health and producers need...

Some producers who were not paid for grain delivered to Purely Canada Foods have been fully compensated. The farmers, who had eligible claims submitte...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military says North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles off the North's west coast. The South's military said the launches were detected on Monday but gave no further details about them. The launches came hours after the South Korean and U.S. militaries began their annual ...

A single-engine airplane carrying five people crashed and burst into flames Saturday in the parking lot of a retirement community near a small airport in suburban Pennsylvania, and everyone on board survived, officials and witnesses said. The fiery crash happened around 3 p.m. just south of Lancaster Airport in Manheim...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania's electoral body on Sunday rejected Calin Georgescu's candidacy in the presidential election rerun, after the far-right populist won the first round of last year's race before a top court annulled the election. The 62-year-old Georgescu filed his candidacy on Friday in the capital, Buc...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory's desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water. Sunday's announcement comes a week after Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory to over 2 ...

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - The cries of Liliana Olivero watching from Venezuela through a cellphone pierced through the somber Christian music and gusts of wind as her son's casket was lowered into the ground. Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Olivares died at 24, drowning in the Rio Grande not far from where he was buried Thursday...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona's home game against Osasuna has been postponed after the death of a member of Barcelona's medical staff, the Spanish club said. Fans were informed of the decision minutes before the game was scheduled to kick off Saturday night in Barcelona at Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium. Bar...