Crime
Over a dozen charges laid after car jacking in Northern Saskatchewan
A man from Prince Albert and a woman from Deschambault Lake are facing a combined total of nearly a dozen charges after an assault and vehicle robbery with a firearm.Keith McCallum is scheduled to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Feb. 26, and Kanyssa Merasty is scheduled to appear in Pelican Narrows Provinci...
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Carney pledges $2 billion for Ukraine, more sanctions four years after invasion
OTTAWA - Four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising $2 billion in military aid and more sanctions on Russia.Carney says the new sanctions will target 100 vessels in the "shadow fleet" which are involved in attempts to evade sanctions on Russian...
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Crime
Over a dozen charges laid after car jacking in Northern Saskatchewan
A man from Prince Albert and a woman from Deschambault Lake are facing a combined total of nearly a dozen charges after an assault and vehicle robbery with a firearm.Keith McCallum is scheduled to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Feb. 26, and Kanyssa Merasty is scheduled to appear in Pelican Narrows Provinci...
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Council hears Rec-Create Humboldt Steering Committee findings
Humboldt City Council heard more about the work done by the Rec-Create Humboldt Steering Committee at their meeting Monday night. Director of Community and Leisure Services Michael Ulriksen told northeastNOW the committee was established to help the city better understand current and future community needs related to a...
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Mustangs have won eight straight games
Melfort Mustangs look to stay hot as they host Weyburn
The Melfort Mustangs look to make it nine wins in a row tonight as they host the Weyburn Red Wings at the Northern Lights Palace. The Mustangs are now 24-20-2-2, and have stormed back into sixth place in the SJHL. Melfort is coming off a weekend sweep of the La Ronge Ice Wolves, winning 6-1 at home on Friday and a 5-3 ...
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Two points shy of a playoff spot
Tisdale Trojans season comes to an end after loss to Mintos
The Tisdale Trojans' quest for the playoffs has come up just short. The Trojans had a chance to snag the final AAA playoff spot, but they dropped a 2-0 decision to the Prince Albert Mintos in their final game of the season. Tisdale sent everything they could on net, firing 56 shots. They just couldn't beat Jaden Blanch...
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Kevin Swanson's trial Oct. 13
Naicam man charged with murder has trial date set
A Naicam man charged with killing a relative will have his trial later this year. Kevin Swanson was charged with second-degree murder after an incident last May. Melfort RCMP were called about a serious assault at a home on Third Ave. N. in Naicam and discovered 81-year-old Dennis Swanson, who was pronounced dead at th...
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Thefts from rural properties last month
Melfort RCMP looking for theft suspect
RCMP in Melfort are looking for a suspect allegedly involved in a series of thefts from rural properties in the area. Three people were involved in the incidents on Jan. 26, and two have since been arrested and put into custody. A third suspect was involved, and police are asking for your help to find her. (Image Cred...
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Drive Away Hunger
Farm Credit Canada fights food insecurity with campaign
Food insecurity in Canada remains a critical issue. More than 10 million people live in households that don't always have enough food, including nearly one in three children. The Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Drive Away Hunger Campaign donated 635 million meals in 2025, helping families put nutritious meals on the table, ...
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Four years of war
Carney pledges $2 billion for Ukraine, more sanctions four years after invasion
OTTAWA - Four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising $2 billion in military aid and more sanctions on Russia.Carney says the new sanctions will target 100 vessels in the "shadow fleet" which are involved in attempts to evade sanctions on Russian...
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Cartel violence
WestJet, Air Canada among Canadian airlines resuming service to Mexico
OTTAWA - Canadian airlines are flying in and out of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, today after widespread violence led them to temporarily suspend service since the weekend.Air Canada, Air Transat, WestJet and Porter Airlines have all announced they will be resuming flights to and from the popular western Mexican resort city...
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'You just get used to it': Four years after fleeing war, a displaced Ukrainian reflects on life in Saskatchewan
Nearly four years after fleeing Ukraine, Yevheniia Pyshuk has built a life in Saskatchewan, but every call home still begins with uncertainty.Her family remains in the country. She is the only one who came to Canada."Mentally, I think ... you just get used to it," she said. "It has already become part of...
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International incident
Sask. residents vacationing in Mexico making best of a bad situation
Hunker down and keep a low profile.Those are the instructions that have been provided to Saskatoon's Darwin and Vanessa Gardiner who are at a resort outside Puerto Vallarta, one of several regions in Mexico subjected to retaliatory violence after the killing of a cartel leader on Sunday.Darwin recalled how he and a num...
Feb 23, 2026
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budget talks
Premier Moe hints at 'challenges' in upcoming provincial budget
Premier Scott Moe didn't give any numbers, but did suggest his provincial government may table a 2026-27 budget in a couple of weeks that's in the red.Speaking to guest host Taylor McPherson on The Evan Bray Show, Moe answered a question about the recent $650 million in extra spending by talking about the upcoming budg...
Feb 23, 2026
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Mustangs have won eight straight games
Melfort Mustangs look to stay hot as they host Weyburn
The Melfort Mustangs look to make it nine wins in a row tonight as they host the Weyburn Red Wings at the Northern Lights Palace. The Mustangs are now 24-20-2-2, and have stormed back into sixth place in the SJHL. Melfort is coming off a weekend sweep of the La Ronge Ice Wolves, winning 6-1 at home on Friday and a 5-3 ...
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SJHL POTW
Hawks, Mustangs dominate SJHL Players of the Week list
Nipawin Hawks and Melfort Mustangs are all over this week's Player of the Week list in the SJHL. The SGEU MVP of the Week is Mason Karakochuk, with three goals and four assists in three games last week. He has 20 points in his last 10 contests. Teammate Eric Hoiness is the Canterra Seeds Saskatchewan Player of the Week...
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Maintaining Ground
Mustangs win eighth straight with tight win over La Ronge
The Melfort Mustangs picked up their eighth win in a row Saturday night in La Ronge, narrowly defeating the host Ice Wolves 5-3.Melfort gave up the first goal in the opening frame, before responding with two in the second to make it 2-1.The start of the third was then hectic, to say the least, as three goals were score...
Feb 23, 2026
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LOCAL TALENT
'It really just feels amazing': Host district River West wins 30 medals at 2026 Sask. Winter Games
As the final cheers echoed through the arena and the ceremonial flame was extinguished Saturday, Meadow Lake gold medalists Grant Fillion and Denzara Crawford stood among hundreds of competitors reflecting on a week that felt both overwhelming and unforgettable.Competing on home soil for Team Rivers West, the two teena...
Feb 22, 2026
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Home-and-home
Mustangs up to sixth with dominant win over La Ronge
The Melfort Mustangs are now in sixth place in the SJHL standings following their dominant win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves on Friday night.Melfort has won seven games in a row to get to this point, as they jumped from ninth to sixth, paired with losses from a handful of other teams.The Mustangs were shot out of a cann...
Feb 21, 2026
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A Little Redemption in Mind
Mustangs host Ice Wolves in search of seventh straight win
The Melfort Mustangs will look to continue their hot streak Friday night as they welcome the visiting La Ronge Ice Wolves.Melfort enters this evening's contest on a six-game win streak, as they've brought themselves right back in the thick of things."I think we just got to play the same way we've been playing, and...
Feb 20, 2026
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It’s a Co-op Thing
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At Prairie North Co-op (PNC) we often say that we are proud to serve our members with products and services that help build, feed, fuel and grow the communities in which we live and do business. Now we can add "help keep our members and communities safe' through our commitment to a strong safety culture to that li...
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Guide dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
It's a rewarding experience filled with unconditional love and the opportunity to change the life of someone who is blind. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteers to raise future guide dogs for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision."There's a hug...
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Prairie North Co-op Retrofit Serves Rural Members
At Prairie North Co-operative, the vision is to be the trusted first choice in the community. Sometimes achieving that vision requires thinking outside the box and taking an innovative approach to problem solving. In 2019, the Prairie North Co-op Agro Fuel team began to offer a number of bulk oil products to its rural ...
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Farm Credit Canada fights food insecurity with campaign
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Trump says 10 per cent global tariff coming after Supreme Court ruling
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Canada
Proposed Ring of Fire mine in northern Ontario clears another regulatory hurdle
TORONTO - A proposed mine in Ontario's Ring of Fire region has cleared another regulatory hurdle despite a First Nation's protest. The federal government has decided not to designate Wyloo's Eagle's Nest project for an impact assessment, which examines...
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Alberta challenge to federal project review law being heard in court, again
CALGARY - Alberta is taking another run at having a court strike down federal project review legislation. The Alberta Court of Appeal started hearing the province's second challenge to Ottawa's Impact Assessment Act in Calgary on Tuesday. The act set...
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Parti Québécois surges with 4th byelection win, as Conservatives see path to growth
MONTRÉAL - Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says his party's fourth consecutive byelection victory is a sign that Quebecers are ready for profound change. PQ candidate Marie-Karlynn Laflamme won the byelection in the Chicoutimi riding on...
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Quebec father who drowned kids in 2022 wraps testimony at his murder trial
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who has admitted to drowning two of his children in 2022 has concluded his testimony at his first-degree murder trial. Kamaljit Arora, 49, was questioned numerous times by the Crown about the search history on his cellphone tha...
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Relative of Tumbler Ridge shooter is arrested in Alberta, accused of attempted murder
CALGARY - Alberta RCMP say a relative of Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar has been arrested in an attempted murder investigation. They say in a statement that Jacob Jan Van Rootselaar was arrested on an outstanding warrant last Thursday in Sy...
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Ottawa spending $3.7 billion to boost military housing stock
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend $3.7 billion to build 6,000 more housing units for Canada's military, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Tuesday. McGuinty made the announcement at CFB Uplands in Ottawa, but could not provide a timeline ...
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World
Louvre Museum's director resigns in wake of jewels heist in Paris
PARIS (AP) - The director of the Louvre Museum who had been under fire since the stunning and embarrassing heist of the French Crown jewels in October has stepped down from the position, French President Emmanuel Macron 's office said Tuesday. ...
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Sudanese paramilitary forces kill at least 28 people in an attack in Darfur, medical group says
CAIRO (AP) - An attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces on a stronghold of a Darfur tribal leader left at least 28 people dead, a doctors group said Tuesday, the latest in a devastating war with no resolution in sight. The paramilitary Ra...
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European officials visit Ukraine to show support as country marks 4 years of Russia's all-out war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - More than a dozen senior European officials arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday in a show of support on the fourth anniversary of Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine - a grim anniversary in a war that has killed tens of th...
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France ups the ante in spat with US ambassador, says ministers will no longer meet him
PARIS (AP) - France's spat with the U.S. ambassador to Paris took another turn Tuesday with the French foreign minister saying the top U.S. diplomat in France must respond to a summons and won't have access to French government officials until he compl...
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An attacker detonates an explosive device in Moscow, killing a police officer and himself
MOSCOW (AP) - An unidentified assailant detonated an explosive device next to a patrol vehicle in Moscow early Tuesday, killing himself and a police officer, and leaving two other officers injured, officials said. The attack happened minu...
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An attacker detonates an explosive device in Moscow, killing a police officer and himself
MOSCOW (AP) - An unidentified assailant detonated an explosive device next to a patrol vehicle in Moscow early Tuesday, killing himself and a police officer, and leaving two other officers injured, officials said. The attack happened minu...
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