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First meeting
Interest piqued after Melfort Neighbourhood Watch program info meeting
It seems the public has an interest in the Neighbourhood Watch program in Melfort. The Melfort Neighbourhood Watch Facebook page that was launched just over a week ago now has over 175 followers, and about 50 people attended Tuesday night's information meeting at the Kerry Vickar Centre. Dawn Quinn (standing) and Melfo...
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Safety first
Safety concerns and tips surrounding discarded needles in P.A.
As the final few piles of snow melt and the seasons change, it's quite possible Prince Albert residents will notice discarded needles lying on the ground across the city.Lyle Karasiuk, the director of public affairs with Parkland Ambulance, said there are safety concerns surrounding needles."I think it's an ongoin...
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More Trojans signings
More signings for the Tisdale Trojans
The Tisdale Trojans have signed three more players for the upcoming season. Forward Carter Corbett will join the team after playing last season with the North East Wolfpack. (Facebook/Tisdale Trojans)The 2008-born forward had 13 goals and 11 assists in 29 games for the Wolfpack, and he also played seven regular season ...
Apr 23, 2024
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Wasted fish
Fish abandoned at Deschambault Lake
The investigation is underway into a massive waste of fish at Deschambault Lake.Conservation officers in Creighton received information March 31 about fish abandoned at the lake. The fish were partially buried under the complainant's ice shack, northeast of Williams Island. Twelve walleye, four perch fillets, and 80 wa...
Apr 23, 2024
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Saskatchewan

Study delayed
Results of Canadian uranium workers study delayed
The country's most comprehensive study on the effects of radiation on 90,000 Canadian uranium workers is delayed.Originally expected to have its final study results released this year, the study has been pushed back to 2026 due to data-collecting complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada is the world's s...
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Trudeau says Saskatchewan to get carbon rebates despite province not paying levies
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan residents will continue to get carbon rebates even though the province has stopped remitting levies from natural gas to Ottawa. Trudeau said Tuesday in Saskatoon the Canada Revenue Agency has mechanisms to collect money the province owes. "We're going to continue to ...
Apr 23, 2024
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Moe discusses mental health and addiction with Governor General
It was a very wet welcome for the Governor General's first official visit to Saskatchewan on Monday.Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was set to spend three days in the province. On Monday, she started at the Legislative Building and Government House.Premier Scott Moe and other members of government greeted Simon at the building an...
Apr 23, 2024
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TRUDEAU IN SASK.
Trudeau in Saskatoon today highlighting budget's youth, education and health measures
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon today.An itinerary released by his office says he will make an announcement this morning to highlight measures focused on youth, education, and health that were contained in last week's budget.Trudeau will be joined at the event by Dan Vandal, minister for Northern Aff...
Apr 23, 2024
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Cockrill Stays
Cockrill to stay as Minister for Education
Standing in front of reporters earlier today in the legislative building, the leader of the opposition officially called on Premier Scott Moe to give the Minister for Education "the boot." "Saskatchewan people are right to hold their leaders to a higher standard, that goes double for cabinet ministers,&q...
Apr 22, 2024
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OPIOIDS
New report shows astronomical increase of Sask. opioid deaths in first year of COVID pandemic
A new report shows that a crisis affecting thousands of Saskatchewan people got incredibly worse during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a study last week showing the number of opioid-related deaths nationwide from 2019-2021. In that period, the number of opio...
Apr 22, 2024
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Canada

Green deputy leader sentenced to jail for Fairy Creek old growth protests
OTTAWA - The Green Party is decrying a 60-day sentence handed to its deputy leader today for her role in old growth logging protests on Vancouver Island. Angela Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, was convicted in January of seven counts of criminal contempt for breaching a court injunction and later her bail conditi...
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Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like spikes used for defence, building nests: study
A new paper says a giant salmon that lived five million years ago in the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest used tusk-like spikes as defense mechanisms and for building nests to spawn. The initial fossil discoveries of the 2.7-metre-long salmon in Oregon in the 1970s were incomplete and led researchers to suggest ...
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Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation info
HALIFAX - After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters. Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the U...
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Montreal Olympic Stadium fire: Quebec grants up to $40 million for cleanup, repairs
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has awarded the organization that manages Montreal's Olympic Stadium up to $40 million to pay for repairs and decontamination after a March 21 fire. Parc olympique spokesman Cédric Essiminy says extensive decontamination work is needed in the stadium's tower because smoke spread ...
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Border agency eyes smartphone facial recognition system amid privacy concerns
OTTAWA - Travellers would be able to use facial recognition technology to identify themselves through their smartphones when crossing the border under a planned federal project. The Canada Border Services Agency says the initiative would allow for a faster and more seamless travel experience. The federal government rec...
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Man stabbed to death in White Rock, B.C., days after similar knife attack in area
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - A man has been killed in a stabbing in White Rock, B.C., and police say there are "apparent similarities" to another knife attack in the same area two days earlier. RCMP say the latest incident happened late Tuesday, when a man was reported to have been stabbed near the White Rock Pier. Pol...
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Agriculture

World News

Chicago's 'rat hole' removed after city determines sidewalk with animal impression was damaged
CHICAGO (AP) - The "rat hole" is gone. A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents affectionately called the "rat hole" was removed Wednesday after city officials determined the section bearing the imprint of an animal was damaged and needed to be replaced, officials said. The imprint has been a quir...
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EU hopeful North Macedonia to hold May 8 presidential runoff with center-right candidate in the lead
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - North Macedonia will head to a presidential runoff after no candidate secured enough votes to win outright in Wednesday's first round of balloting held as the country seeks to enter into the European Union. The second round of voting on May 8 will coincide with parliamentary elections. Pr...
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Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13 in favor, Russia opposed and China abstaining. The resolution calls on all countri...
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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate
PHOENIX (AP) - A proposed repeal of Arizona's near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the state House, clearing its first hurdle two weeks after a court concluded the state can enforce the 1864 law, which only offers an exception for saving the patient's life. Three Republicans joined in with all 29 Democrats...
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Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing both people on board, a federal aviation official said Wednesday. The pilot had made radio contact about the in-fight emergency shortl...
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Spain's prime minister says he will consider resigning after wife is targeted by judicial probe
MADRID (AP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez denied corruption allegations against his wife but said he will consider resigning after a judicial investigation was launched Wednesday into accusations that she used her position to influence business deals. Sánchez said in a letter posted on his X acco...
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