Chinese tariffs
Premier Scott Moe announces road upgrade to support Sask. canola crush facility
Premier Scott Moe was in Yorkton Wednsday to commit provincial support for improvements to Grain Millers Drive, located north of Yorkton.The province is committed to funding up to 50 per cent of the cost of improvements of the roadway."Grain Millers Drive is a critical access point for several major agri-businesse...
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Wildfire funding
PAGC says federal wildfire funding fails to meet urgent needs of First Nations
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is calling on Ottawa to overhaul how wildfire funds are allocated, saying last week's announcement of $45.7 million to build and mobilize knowledge on wildfires is not new money and fails to reflect the risks faced by Indigenous communities in the North.On Aug. 12, during a press ...
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They don't hand out the Grey Cup in August
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Farming Waits for No One: be ready when the ground is with Co-op® Premium Diesel
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Two Rebeccas tapped out of the Amazing Race
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'We will not be ignored': CUPE workers rally outside Cockrill's office amid health care strain
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Northeast News
Skoglund statement
Tisdale's former mayor issues statement on resignation
The former Mayor of Tisdale has issued a statement regarding his resignation.Roy Skoglund resigned as mayor effective last Thursday, and the Town issued a statement notifying the public of his decision Tuesday night. "After much consideration, I have made the difficult decision to resign as mayor for the Town of T...
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Plane damaged
RCMP investigating damage done to plane near Lanigan
Humboldt/Lanigan RCMP are investigating damage to a spray plane. Police say the plane was being used near Lanigan and Esk Aug. 10. When the plane landed, the pilot noticed damage to the right wing. Investigators say the damage looks like the wing was pierced by something small that could have been a bullet, but that ha...
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Dutch Elm Disease
Ministry specialist discusses Dutch Elm Disease in Melfort
A Forest Health Specialist with the Ministry of Environment is weighing in on the high number of Dutch Elm Disease (DED) cases in Melfort. The city hired a Dutch Elm Disease expert to inspect elm trees across Melfort, and his report indicated there were 127 infected trees. That is an increase from the 102 found in 2024...
Aug 19, 2025
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E. coli advisory lifted
Swimming reopens at St. Brieux Beach after E. coli levels drop
The final local beach under an E. coli advisory has been cleared. Swimming is once again allowed at St. Brieux Beach after a follow-up test showed E. coli levels had dropped dramatically. Advisories for beaches at Wakaw Lake, LeRoy Leisureland, and Marean Lake were lifted on Friday. All four beaches were closed to swim...
Aug 18, 2025
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Food bank fundraiser
Melfort Food Bank to host Great Inflatable Costume Race at Spruce Haven Park
Putting the fun in fundraising. The Melfort Food Bank is hosting an interesting fundraiser at Spruce Haven Park on Sept. 6. 'The Great Inflatable Costume Race' will pit participants in a race, but most importantly, they will also be collecting pledges for the Melfort Food Bank. Secretary Ellen Zuck told northeastNOW it...
Aug 18, 2025
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Sentencing
Man sentenced after firearms incident on Red Earth Cree Nation
A man charged with firearms-related offences after an incident on Red Earth Cree Nation has received his sentence. Jeff McKay of Red Earth will spend two years behind bars for discharging a firearm with intent and pointing a firearm. All other counts were stayed. Carrot River were called about an armed man on the reser...
Aug 15, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Summer storms
Severe thunderstorms tracking east through central Sask
Several tornado alerts were being issued Wednesday night as severe thunderstorms track their way eastward through the province.Environment Canada warned the storms are capable of producing a tornado. Locally intense rainfall, ping pong to golf ball sized hail, and winds gusting up to 100 km/h are also possible.The torn...
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Chinese tariffs
Premier Scott Moe announces road upgrade to support Sask. canola crush facility
Premier Scott Moe was in Yorkton Wednsday to commit provincial support for improvements to Grain Millers Drive, located north of Yorkton.The province is committed to funding up to 50 per cent of the cost of improvements of the roadway."Grain Millers Drive is a critical access point for several major agri-businesse...
16h ago
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Wildfire funding
PAGC says federal wildfire funding fails to meet urgent needs of First Nations
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is calling on Ottawa to overhaul how wildfire funds are allocated, saying last week's announcement of $45.7 million to build and mobilize knowledge on wildfires is not new money and fails to reflect the risks faced by Indigenous communities in the North.On Aug. 12, during a press ...
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Wildfire update
Wildfire worries diminishing in northern Saskatchewan
If Steve Roberts had to grade the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's (SPSA) wildfire response this year, he'd call it nothing short of excellent. Asked the question during a Wednesday wildfire briefing, the vice president of SPSA operations emphasized the priorities: protecting human life and communities."There w...
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Amazing ending
Two Rebeccas tapped out of the Amazing Race
If the photos are anything to go by, not winning the Amazing Race is not a total loss, which one member of the Flying Dust First Nation and her partner recently experienced. Rebecca Merasty was teamed up with her friend, Rebecca Watt and the pair managed to make it through five episodes before placing last in the sixth...
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HEALTHCARE
'We will not be ignored': CUPE workers rally outside Cockrill's office amid health care strain
A longtime nurse fighting back tears told reporters in North Battleford on Wednesday that health care workers in Saskatchewan feel abandoned and invisible. "Remember, healthcare workers were called heroes. Now we're treated as disposable," said Cindy Landrie, a licensed practical nurse with 26 years of experi...
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Local Sports
Brad Lauer
Humboldt native to coach at 2025 World Junior Hockey Championships
A current Western Hockey League coach, and native of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, will be realizing a childhood dream later this year.Brad Lauer will be a part of Team Canada's coaching staff at the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championships."I've worked with Hockey Canada programs in the summer times in the past, but ...
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Riders' kicker Brett Lauther 'Not up to the standard' in 2025 so far
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are 8-1 and the top team in the CFL, so there aren't many negatives in their play right now - but one key player is trying to kick his struggles.Riders kicker Brett Lauther missed three of his five kicks in the team's 29-9 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. That dropped Lauther's field goal ...
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Western Canadian CHampionships
Melfort U13 Spirit reflect on season
The Melfort U13A Spirit softball team is now a week removed from participating in the Western Canadian Championships, as they've had time to reflect on a historic season.The group of 11 girls finished in fourth place at Westerns in Abbotsford, British Columbia, after winning the provincial championships last month.&quo...
Aug 19, 2025
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Impressive Class
New wave of former Mustangs looking to make their mark at USports level
A lot of former Melfort Mustangs are set to make their university hockey debuts this coming fall, as they make the jump from the CJHL to USports.In total, nine players who once donned the Blue and Green committed to university teams across the country, just this year alone, as they'll now go from teammates to opponents...
Aug 18, 2025
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Up Front Addition
Broncos sign American forward
The Humboldt Broncos have signed a new forward to their team for the fast-approaching 2025/26 season.Stow, Massachusetts native Jacob Kulas is the newest member of the Green and Gold.A six-foot, 216-pound player, Kulas spent all of last year in British Columbia, suiting up mainly for the Campbell River Storm of the Van...
Aug 18, 2025
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proud moment
Team Sask baseball and beach volleyball claim bronze, add to medal count at Summer Games
For the third consecutive Canada Summer Games, Team Saskatchewan Men's Baseball has found itself on the podium, this time with a hard-fought 4-2 bronze medal victory over Prince Edward Island on Saturday night. The win marks another proud chapter in a legacy that began in 2017, when Saskatchewan captured its first-ever...
Aug 18, 2025
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Northeast Profiles
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 ...
Jun 10, 2025
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farmnewsNOW
Partnership renewal for mental health in agriculture support
Organizations continue to recognize the challenges across agriculture when it comes to mental health. BASF Agricultural Solutions Canada, RBC Foundati...
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Grain Growers of Canada Announces New Executive
A grain farmer from Assiniboia, Sask. has been elected the new chair of the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC). Scott Hepworth, who is also a director with...
Aug 19, 2025
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FCC extends support to canola producers amid trade issues
Considering continued global trade disruptions, including new tariffs affecting Canadian canola seed, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is reiterating its supp...
Aug 19, 2025
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Canada
Crown opposes release in teen terror case, files notice to seek adult sentence
MONTREAL - A 17-year-old boy made a brief appearance today at Montreal's courthouse on terrorism charges. The accused faces three charges in youth court involving Islamic State. The federal Crown has opposed his release and the case will return to court Monday to set a date for a bail hearing. Prosecutor Marc Cigana ha...
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Rising concerns over U.S. move to broaden products subject to metal tariffs
TORONTO - There's growing concern about a move by the United States to make hundreds more product categories subject to the country's 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum content. The addition of 407 categories, ranging from bulldozers to furniture, came into effect earlier this week to add pressure and costs to t...
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Most Air Canada domestic, international flights expected to take off Thursday
Air Canada expects most of its domestic and international routes to be back up and running Thursday after resuming operations Tuesday following the conclusion of a strike by its flight attendants. An online dashboard tracking Air Canada's service resumption said Thursday morning that 98 per cent of domestic flights wer...
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Federal union launches campaign denouncing cuts at CRA call centres
OTTAWA - The federal union representing workers at the Canada Revenue Agency has launched an online campaign denouncing staffing cuts. Marc Brière, national president of the Union of Taxation Employees, said the loss of about 3,300 call centre employees in the last year has resulted in delays, long wait times an...
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In the news today: Anand and Rubio meeting in D.C., Air Canada close to full return
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Anand set to meet with Rubio in Washington Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relation...
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Saskatchewan Premier Moe, federal minister to meet on China canola tariff
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet today with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, along with industry groups, to discuss the steep Chinese tariff on Canadian canola seed. Kody Blois, the parliamentary secretary for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl ...
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World
Former top aide to NYC mayor among 7 facing new charges in City Hall corruption probe
NEW YORK (AP) - A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is among seven people facing new charges in the corruption investigation that has swirled around City Hall for two years, prosecutors in Manhattan announced Thursday. Adams himself has not been charged, but the case will thrust the corruption allegatio...
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James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, has died
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. (AP) - Dr. James Dobson, a politically influential child psychologist who started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents, founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was long a campaigner against abortion and gay rights, died on Thursday. He was 89. His death wa...
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Uganda agrees deal with US to take deported migrants if they don't have criminal records
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors, officials said Thursday. The Ugandan foreign affairs ministry in a statement said the "two parties are working out the d...
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Ukraine expects clarity soon on security guarantees from US and other allies
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks this year at Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday. The attack mostly targeted western regions of the country, it said. The strikes killed at least one person and injured 15 others, according to officials....
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Brazilian police accuse ex-President Bolsonaro of planning to flee to Argentina seeking asylum
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Police in Brazil say messages found on former President Jair Bolsonaro's telephone showed that he wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum from President Javier Milei. Police on Wednesday formally accused Bolsonaro and one of his sons of obstruction of justice in connection with ...
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Texas' Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, spurring what's likely to be a national battle over redistricting. The approval by the Texas House of Representatives cam...
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