Time to Rebound
Mustangs host Terriers for first meeting of the season
For the first time this season, the Melfort Mustangs and the Yorkton Terriers will face off.The two teams were supposed to play each other, back in November, however, the game was postponed due to poor road conditions.Now, the Mustangs and the Terriers will battle at the Northern Lights Palace, with both hoping to get ...
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Health
Provinces now responsible for buying COVID-19 vaccines as feds issue new guidance
Federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determining the timing of the vaccinations, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.The agency published the information online on Friday, along with the National Advisory Committe...
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Tariff threat
How Trump could declare a national emergency to hit Canada with 25 per cent tariffs
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An ‘attitude of gratitude'
Redhead Equipment Tees Off in Heavy Hitter Charity Classic to Support Families in Saskatchewan
Done deals
Recap: over 15 moves made during SJHL trade deadline day
Jan 10, 2025
Kelvington-Wadena MLA
Kelvington-Wadena MLA Beaudry excited to continue role into 2025
Jan 02, 2025
Northeast News
Animal cruelty
Teenage boy charged with killing dog in northern Sask. community
Saskatchewan RCMP are confirming a teenage boy from a remote northern Saskatchewan community, has been charged with causing death to an animal.It has to do with an incident that occurred earlier this week at Deschambault Lake. According to a media release issued Friday night by the RCMP, on Thursday they received a rep...
Jan 11, 2025
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Postponed to a later date
Mustangs, Ice Wolves game postponed due to bus issues
There will be no SJHL game between the La Ronge Ice Wolves and the Melfort Mustangs Friday night at the Northern Lights Palace.The La Ronge Ice Wolves were scheduled to travel to Melfort, however, there were problems with the team's bus which prevented them from making the trip down.This is the second Mustangs' game th...
Jan 10, 2025
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Local athlete, coach nominated
Local athlete, coach are nominated for Saskatchewan Sport Awards
A pair of locals are nominated for Saskatchewan Sport Awards. The 40th annual awards ceremony will be held in Saskatoon later this month. Melfort's Julie Kozun is up for Female Athlete of the Year. Kozun was nominated by the public and supported by Sask Volleyball. She was the lone Saskatchewan athlete on Canada's Para...
Jan 10, 2025
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Truck hits ditch
Truck hits ditch south of Melfort
A truck hit the ditch near Melfort Thursday afternoon. Melfort RCMP members were directing traffic on Hwy. 41 as the vehicle was towed and removed from the ditch. Staff Sgt. Ryan Case said there were no injuries in the incident, as the truck lost control on some ice and hit the ditch. The Highway Hotline said pavement ...
Jan 09, 2025
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Coombs honoured by CJHL
Mustangs' goaltender named first star of the month by CJHL
A Melfort Mustang is a Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) standout for December. Kristian Coombs was named First Star of the Month by the CJHL. The 19-year-old Calgary product won all seven starts in December as the Mustangs were undefeated in the month. Coombs had a 1.57 goals against average and .931 save percentag...
Jan 09, 2025
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Trojans win
Trojans dump Yorkton to open 2025 portion of campaign
The Tisdale Trojans started 2025 with a victory on home ice. The Trojans dumped the Yorkton Kinsmen Maulers 4-1 at the RECPlex Wednesday night. Goals by Carter Geysen and Cooper Atkinson on the power play gave Tisdale a 2-0 lead midway through the first, with Yorkton narrowing the lead to 2-1 late in the first. A Justi...
Jan 09, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Sweet revenge
Zablocki pots two points in semifinal win, Canada to play US for gold at U18 Worlds
Stryker Zablocki continued her dominance at the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in Finland on Saturday afternoon, scoring a goal and adding an assist in Canada's 4-2 semifinal win over Czechia. The win not only keeps the Canadians undefeated at the tournament, but also moves them into the championship game where t...
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Riderville
Quarterback Jake Maier excited to join Riders, reunite with coaches
Jake Maier is excited to be a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and reunite with some familiar faces.Maier's rights were traded from the Calgary Stampeders to the Green and White last month. The team announced the 27-year-old quarterback had signed a one-year contract extension to keep him in Saskatchewan for 2025...
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Healthcare
Health-care workers 'cautiously optimistic' after meeting with ministers
Health-care workers across Saskatchewan have been sounding the alarm about the health-care system for quite some time.Some of those workers - who are members of SEIU-West - recently met with the province's health-care ministers.They met with the newly appointed Health Minister, Jeremy Cockrill and Rural and Remote Heal...
Jan 11, 2025
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Crime
Additional arrest made in connection to car jacking near Little Red River Park
A third person has been arrested and charged following a pair of carjackings that occurred last October outside Prince Albert.Bruno Bear was not present when his case was discussed Friday morning at provincial court and adjourned to Jan. 20.In the early morning hours of Oct. 17, two individuals in a vehicle, driving on...
Jan 10, 2025
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job stats
Job numbers growing in Sask overall; NDP says northern economy is being ignored
There were 14,000 jobs created in Saskatchewan in 2024 and the province had the third lowest unemployment rate among provinces, but the Sask NDP is throwing caution at the numbers, suggesting they don't paint an entirely clear picture, particularly in Prince Albert and areas to the north.Statistics Canada's recently re...
Jan 10, 2025
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Trump Tariffs
How Trump's tariff threat could affect Saskatchewan's hospitality sector
United States President-Elect Donald Trump's threat to implement a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods later this month has Saskatchewan's hospitality sector worried about its detrimental effects.Trump has previously said these duties will be implemented unless the neighbouring countries tighten border res...
Jan 10, 2025
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Local Sports
Time to Rebound
Mustangs host Terriers for first meeting of the season
For the first time this season, the Melfort Mustangs and the Yorkton Terriers will face off.The two teams were supposed to play each other, back in November, however, the game was postponed due to poor road conditions.Now, the Mustangs and the Terriers will battle at the Northern Lights Palace, with both hoping to get ...
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Trade News
Hawks make two moves on deadline day: clash with Klippers twice this weekend
The Canadian Junior Hockey League trade deadline was Friday, the Nipawin Hawks made two moves prior to the 5 p.m. cutoff.The Hawks sent fan favourite Henry Smith to the Niverville Nighthawks of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) for a player development fee (PDF). The two-year Hawk from Richmond, British Columbia...
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Riderville
Quarterback Jake Maier excited to join Riders, reunite with coaches
Jake Maier is excited to be a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and reunite with some familiar faces.Maier's rights were traded from the Calgary Stampeders to the Green and White last month. The team announced the 27-year-old quarterback had signed a one-year contract extension to keep him in Saskatchewan for 2025...
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Done deals
Recap: over 15 moves made during SJHL trade deadline day
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) trade deadline was 5 p.m. Friday and there were 15+ moves made around the league. One of the biggest moves around the league was between the Flin Flon Bombers and Notre Dame Hounds. Flin Flon picked up Notre Dame Hounds captain Liam Hunks, a 2004-born defenceman who had eigh...
Jan 10, 2025
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Postponed to a later date
Mustangs, Ice Wolves game postponed due to bus issues
There will be no SJHL game between the La Ronge Ice Wolves and the Melfort Mustangs Friday night at the Northern Lights Palace.The La Ronge Ice Wolves were scheduled to travel to Melfort, however, there were problems with the team's bus which prevented them from making the trip down.This is the second Mustangs' game th...
Jan 10, 2025
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Maier deal
Jake Maier, Riders reach agreement on one-year deal
Jake Maier is set to be a Saskatchewan Roughrider for 2025.After the quarterback's negotiation rights were traded from the Calgary Stampeders to the Riders, the CFL club announced a one-year extension with the 27-year-old.The Green Zone's CFL insider, Dave Naylor, reported the deal is for $165,000 and includes performa...
Jan 10, 2025
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Northeast Profiles
Digital Farming
Managing resources and visualizing ROI with data and digital farming
With the completion of planting, optimizing seed investment is top of mind for farmers. But how do we know that the decisions made on the farm are making a difference to the bottom line? It all starts with data, and with digital agriculture technology, farmers are now able to make better, more informed decisions when f...
Aug 07, 2024
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Nursing
Studying Nursing with the University of Saskatchewan
"Staying in my home community of Prince Albert and studying at the beautiful new University of Saskatchewan (USask) Prince Albert Campus were two reasons I chose USask in PA," said Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) student Justine Capilitan.Since 2012, USask College of Nursing has been offering the BSN pro...
May 08, 2024
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Time to vote
PBCN prepares for election
Members of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation head to the polls next month.The election for chief and council has been scheduled for April 9 and a list of candidates was released Monday by the electoral officer. They have however indicated the list is still subject to change and may have to do in part with a requirement all ...
Mar 27, 2024
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farmnewsNOW
Developing Feedstocks for Renewable Fuels
Bayer and Neste, a producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly scale winter...
Jan 10, 2025
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Canada's farm show features hands-on farm transition workshop
New programming is being made available at a popular Saskatchewan farm show that will help farm families start the conversation about transition plann...
Jan 10, 2025
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Flax as part of a intercropping system
While intercropping, or planting more than one crop together, might be common practice in some types of agriculture, it is not the norm in mainstream ...
Jan 09, 2025
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Canada
B.C. fire crews sent to fight Los Angeles wildfire: forests minister
British Columbia's forests minister says a crew from the province's wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. Ravi Parmar says in a video posted to social media Saturday afternoon that The B.C. Wildfire Service's crews had left the province and a...
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Health
Provinces now responsible for buying COVID-19 vaccines as feds issue new guidance
Federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determining the timing of the vaccinations, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.The agency published the information online on Friday, along with the National Advisory Committe...
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Anita Anand says she will not run for Liberal party leadership or re-election
MONTREAL - Liberal cabinet minister Anita Anand announced Saturday that she won't pursue a bid to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Breaking the news on social media, the transport and internal trade minister also said she won't seek re-election as a member of Parliament fo...
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Former B.C. premier says she 'misspoke' when claiming she was never a Conservative
OTTAWA - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark, who is considering a run for federal Liberal leader, has backtracked on her claim this week that she'd never been a member of the Conservative party. Clark told CBC Radio's The House that she is "very seriously" considering a leadership bid, but expresse...
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Cybersecurity breach of Nova Scotia school system could have financial impact
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Education Department says a recent cybersecurity breach involving a widely used student information system could have a financial impact on current and former teachers and staff in Cape Breton. The department issued a statement Saturday saying an investigation into the breach of the PowerSchool ...
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Liberal officials say it's 'essential' their next party leader is bilingual
OTTAWA - Current and former Liberal party officials, both French and English speakers, say the next Liberal leader replacing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be bilingual. "In my opinion, it's essential for the leader of the Liberal party to speak both official languages," said former Housing minister Sea...
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World
Los Angeles County medical examiner's office confirms wildfire death toll rises to 16
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles County medical examiner's office confirmed the death toll from the wildfires ravaging the area has risen to 16. The total of confirmed fatalities stands at 16 victims, and the cases remain under investigation. Five of the deaths were attributed to the Palisades Fire, and 11 resulted f...
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L.A. Wildfires
With their Los Angeles-area homes still smoldering, families return to search the ruins for memories
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Many watched their homes burn on television in a state of shock.Since the flames erupted in and around Los Angeles, scores of residents have returned to their still smoldering neighborhoods even as the threat of new fires persisted and the nation's second-largest city remained unsettled. For some, it...
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Santa Anita postpones weekend racing as track is staging area for fire relief efforts
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A flareup of the wildfire on the west side of Los Angeles that prompted new evacuations has caused Santa Anita to cancel horse racing this weekend. The track in Arcadia, near the smoldering Eaton fire that decimated Altadena, had said Friday that it would go ahead with Saturday racing, pending air qu...
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Israel's Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar
NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza. Netanyahu's office announced the decision Saturday. It was not immediately clear when David ...
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Uyghurs detained in Thailand say they face deportation and persecution in China
BANGKOK (AP) - A group of Uyghur men who were detained in Thailand over a decade ago say that the Thai government is preparing to deport them to China, alarming activists and family members who say the men are at risk of abuse and torture if they are sent back. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, 43 Uyghur me...
Jan 11, 2025
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Yankees fans who interfered with Mookie Betts during World Series banned from all MLB games
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has banned two fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium from attending any games at big league ballparks. MLB sent a letter to Austin Capobianco and John P. Hansen this week informing them of the decision. &qu...
Jan 10, 2025
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