Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government
Canada Post says it has submitted a plan to the federal government to transform its struggling business model into a financially sustainable postal service.Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound unveiled a suite of changes to the postal service's mandate in late September and gave the Crown corporation 45 days to de...
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Cabin explosion at Barrier Ford sends one to hospital
Saskatchewan RCMP are confirming one person was sent to hospital after a cabin explosion in the hamlet of Barrier Ford.The incident occurred on November 9, around 12:30 p.m. Rose Valley RCMP, Bjorkdale Fire Department, Archerwill Fire Department and EMS responded to the scene.Given the small community area, RCMP are no...
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Budget Deliberations
City of Melfort draft operating budget sees 3.36% property tax increase
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Rooted In Agriculture
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Fatal accident
Winnipeg man dies after vehicle rolls near Lanigan: RCMP
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Snowy Skies
First snowfall of season blankets much of Central Sask, but it won't be sticking around
Nov 06, 2025
Northeast News
Budget Deliberations
City of Melfort draft operating budget sees 3.36% property tax increase
The City of Melfort held a budget committee meeting on Thursday afternoon to look over a draft for a 2026 operating budget.The now proposed operating budget for 2026 could see an increase in property taxes, around 3.36 per cent.Additionally, water and sewer rates are set to rise by three per cent, while landfill rates ...
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Tragedy in a small town
'He loved her beyond belief': Snowden murder investigation shock to community
Within a small community where there are a few more than a dozen homes and the local gathering place is the hotel bar, a thick line of yellow police tape surrounds a property where a well-known couple lived.On Wednesday, Nov.5, at approximately 1:20 p.m., Nipawin RCMP received a request for a wellness check at a reside...
Nov 09, 2025
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Running on E
Two arrested, charged after stolen truck runs out of gas: RCMP
A man and a woman are behind bars after the stolen vehicle they were travelling in ran out of gas. It all happened during the early morning hours of Nov. 5 when a truck was stolen from a home south of Wadena. Wadena RCMP found the truck later that day with help from the public and attempted a traffic stop. The vehicle ...
Nov 08, 2025
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October Saves Goalie Challenge
Broncos' netminder stops pucks for cancer research
Humboldt Broncos goaltender Charlie Tritt spent the entire month of October stopping pucks for cancer research.Tritt participated in the October Saves Goalie Challenge, which saw him fundraise for every save he made during the month of October."I had heard about this challenge and had done some similar kinds of fu...
Nov 07, 2025
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Fatal accident
Winnipeg man dies after vehicle rolls near Lanigan: RCMP
Humboldt RCMP are investigating a fatal rollover that happened on Wednesday, Nov. 5.Police responded to the scene about nine kilometres east of Lanigan at 1 p.m. alongside local EMS and fire services. Upon arrival, the driver of the vehicle was declared deceased at the scene and has since been identified as a 34-year-o...
Nov 07, 2025
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Mandela Award
Fishing Lake Saulteaux woman wins prestigious Nelson Mandela award
A Saskatchewan woman who has been a longtime advocate for Indigenous rights, mental health and trauma-informed care has won a prestigious award from the United Nations. Brenda Reynolds is one of two people to be given the Nelson Mandela Award, which is only handed out every five years to recipients who reflect the Sout...
Nov 07, 2025
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
'We can do this': Second World War veteran reflects on women breaking barriers
In 1943, a couple of young girls were sitting on a farmhouse step, talking about the world beyond the fields - about uniforms and duty, and how nothing, not even their quiet town, felt untouched by the shadow of the Second World War.Ruth Bond-Martinson still remembers that conversation on a quiet evening, when she was ...
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Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government
Canada Post says it has submitted a plan to the federal government to transform its struggling business model into a financially sustainable postal service.Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound unveiled a suite of changes to the postal service's mandate in late September and gave the Crown corporation 45 days to de...
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Revoked status
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country has officially lost its measles elimination status, which it had held since 1998.The federal agency says the Pan American Health Organization revoked the status after confirming there has been ongoing transmission of the same strain of measles for more than one year.T...
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Guns off the streets
Two arrested after Sask. Mounties seize guns from 'hidden compartment' in Cadillac
RCMP say they found several guns, suspected drugs, cash and a baton hidden in compartments in an SUV on Saturday, northwest of the Battlefords. According to police, officers stopped a black Cadillac Escalade SUV near the Poundmaker First Nation. A 27-year old female passenger from the Sweetgrass First Nation was arrest...
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Provincial Politics
Scott Moe receives more than 80 per cent approval at Sask. Party convention
SASKATOON - Premier Scott Moe received healthy support from members at the Saskatchewan Party's convention Saturday despite his dismal performance in the province's two major cities in the last election.Moe received an approval rating of more than 80 per cent. An exact percentage was not provided by organizers.Before t...
Nov 09, 2025
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'The play you dream about': Tommy Nield's late touchdown sends Riders to Grey Cup
Tommy Nield has written his name into the history books of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.With just 11 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the 26-year-old caught a pass from quarterback Trevor Harris to claim a 24-21 win in the CFL West Final, which sent the Riders to the 112th Grey Cup.It's the first time the Riders wil...
Nov 09, 2025
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To the grey cup
'The craziest, best game': Riders' Lauther focused on Grey Cup after wild West Final
After a 12 years, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are going back to the Grey Cup.The Riders were able to beat the B.C. Lions in a neck-and-neck West Final on Saturday. The Green and White were just able to sneak past the Lions with a 24-21 win in a game where every point could mean life or death for Saskatchewan's season....
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Jamie Nye: Riders' West Final victory was all about belief
BEL13VE!The promotional playoff phrase for a generation of Rider Nation was no more prominent than the final minutes of an emotional and heart-stopping finish to the West Final."I'm sure there's people at home going 'what are you doing?'," pondered Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris on the reaction to head...
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Raiders' Cripps and coach McDonald win gold at 2025 U17 World Challenge
Canada Red has won its first U17 World Challenge gold medal, after defeating Canada White 6-3 on Saturday night.Canada Red took a 3-1 lead into the first intermission with goals from Charlie Murata (Scarborough, ON/Flint, OHL), Loïk Gariepy (Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, QC/Victoriaville, LHJMQ) and Mirco Dufour (Rock...
Nov 09, 2025
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'The play you dream about': Tommy Nield's late touchdown sends Riders to Grey Cup
Tommy Nield has written his name into the history books of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.With just 11 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the 26-year-old caught a pass from quarterback Trevor Harris to claim a 24-21 win in the CFL West Final, which sent the Riders to the 112th Grey Cup.It's the first time the Riders wil...
Nov 09, 2025
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Riders Gameday
'Grateful for these moments': Riders take on Lions in CFL West Final
Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris believes there's one major difference when it comes to the team's mindset for the CFL West Final."We're the big dogs," Harris said.The Riders proved they were the top dog throughout the CFL regular season, finishing with a league-high 12 wins. Finishing at th...
Nov 08, 2025
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October Saves Goalie Challenge
Broncos' netminder stops pucks for cancer research
Humboldt Broncos goaltender Charlie Tritt spent the entire month of October stopping pucks for cancer research.Tritt participated in the October Saves Goalie Challenge, which saw him fundraise for every save he made during the month of October."I had heard about this challenge and had done some similar kinds of fu...
Nov 07, 2025
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It’s a Co-op Thing
Building, Feeding, Fuelling, Growing and Helping Keep Our Communities Safe
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...
Aug 26, 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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MLAs clash over foreign ownership of Saskatchewan farmland
The issue of foreign ownership of farmland rose to the surface again at the Legislature.During Question Period last Thursday, the opposition NDP accus...
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Federal strychnine ban review may help control gopher 'plague' on Sask. crops
Farmers and rural officials across Saskatchewan say Ottawa's decision to review the strychnine ban could finally bring relief in the fight against gop...
Nov 08, 2025
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Bunge to sell five elevators to comply with Competition Bureau
Bunge recently sold five grain elevators in Western Canada. The transactions are part of the divestiture commitment Bunge made with the federal govern...
Nov 07, 2025
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CP NewsAlert: Chief justice to stand in for Simon on Remembrance Day due to illness
OTTAWA - Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday. Chief Justice Richard Wagner will fill in for Simon at the...
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'Why we do it': More than 100 volunteers lay flags at soldiers' graves in Kingston
KINGSTON - On a chilly November morning, more than 100 volunteers began arriving at a historic cemetery in Kingston, Ont., to help honour soldiers who are buried there. Some came with family members, others were joined by friends and strangers, forming...
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B.C. going door to door to hear residents' concerns in Cowichan title area
The office of British Columbia Premier David Eby has appointed a "community contact" whose job is to work with residents of Richmond, B.C., going door to door to talk to those potentially affected by the landmark Cowichan Aboriginal title decision. A ...
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Prime minister, N.B. premier tease major project announcement in the province
FREDERICTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt say federal support for a major project in the province will be announced later this week. The pair met today in Holt's downtown Fredericton office, before Carney toured the...
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B.C. police investigate vandalism at CFIA office, drone footage over ostrich pen
SURREY - Mounties in British Columbia have set off separate investigations that may be connected to the cull of hundreds of ostriches last week. Police said Monday that they are looking into a report of vandalism at a Canadian Food Inspection Agency l...
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Montreal activist Yves Engler officially looking to enter NDP leadership race
OTTAWA - Montreal-based activist Yves Engler is applying to enter the NDP leadership race months after announcing his intention to make a bid. Engler bills himself as an "agitator" and is running for the leadership with promises to nationalize energy,...
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World
Deployment of West Virginia National Guard members in nation's capital can continue: judge
A judge on Monday allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 West Virginia National Guard members to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump's push to send the military into Democratic-run cities....
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MLB, sportsbooks cap bets on individual pitches in response to pitch rigging scandal
Major League Baseball said its authorized gaming operators will cap bets on individual pitches at $200 and exclude them from parlays, a day after two Cleveland Guardians were indicted and accused of rigging pitches at the behest of gambl...
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Small plane carrying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighborhood
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - A small turboprop plane bound for Jamaica on a hurricane relief mission crashed into a pond in a residential area of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs on Monday morning, minutes after takeoff, authori...
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Senate inches closer to vote on government shutdown deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate was drawing closer to a vote on legislation to end the shutdown on Monday after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Republicans to move forward with r...
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Lebanese authorities release son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on bail
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese authorities released the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday after he paid a $900,000 bail, ending his 10-year detention for allegedly withholding information about a missing Lebanese cleric, securi...
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Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks
Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, international health experts said Monday, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America. The loss o...
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