After dropping the first three games of the 2026 - 27 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season the Nipawin Hawks have won four of their last five game and are now back to a .500 winning percentage.Friday at the Centennial Arena the Hawks routed Humboldt 7-3 to even the team's record at four wins and four losses....

Some temporary emergency room closures in the area for the Thanksgiving long weekend. In Porcupine Plain, emergency services will be unavailable Friday from 5 p.m. to midnight, and Saturday from 8 a.m. to midnight. Emergency services in Lanigan will be unavailable Friday until midnight. The Wakaw Primary Health Care Ce...

The City of Humboldt has hired its new City Manager. James Thackray took over the position as of Oct. 5. A city news release said Thackray brings decades of leadership in municipal administration and governance, while most recently holding an executive leadership role in the private sector. "I am really excited to...

The Marguerite Riel Centre has conducted their Point in Time (PIT) count in Melfort, and the stats reveal a continued homelessness issue in the city. According to Director of Operations Joanne Yakowec, the unofficial results show that 56 surveys were filled out, with three people declining to complete the survey. The n...

The Tisdale Tornadoes look to remain perfect as they visit the winless Nipawin LP Miller Bears in nine-a-side high school football action. Tisdale beat Melfort 42-7 last week to hand the Comets their first loss, while Nipawin dropped a close 22-15 contest in La Ronge. The Comets will host La Ronge Friday afternoon. The...

The Tisdale Trojans have won their first game of the AAA season, 5-3 over the Saskatoon Blazers. Jacob Tait had a pair of goals, while Ramy Borowsky, Camryn Aebig, and Millar Anderson also scored for the Trojans. Karter Hilbig stopped 38 shots in the win. Tisdale will play their first home games of the season this wee...

It could be a difficult long weekend for farmers still out in the fields.According to Environment Canada, heavy rain is expected across much of north-central Saskatchewan, with up to 60 millimetres in the forecast.The heaviest amounts are expected north of Prince Albert, Meadow Lake and Nipawin.It's been a difficult ye...

Child care advocates brought their concerns about affordability, staffing and access to Prince Albert on Thursday, wrapping up a provincewide series of town hall meetings.CUPE Saskatchewan and Child Care Now organized the meetings to discuss provincial funding changes introduced July 1 and hear from families, educators...

It was a relatively short court appearance Thursday morning for Kelly Knopf, the man charged in the highway crash that killed a woman and her two young daughters over the weekend.A judge in the Yorkton courtroom granted Knopf's release with a $20,000 deposit.Knopf's lawyer, Brian Pfefferle, said Knopf would be heading ...

Head coach Corey Mace knows there was disappointment in the locker room as the team returned to practice this week.Saskatchewan let an opportunity - and the season series - slip away in a 37-31 loss to the Calgary Stampeders last week.But as the team returned to practice for a Thanksgiving Monday showdown in Montreal a...

Canadian rockers Nickelback have announced a massive 2027 tour that includes a stop at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon on April 2.The tour supports the band's forthcoming album, Everything Under the Sun, which will be released Oct. 30. The band is set to perform 70 shows throughout 2027.Nickelback is known for hits such as...

Lloydminster RCMP are warning about the consequences of spreading unverified information on social media after rumours prompted more than 50 calls to police following a lockdown Wednesday at Lloydminster Comprehensive High School.The incident began on the morning of Oct. 7 when two students reported seeing what they be...

With the Saskatchewan Roughriders looking for a spark, two players with big-play capabilities are set to return to the lineup this week.Speedy defensive back Tevaughn Campbell (forearm) and dynamic returner Mathew Sexton (leg) are both healthy and appear ready to rejoin a Riders team that has lost three in a row."...

After dropping the first three games of the 2026 - 27 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season the Nipawin Hawks have won four of their last five game and are now back to a .500 winning percentage.Friday at the Centennial Arena the Hawks routed Humboldt 7-3 to even the team's record at four wins and four losses....

For the first time since the first round of last year's playoffs, the Melfort Mustangs will take on the Battlefords North Stars.Melfort is on the road this weekend to play North Battleford tonight (Friday) before heading to Kindersley on Saturday to face the Klippers."We're all really excited for this weekend. We ...

Head coach Corey Mace knows there was disappointment in the locker room as the team returned to practice this week.Saskatchewan let an opportunity - and the season series - slip away in a 37-31 loss to the Calgary Stampeders last week.But as the team returned to practice for a Thanksgiving Monday showdown in Montreal a...

The Tisdale Tornadoes look to remain perfect as they visit the winless Nipawin LP Miller Bears in nine-a-side high school football action. Tisdale beat Melfort 42-7 last week to hand the Comets their first loss, while Nipawin dropped a close 22-15 contest in La Ronge. The Comets will host La Ronge Friday afternoon. The...

The Tisdale Trojans have won their first game of the AAA season, 5-3 over the Saskatoon Blazers. Jacob Tait had a pair of goals, while Ramy Borowsky, Camryn Aebig, and Millar Anderson also scored for the Trojans. Karter Hilbig stopped 38 shots in the win. Tisdale will play their first home games of the season this wee...

The SIMA Awards are back for 2026, and this year promises to be more exciting than ever. As a platform dedicated to celebrating Indigenous talent, the awards recognize the contributions of Indigenous artists across various genres. Whether you're a seasoned musician or just starting out, this is your chance to shine.The...

Ask someone from Calgary or Vancouver what you do in Kelowna and you'll get the same answer: wine tours. Fair enough. The Okanagan earned that reputation. But spend a summer day here with one of the region's local guides and you'll come home with a different story.You might spend a morning rappelling down a canyon wall...

Monster trucks are set to return to Prince Albert for the first time in more than 30 years this summer.Lake Country Co-op presents Ram Monsters and Mayhem, scheduled for Aug. 15 and 16 at the Prince Albert Exhibition Grounds, marking a rare stop for the high-octane motorsports show in northern Saskatchewan. Promoter Ro...

It could be a difficult long weekend for farmers still out in the fields.According to Environment Canada, heavy rain is expected across much of north-...

Canadian cultivated farmland values rose by an average of 3.8 per cent in the first half of 2026, according to the mid-year farmland values review by ...

The Manitoba government is providing funding, so the RCMP General Investigative Section (GIS) can hire a designated officer who will investigate lives...

EDMONTON - Some families and friends across Alberta are set to gather for a Thanksgiving meal this weekend with the hope that the only thing that gets roasted is the turkey. Sarah Batchelor says politics will be off the dinner table at her home in Aird...

OTTAWA - Nearly half of Canada's provinces and territories are calling on the federal Liberals to fulfil their election promise to expand eligibility for a mining exploration tax credit to help smaller mining companies get through their exploration pha...

TORONTO - Canadian rock band Nickelback has announced a massive 2027 world tour on its official Instagram page. The tour kicks off Feb. 6 in Pittsburgh, with nearly 70 concerts planned across North America, Europe and Australia. Seven Canadian stops ar...

TORONTO - Remarks made by a member of Parliament, who is also a doctor, suggesting illicit drugs such as fentanyl are a "painless" and "readily available" option to end one's life are now the subject of a complaint filed to the College of Physicians an...

Cori Ramsay, a candidate for city council in Prince George, B.C., says a voter told her they can't wait to cast a ballot for her on Oct. 24. The voter would surely be disappointed, as Ramsay's election is a week earlier, on Oct. 17. As British Columbi...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman who married an Islamic State fighter has pleaded guilty to terrorist-related charges in a Vancouver court. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada confirms that Kimberly Polman pleaded guilty on Thursday to leavin...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Saturday it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not done enough to end his country's war with Russia and blaming him for high diesel prices in the U.S. ...

A shooting in a residential area of Erie, Pennsylvania, left nine dead including the suspected shooter and rocked the city. Police said two children and a pregnant woman were among the dead. Authorities have released few details, though t...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, her attorneys said Saturday. Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and is back at the Deborah K...

CAIRO (AP) - The international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, was attacked again Saturday as the kingdom faces an extraordinary series of assaults in the new front in the Iran war. President Donald Trump said he was evaluating whether the U...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Police say a third attack at a Polish school in less than a week took place on Saturday, when a 21-year-old woman injured three people inside an educational institution in the capital, Warsaw, police said. The attack...

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) - Isaias weakened overnight and was no longer considered a hurricane but flash flooding threats and the potential for tornadoes persisted Saturday as the storm moved inland across Alabama. The storm, now considered ...