No Animal Plan
Northern Transitional Dog Rescue steps up for evacuee animals; calls for more support for amid wildfires
As wildfires displace families across northern Saskatchewan, a glaring gap in emergency response has once again come to light, but this time, not for people.In the absence of provincial planning or pet-friendly evacuation options, Northern Transitional Dog Rescue (NTDR) has become one of the organizations stepping in t...
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Trial date set
Trial date set for pair charged with assault, break-and-enter in Nipawin
The two people accused in a break-and-enter and assault case in Nipawin earlier this year will be tried together. Thirty-six-year-old Scott McKay of Red Earth Cree Nation and 33-year-old Noreen Head will have their trial begin in Nipawin Sept. 29. The two face several charges, including break-and-enter, assault, witnes...
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No Animal Plan
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Manslaughter sentence
Seven-year prison sentence in Yellow Quill First Nation manslaughter case
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Trial date set for pair charged with assault, break-and-enter in Nipawin
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Manslaughter sentence
Seven-year prison sentence in Yellow Quill First Nation manslaughter case
A man originally charged with second-degree murder in a death on the Yellow Quill First Nation last summer has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Cole Smokeyday of Yellow Quill was sentenced at Melfort Court of King's Bench for his role in the death of Terrance Tony-Kishayinew on Aug. 18, 2024. The defence and Crown pr...
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Trial date set
Trial date set for pair charged with assault, break-and-enter in Nipawin
The two people accused in a break-and-enter and assault case in Nipawin earlier this year will be tried together. Thirty-six-year-old Scott McKay of Red Earth Cree Nation and 33-year-old Noreen Head will have their trial begin in Nipawin Sept. 29. The two face several charges, including break-and-enter, assault, witnes...
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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...
Aug 12, 2025
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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...
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Saskatchewan
No Animal Plan
Northern Transitional Dog Rescue steps up for evacuee animals; calls for more support for amid wildfires
As wildfires displace families across northern Saskatchewan, a glaring gap in emergency response has once again come to light, but this time, not for people.In the absence of provincial planning or pet-friendly evacuation options, Northern Transitional Dog Rescue (NTDR) has become one of the organizations stepping in t...
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WILDFIRE UPDATE
83 active wildfires burning in northern Sask., displacing over 2,600: SPSA
UPDATE: Canoe Lake and Ile-à-la-Crosse, including Canoe Ross and Rosser Bay subdivision residents can return home tomorrow, when the evacuation order will be rescinded. So far, the plan is to have the order removed at 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. Pinehouse residents who self-evacuated can return to the village tomo...
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Federal ministers meet with canola lobby to discuss new China tariffs
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu are meeting with canola groups this afternoon following China's announcement that it will hit Canada with a 75.8 per cent tariff on the crop. The ministers are set to meet with the Canola Council of Canada and the Canadian Can...
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Officials Selected
Four SJHL officials named to 2026 Olympic officiating roster
Four SJHL officials have been named to the 2026 Olympic Winter Games officiating roster. The officials heading to Italy in February are referees Cianna Murray (Cudworth, Sask.) and Michelle McKenna (Moose Jaw, Sask.), along with linespersons Alex Clarke (Drake, Sask.) and Tarrington Wyonzek (Yorkton, Sask.) SJHL Senior...
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heritage
Irvings honoured with award for preserving northern history
John and Margaret Irving have been announced as the winners of the 2025 Everett Baker Award for Saskatchewan Heritage. The award, which is distributed annually, recognizes individuals, groups or organizations who have gone above and beyond to preserve and promote heritage in Saskatchewan. It also recognizes efforts to ...
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Storm watch
Central and eastern Sask face severe weather watch
An Alberta storm moving into western Saskatchewan is creating conditions that could bring about severe weather today. Environment Canada issued an alert just before 11:30 a.m., saying conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that will track eastward through the province today. Occasionally,...
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Officials Selected
Four SJHL officials named to 2026 Olympic officiating roster
Four SJHL officials have been named to the 2026 Olympic Winter Games officiating roster. The officials heading to Italy in February are referees Cianna Murray (Cudworth, Sask.) and Michelle McKenna (Moose Jaw, Sask.), along with linespersons Alex Clarke (Drake, Sask.) and Tarrington Wyonzek (Yorkton, Sask.) SJHL Senior...
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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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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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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...
Jul 23, 2025
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Innovation at Work
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 ...
Jul 10, 2025
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Rooted In Agriculture
Growing Community . . . One Acre at a Time
The Prairie North Co-operative of today has a rich history that is rooted in agriculture. It was originally established in 1914 as the Melfort Grain Growers Co-operative Trading Association. Hampered by a lack of access to markets, area farmers decided to experiment with a purchasing co-operative to buy basic supplies ...
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Listen: Keep it Clean to protect export markets
Harvest time is just around the corner with some producers already underway, and there are many things to keep in mind before harvest to ensure your g...
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Alberta Beef Producers to withdraw from national association
A livestock organization that represents Alberta's beef producers (ABP) has decided to withdraw from the Canadian Cattle Association (CCA). The ABP Bo...
Aug 12, 2025
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China imposes preliminary duty on Canadian canola
China has announced a preliminary duty on Canadian canola to the tune of 75.8 per cent beginning on Thursday. It's in response to an anti-dumping inve...
Aug 12, 2025
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Canada
Preliminary search of Winnipeg landfill for victim of serial killer underway: Kinew
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a preliminary search of a Winnipeg landfill for the remains of a victim of a serial killer has started. Kinew says the province is in the test phase of the search at the city-run Brady Road landfill for the remains of Ashlee Shingoose. Shingoose was one of the four First Natio...
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More than 14,000 people voted early in Alberta byelection
OTTAWA - More than 14,000 people cast their ballots early in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection, Elections Canada says. Elections Canada says an estimated 14,452 voters made their way to the advance polls. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is running in Battle River-Crowfoot after losing his Ottawa-area seat in th...
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Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return
VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court says the Canadian government wrongfully denies people status under the country's Indian Act if their ancestors "voluntarily" gave up Indigenous status under laws that predate Confederation. Plaintiffs Charles Wesley, Christopher Wesley, Sharon...
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Man charged in attack on Jewish dad to undergo evaluation at psychiatric hospital
MONTREAL - A Montreal man charged with assaulting a Jewish father at a park last week will be sent to a psychiatric hospital for a 30-day evaluation to determine criminal responsibility. Sergio Yanes Preciado appeared before a Quebec court judge on Wednesday afternoon after meeting with a criminologist for an evaluatio...
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Ottawa funds $25M for companies to build EV chargers, buy natural gas-powered trucks
OTTAWA - The federal government announced $25 million in funding today for companies to build more than 850 electric vehicle chargers, mostly in Quebec. The money will also help companies finance the purchases of natural gas-powered transport and recycling trucks to help companies lower emissions. According to the gove...
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Carney, world leaders meet ahead of Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine war
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney met today with the "Coalition of the Willing," a group of nations who've agreed to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, ahead of the ceasefire negotiations set for Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in ...
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World
A boat carrying migrants capsizes off Italy, killing at least 26
ROME (AP) - A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people and leaving about a dozen missing, the Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said. Sixty survivors were brought to a center in Lampedusa, said Filippo Ungaro, a UNHC...
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Venus Williams gets a US Open wild card at age 45 and will be the oldest in singles since 1981
NEW YORK (AP) - Venus Williams will make her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open after a two-year absence, receiving a wild-card invitation on Wednesday to compete in singles at Flushing Meadows at age 45. The American will be the oldest entrant in singles at the tournament since Renee Richards was 47 in 1981,...
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Parents and child killed when tree falls on car amid heavy rain, flooding in Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car amid heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday. The three were killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County Offic...
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Zelenskyy to visit Berlin for meetings ahead of Trump-Putin summit
BERLIN (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Berlin on Wednesday to join German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for talks with European and U.S. leaders ahead of the Trump-Putin summit later this week, the German government said. Merz has convened a series of virtual meetings on Wednesday in an attempt to...
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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...
Aug 12, 2025
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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...
Aug 12, 2025
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