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Sharps concerns
Thousands of discarded needles found after two fire department calls in Nipawin
Some concerning numbers from the Fire Department's Monthly Report at this week's council meeting in Nipawin. The July Fire Department report revealed a disturbing month as it relates to needles in the community. There were 2568 sharps removed from the community last month alone, bringing the yearly total to 3427. Two o...
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Historic post office MOU
Melfort Council approves MOU with Historic Post Office Advocacy Group
It's another step closer to preservation of Melfort's Historic Post Office. The aging facility was built well over 100 years ago, and a local initiative hopes to get more quality years from the historic building. Council in Melfort unanimously approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Historic Post Office A...
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Bison bones
Melfort Museum displaying historic bison bone collection
A new display at the Melfort Museum looks back thousands of years. The Bison Bones display is set up and the public is invited to take a look. Curator Brenda Mellon told northeastNOW the museum was fortunate to receive the collection of bison bones from Peter Burns, who came across the bones while out on the North Sask...
Aug 11, 2025
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Officer involved shooting
Bail hearings set for next week for Deschambault Lake pair
A man and woman arrested in Deschambault Lake following a shooting incident with RCMP that saw another man killed, have had bail hearings set. Earl Ballantyne and Sherri Custer will be back in front of a judge on August 18 in Pelican Narrows Provincial Court. Ballantyne's new charges were read out in court as he sat in...
Aug 11, 2025
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Premier's Walleye Cup
Regina teens earn top prize at Premier's Walleye Cup
Youth reigned supreme at the 37th annual Saskatchewan Premier's Walleye Cup on the weekend. A team of brothers with a combined age of 33 won the two-day event on Tobin Lake at Nipawin and District Regional Park. Winston Stockdale and his brother Will, aged 18 and 15 respectively, were the grand prize winners. The Regin...
Aug 11, 2025
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Elevated E-coli levels
Swimming advisories issued after elevated E-coli levels at four local beaches
Four local beaches are off limits to swimming after elevated levels of E-coli were found in water samples. Swimming has been halted at the main beach of Wakaw Lake Regional Park, St. Brieux beach, the beach at Marean Lake, and LeRoy Leisureland's main beach and pool area. (St. Brieux Regional Park and Golf Course/Faceb...
Aug 11, 2025
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Saskatchewan

Big Moment
Team Sask. claims first medals and first gold at 2025 Canada Summer Games
Team Saskatchewan has officially entered the medal count at the 2025 Canada Summer Games, with standout performances from two Reginians, Baer Robertson and Leo Zheng, bringing home the province's first medals, including its first gold. Early Tuesday morning at Quidi Vidi Lake, 18-year-old Baer Robertson paddled to a br...
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BILL 137
'Finally some good news': Battlefords Area Pride welcomes pronoun law appeal decision
When Kelly Waters read about the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal's latest ruling, she said it was the first time in a while she felt genuinely uplifted by the news. "I was like, finally some good news," said Waters, secretary of Battlefords Area Pride."Maybe the government can't just do whatever it wants an...
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development
Environment assessment approved for proposed uranium mine
The provincial government has given approval to Denison Mines Corporation to proceed with the development of the Wheeler River Uranium Project.The environmental assessment approval represents one of the final regulatory milestones necessary for Denison to commence construction of the planned Phoenix In-Situ Recovery mi...
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UR Pride anxious to continue pronoun law case after appeal decision
The decision from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal said everything UR Pride wanted it to say, according to Dr. j wallace skelton.However, skelton, a board member of UR Pride and assistant professor of queer studies at the University of Regina, said it's brought up two separate reactions."The decision absolutely sa...
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Sweet Fundraiser
Cool Treats, Warm Hearts: Miracle Treat Day returns Aug. 14 to support children in hospital
There's a good reason to indulge in a sweet treat later this week. Dairy Queen's 23rd annual Miracle Treat Day takes place on Thursday, Aug. 14. During Miracle Treat Day, net proceeds made from Blizzard sales will support the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation (JPCHF). The foundation supports children and moth...
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Timing could not be worse
Feds vow to defend Sask. farmers after China announces nearly 76 per cent canola tariff
Saskatchewan farmers are bracing for a major hit after China announced plans to impose a nearly 76 percent tariff on Canadian canola starting August 14, effectively shutting the door on one of the crop's biggest markets.Dale Leftwich, policy manager with SaskOilSeeds, said the duty is steep."It's so large that it'...
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Local Sports

Premier's Walleye Cup
Regina teens earn top prize at Premier's Walleye Cup
Youth reigned supreme at the 37th annual Saskatchewan Premier's Walleye Cup on the weekend. A team of brothers with a combined age of 33 won the two-day event on Tobin Lake at Nipawin and District Regional Park. Winston Stockdale and his brother Will, aged 18 and 15 respectively, were the grand prize winners. The Regin...
Aug 11, 2025
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Riders improve to 7-1
Triumph in Montreal: Riders win big over Als
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have been searching for a dominating performance in 2025 - and appeared to find one in Montreal.In a game that the Riders led from the opening drive all throughout, Saskatchewan defeated the Montreal Alouettes 34-6 at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.It was the first win f...
Aug 03, 2025
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Go Riders Go!
Riders put Sam Emilus on six-game injured list, Tommy Nield to start
The Saskatchewan Roughriders' receiver room will have its depth tested over the next few weeks.Wide receiver Sam Emilus has been placed on the six-game injured list after suffering a knee injury in the team's 21-18 win over the Edmonton Elks."He's the heartbeat of our team, especially in our room," wide recei...
Aug 02, 2025
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Hockey for All
Humboldt Broncos to hold new girls' summer hockey school
The Humboldt Broncos will be hosting their first-ever girls' summer hockey school later this month.The club has always hosted a summer hockey school, however, this will be the first year they will host an additional, girls-only portion."We used to do a female one when I was in Battlefords, and it always had a pret...
Aug 01, 2025
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New Voice
Broncos hire Humboldt native as new play-by-play
The Humboldt Broncos will have a new but familiar radio voice for the upcoming season.Hometown play-by-play guy, Blaine Weyland, will soon be calling the team's games, both at home and on the road.Weyland comes with plenty of experience, now finding his way back home for the team that's always had a special place in hi...
Jul 31, 2025
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Payton Collins back along the Riders' offensive line
The man known as "Clifford the Big Red Dog" is back along the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offensive line.Payton Collins, the red-haired rookie in the group, is back after suffering a knee injury in a Week 1 win over the Ottawa Redblacks. He has been taking the first-team reps at left tackle this week at practic...
Jul 30, 2025
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Canada

CP NewsAlert: Air Canada flight attendants serve 72-hour strike notice
There's no word yet whether Air Canada and the union representing some 10,000 of its flight attendants have averted a possible strike or lockout that could begin as soon as Saturday. The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees will be in position to strike as of 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday. That me...
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Yukon, Alaska sign agreement to address missing and murdered Indigenous people
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon has signed an agreement with the state of Alaska to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The territorial government says the memorandum of understanding was initiated in April 2024 and was signed in Whitehorse on Tuesday. It says in a news release that the document marks ...
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Satellite images reveal conditions that contributed to 'catastrophic' wildfire season
WINNIPEG - Images from space and artificial intelligence can help detect areas prone to extreme wildfires, researchers suggest, after satellite photos showed dry parts of Manitoba ahead of its devastating wildfire season. Scientists from the University of Ottawa and Université Laval in Quebec used data collected...
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Cowichan title lands encompass multimillion-dollar mansions in Richmond, B.C.
A landmark Aboriginal title claim successfully established by Cowichan Nation last week appears to encompass land occupied by a stretch of multimillion-dollar homes and an 18-hole golf course in Richmond, B.C. A map of the Cowichan title lands that was part of the B.C. Supreme Court ruling, combined with publicly avail...
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Top officer says Canada's laws are 'inadequate' to fight cross-border crime
VICTORIA - The head of the Canada's police chiefs association says they are guided by "outdated and inadequate" laws that were never designed to take on the current criminal landscape that no longer respects international borders. Thomas Carrique, president of the Association of Chiefs of Police, says police ...
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Burn bans and water restrictions in place in Ottawa area as dry conditions persist
OTTAWA - Tourists visiting the nation's capital were hunting for shade on Tuesday afternoon, leaving sun-drenched benches and chairs empty along Sparks Street as temperatures spiked to 34 degrees. The humidity made it feel more like 42 as a heat warning enveloped a wide swath of Ontario, prompting fire bans and water r...
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World

Mexico expels 26 cartel figures wanted by US authorities in deal with Trump administration
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mexico is expelling 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks sending drugs across the border, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The c...
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Guatemala judge convicts 6 ex-officials in deaths of 41 girls in 2017 fire at state facility
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Guatemalan judge convicted six people of various crimes Tuesday in relation with the deaths of 41 girls in a 2017 fire at a facility for at-risk youth that had a history of abuse. They had all declared their innocence Tuesday. Judge Ingrid Cifuentes handed down sentences of six years to 25 years...
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Sherrod Brown, Ohio's highest-profile Democrat, expected to seek a return to the US Senate in 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio's best-known Democrat, is expected to make another run for the U.S. Senate next year, giving Democrats a likely boost as they wage an uphill fight to win control of the chamber. Brown has not yet made a formal announcement, but people familiar with his plans wh...
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Suspect in Target store shooting fired randomly, police say
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man who opened fire at a Target store parking lot in Texas shot randomly, killing a grandfather and his 4-year-old granddaughter, police said Tuesday. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The accused 32-year-old Texas man who opened fire in a Targ...
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Ice dam at Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater toward downstream homes
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream. Officials in recent days have been warning people in the flood zone to be read...
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Zelenskyy says Putin wants the rest of Ukraine's Donetsk region as part of a ceasefire
BRUSSELS (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk region that Ukraine controls as part of a ceasefire deal. Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine would not withdraw from territories it controls because i...
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