Looking for a wanted man that could be in the Cumberland House area. Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers has posted on their social media pages that 38-year-old Edward "Eddie" Thomas is wanted on several charges. They include assault with a weapon, pointing a firearm, uttering threats, assault, careless use of a fire...

The City of Melfort has filled an important position in city hall. Courtney Beaulieu is the new finance manager for the city and took the position April 1. Director of Corporate Services Lydia Steffen told northeastNOW the city is excited to have Beaulieu on board. "What it means for the city is that we have someo...

Melfort fire crews were busy again on Monday. The department was called to assist the City of Melfort crews with a fire at the landfill Monday afternoon. City crews used a landfill dozer to do an initial knock down of the fire, while the Melfort Fire Department wet down the hot spots and the dozer worked up the garbage...

The incumbent in the Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek constituency is looking forward to the next three weeks as the federal election quickly approaches. Kelly Block has been a Member of Parliament (MP) in the area for the past 17 years. She told northeastNOW that constituents are engaged in the campaign. "They have defi...

Melfort RCMP are investigating the theft of a truck stolen from outside a business on Broadway Ave. S. Police were called about the incident on Friday, and their investigation determined a blue truck approached the business at about 11 p.m. on Thursday. A green truck that was parked there was stolen, and neither that t...

Spring temperatures have finally started making their way to Saskatchewan. The lower-than-normal temperatures will soon be a thing of the past, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. Meteorologist Justin Shelley said temperatures will increase significantly as the week progresses. "We'll move into a m...

Tariffs and the federal election were all top of mind, along with Saskatchewan's economy, on the first day of the Global Food Fuel and Fertilizer conference in Regina.Premier Scott Moe kicked off the conference with the keynote address Tuesday morning, talking about the province's economy and what it has to offer the w...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe made it clear that he doesn't support western separation on Monday, but the leader of the opposition is wondering why it took him so long to do so.Speaking to media on Friday, Moe was asked about support for comments claiming that a vote for the Liberal party in the federal election is a ...

A funding channel created as a result of calls to action by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman and Girls is once again accepting applications from community groups and organizations in the province.The MMIWG+ Community Respond Fund was initially launched in 2022. The program budget is $800,...

After U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on countries around the world last week, the price of oil, one of the biggest industries in Saskatchewan, has been on a downward slide.Since Wednesday last week, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has slipped by about 13 per cent. On Monday, the WTI p...

In the quiet prairie town of Unity, a young athlete is preparing for an extraordinary journey.Sebastian Lauinger, a student at Unity Composite High School, is heading to Walvis Bay, Namibia, to represent Canada at the Africa Genesis Archery (AGA) World Tournament, set to take place from July 24 to 26.The prestigious co...

Anyone with investments whether personal or for their children, may be feeling a bit more on edge. That's because recent market uncertainty has resulted in big drops for some portfolios. Cole Kachur is a Saskatchewan wealth management advisor and noted a downturn in stock prices was expected this year. "It's come ...

The Melfort Mustangs are heading to Yorkton for Game 3 of their second-round series against the Yorkton Terriers.Melfort will be looking for the 3-0 stranglehold following two impressive wins at home over the weekend to begin the series.The Mustangs hope to carry over some momentum from that, as well as their special s...

Roughly 80 of the provinces best fencers were in Prince Albert over the weekend as the city hosted the Saskatchewan Provincial Fencing Tournament for the first time ever. The event was hosted by the Prince Albert Northern Knights Fencing Club and was held in the gymnasium at the Alfred Jenkins Fieldhouse. The tournamen...

The Melfort Mustangs grabbed a 2-0 series lead Saturday night in Round 2 against the Yorkton Terriers.Melfort shut out Yorkton 3-0, staying perfect at the Palace this postseason."You got to be happy heading to Yorkton up 2-0, but honestly, I don't think we were quite at our best tonight. We weren't moving our feet...

The Melfort Mustangs have a chance at a 2-0 series lead tonight following a very dominant Game 1 performance over the Yorkton Terriers.Melfort controlled virtually every aspect of Game 1 en route to a 6-1 victory."We dominated and it's good to see, I'm proud to see so many different guys scoring, that just talks a...

The Melfort Mustangs will host the Yorkton Terriers tonight for their Round 2 playoff series.Just four teams remain now in the SJHL playoffs as the winner of this series will play in the league finals."Back to it here, practiced here this week and getting excited to start off this weekend," said Mustangs' cap...

The Humboldt Broncos Memorial Committee has issued an update on a pair of projects that will honour the 2017-18 team ahead of Sunday's seventh anniversary of the tragic bus crash. The committee issued a news release on Friday to let the public know about the progress of the two projects. They stated in the release they...

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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...

Agriculture in the Classroom Canada (AITC-C) has made changes to its leadership team. Denise Schmidt steps into the role of executive director ready t...

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways increased its contribution to the short line railway industry in the spring budget. The Short Line Railway Impro...

Minister of Agriculture RJ Sigurdson will represent Alberta in Washington, D.C. on Monday to engage in important discussions on how agriculture is ben...

British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the province is the only place that she's aware of in Canada that allows people to be detained by the state without explicit legal authority, timelines or oversight. Kasari Govender says B.C.'s approach to holding people under the Adult Guardianship Act is discriminator...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre says in a Facebook post that biologist Mark Malleson encountered J-pod, part of the larger population of southern resident killer ...

MONTREAL - Canadian border officials say there has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a border crossing south of Montreal. The rise in would-be refugees at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing comes as the temporary status of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States is set to expir...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based aviation consortium says it is celebrating the first ever piloted hydrogen-powered helicopter flight, calling it a "milestone in sustainable aviation." Canadian Advanced Air Mobility says its national board member Unither Bioélectronique completed the experimental flight a...

WASHINGTON - With a fresh round of U.S. tariffs set to hit the world Wednesday, the United States trade representative faced pushback today from lawmakers worried about the fallout from President Donald Trump's efforts to realign global trade. Jamieson Greer faced questions from the Senate finance committee about how T...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney, Poilievre kick off week in B.C. The Liberal and Conservative leaders both started the third week of the federal election campaign in British Columbia - a battleground province with 43 seats up for grabs when Canadians go t...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths of four members of a family from India who froze to death while trying to cross the Canadian border into Minnesota during a blizzard in 2022. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim dec...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break was executed Tuesday evening. Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the April 2000 strangling of Janet Acosta, authorities said. In a fi...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Octavio Dotel, who pitched for 13 major league teams in a 15-year career and won a world championship with the St. Louis Cardinals, was among the dead after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in his native Dominican Republic where he was attending a merengue concert. He was 51. Off...

TORONTO (AP) - Retired NHL great Wayne Gretzky downplayed his influence on Donald Trump in his first public comments since the U.S. president began his second term and began making references to making Canada the 51st state. On a radio show Monday hosted by Ben Mulroney, son of former conservative Prime Minister Brian ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - At least 18 people died and more than 120 were injured after a roof fell at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic early Tuesday, authorities said. Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at Jet Set in Santo Domingo, said Juan Manuel Ménde...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran 's foreign minister said Tuesday he'll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program as tensions remain high in the Middle East. Speaking to Iranian state television ...