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Northeast News

Lending a helping hand
Fire crews from Melfort the latest to join fight against northern wildfires
More local fire departments are sending help to fight wildfires in northern Saskatchewan. The Melfort Fire Department is the latest to send help to battle the blaze that threatens the La Ronge area.Fire Chief Leonard Whitney told northeastNOW they are able to lend a helping hand. "We sent an engine and a four-pers...
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Denare Beach update
Fire claims structures in Denare Beach, evacuation order remains in place
Properties have been lost, and the evacuation order remains in effect in the Village of Denare Beach. The village issued an update on the latest from the WOLF fire that entered the community yesterday. "Due to the aggressiveness of the fire, we can confirm structure loss," the village said. The area of "...
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Canadian charity donates
Candle Lake Fire Department receives fire suppression units from Global Medic
With the Shoe fire just 14 kilometres away from the eastern side of Candle Lake and the subdivision of Minowukaw Beach, Candle Lake Emergency Services are now better equipped to deal with some of the hotspots lingering from the massive 408,000 hectare blaze. On Monday, the Resort Village of Candle Lake received nearly ...
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Denare Beach evacuated
All personnel, including volunteer firefighters, evacuated from Denare Beach
An unnerving update from the Village of Denare Beach in northeast Saskatchewan. The community had already been evacuated due to the nearby WOLF wildfire. An update from the Village Monday afternoon brought harrowing news. "Due to intense wind conditions and the growth of the WOLF fire, all remaining essential staf...
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Local firefighters
Firefighters from Nipawin, Humboldt battling wildfires
Firefighters from a pair of local fire crews are battling the raging wildfires in Saskatchewan. Members from the Nipawin and Humboldt Fire Departments are away from their home base to lend a helping hand to the exhausted firefighters trying to stop the massive fires from spreading. Crews from the Nipawin Fire Departmen...
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Broadway School update
Broadway School building and land to be sold soon: SHA
A former school site in Melfort that closed almost two decades ago could soon be on the market. Broadway School closed its doors in 2007 and has largely been dormant since. The Saskatchewan Health Authority currently owns the property and has indicated interest in selling the site. "The SHA does own the property c...
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Saskatchewan

La Ronge Health Centre closed as SHA evacuates 49 acute-care patients
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says acute-care patients have been safely transferred out of La Ronge as the community evacuates in the face of a wildfire.The mandatory evacuation order for La Ronge was issued on Monday afternoon by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, along with evacuation orders for the nearby La...
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'We're not finished yet. There's no rain in sight,' Premier Moe on wildfires
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe spoke on the Evan Bray Show to give an update on the Saskatchewan Wildfire situation.EVAN BRAY: Can you update us on what's been unfolding with these wildfires in the last 12 hours?SCOTT MOE: We've evacuated some 7,000 plus people out of the tri community, La Ronge, Air Ronge and Lac La R...
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Animal Evacuees
Battlefords Humane Society; Furbaby's helping animal evacuees
As wildfires rage in the north, calls for help from animal shelters are starting to roll in, and the Battlefords Humane Society is preparing to answer the call. On Sunday, the local shelter received a call from a shelter based in La Ronge, which is currently under evacuation. "They were wondering if preemptively w...
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Denare Beach update
Fire claims structures in Denare Beach, evacuation order remains in place
Properties have been lost, and the evacuation order remains in effect in the Village of Denare Beach. The village issued an update on the latest from the WOLF fire that entered the community yesterday. "Due to the aggressiveness of the fire, we can confirm structure loss," the village said. The area of "...
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EAGLE FEATHER NEWS
Consumer Goods and Cultural Roots Collide in Klik My Heels
In the classic 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, a girl on a rural farm in Kansas dreams of being whisked off to far-off and exciting lands. Once that dream is realized, she discovers that her heart belongs not in Oz but back home.Nunavummiut inuk artist Tarralik Duffy, from the small island town of Coral Harbour, Nunavut, ...
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wild evacuations
UPDATE: La Ronge evacuation expanded to 20 km radius; airport breached
UPDATE 6:15 p.m.: An evacuation order issued for the La Ronge area has been revised to include all areas within a 20 km radius of the Town of La Ronge. An alert issued shortly after 6 p.m. said the wildfire has breached the airport. La Ronge, Air Ronge, Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Napatak, Eagle Point, Lamp Lake, Rabbit ...
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Local Sports

'You embrace it': Saskatchewan Roughriders know expectations are high for 2025
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are embracing the expectations put on the team for 2025.In 2024, plenty of question marks surrounded the CFL club heading into the season - a new head coach in Corey Mace, quarterback Trevor Harris was coming off a season-ending knee injury and the club hadn't been in the playoffs since 202...
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Riders
Roughriders cut 17, add 11 to practice roster ahead of 2025 season opener
After a long training camp and a pair of preseason games against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Saskatchewan Roughriders have determined how their 2025 roster will look come Week 1.The Riders announced 17 final cuts after training camp, including both Justin and Jordan Herdman-Reed. The Herdman-Reed twins have been in ...
Jun 01, 2025
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Preseason done
Riders drop second preseason game to Bombers
The Saskatchewan Roughriders finished the 2025 CFL preseason without a win - and nearly without a touchdown driveWinnipeg came into Mosaic Stadium and earned a preseason sweep over the Riders on Friday, winning 27-20. The Riders announced 26,293 tickets were distributed for the game, but there were plenty of empty seat...
May 31, 2025
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Player Commitments
Broncos sign B.C. defenceman, former goalie commits to Miami University
The Humboldt Broncos have added a young defenceman to their squad for the coming season.Williams Lake, B.C. native, Ben Fofonoff has committed to the Broncos for the 2025/26 year.The 2007-born product has played the last three seasons with the Cariboo Cougars in Prince George, splitting time with their U17 and U18 AAA ...
May 30, 2025
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roster decisions
Riders resting many starters in second CFL preseason game
Plenty of new faces will get a chance to show what they can do in the Saskatchewan Roughriders' second preseason game.The CFL club is sitting a number of the presumed starters for the game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday. Kickoff for the game is set for 7 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Green Zone pregame show ...
May 30, 2025
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Golf for Everyone
Melfort Golf & Country Club receives handicapable golf cart
The Melfort Golf & Country Club (MGCC) can now serve those with a disability who want to enjoy a round out on the links.The course recently received a solo-rider golf cart, which allows those who are unable to walk or stand to swing a club just like anyone else.The handicapable cart lifts the player to a standing p...
May 29, 2025
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Canada

CP NewsAlert: White House says Trump will double tariffs on steel, aluminum tomorrow
WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says U.S. President Donald Trump will double steel and aluminum tariffs Wednesday. Leavitt says Trump will sign an executive order to increase the duties to 50 per cent later today. More coming. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
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Canada's domestic tourism industry could net billions due to U.S. trade war: report
OTTAWA - A new report argues that Canada's trade war with the United States might come with a silver lining for the domestic tourism industry. The Conference Board of Canada says its April travel intentions survey suggests roughly 27 per cent of Canadian respondents are considering a trip to the U.S. in the next few ye...
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Health minister says forced addictions treatment lacks evidence, feds won't intervene
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says there's no evidence that forcing people into addictions treatment works - but she won't weigh in on whether provinces should pursue involuntary treatment. Alberta has introduced sweeping legislation to allow family members, health care workers or police to apply to ...
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Ice from Oiler hometown rinks added to Edmonton arena ahead of Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON - Home ice advantage will take on a whole new meaning for some Edmonton Oilers as they head into the Stanley Cup Final. Over the weekend, ice from the hometown rinks of six Oilers players was scraped into Thermoses, shipped to Edmonton and added to the Rogers Place ice sheet mix for Game 1 against the Florida ...
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Israeli envoy pushes back as Ottawa calls out 'disturbing' food restrictions on Gaza
OTTAWA - The MP overseeing Canada's foreign aid is calling on Israel to stop restricting the flow of food aid to the Gaza Strip - while Israel's ambassador is pushing back on Ottawa's suggestion that his country is violating humanitarian law. "Gaza is officially the hungriest place on earth. This is profoundly dis...
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Opposition MPs add call for a spring economic update to throne speech
OTTAWA - Government whip Mark Gerretsen insists nothing went wrong with a throne speech sub-amendment vote that now calls on the government to table an economic update before Parliament breaks for the summer. The Liberals were defeated 166 to 164 Monday evening after four Liberal MPs did not vote because of paired abst...
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World

US immigration authorities detain the family of the man charged in the Boulder, Colorado, attack
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The wife and five children of the man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in Boulder are being taken into custody by federal immigration authorities, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Tuesday. Federal officials also are investigating whether Mohamed Sabry Soli...
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Judge rules federal prisons must continue providing hormone therapy to transgender inmates
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal Bureau of Prisons must continue providing hormone therapy and social accommodations to hundreds of transgender inmates following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that led to a disruption in medical treatment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Royce Lambe...
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Newark mayor sues New Jersey's top federal prosecutor after arrest at immigration detention site
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New Jersey's top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge, which was later dropped, at a federal immigration detention facility. Barak, who leads New Jersey's biggest city, is a candidate in a crowded primary field for the Democratic nominati...
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Poland's Tusk sets confidence vote on his government for next week due to 'new political reality'
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government on June 11, as the country faces a "new political reality." He called for the vote after his political ally, the liberal Warsaw mayor, lost Poland's weekend presidential electio...
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Far-right lawmaker Wilders pulls his party out of ruling Dutch coalition in dispute over migration
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders pulled his party out of ruling four-party Dutch coalition Tuesday in dispute over a crackdown on migration. Wilders announced his decision in a message on X after a brief meeting in parliament of leaders of the four parties that make up the 11-month-old adm...
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Gaza officials say Israeli forces killed 27 heading to aid site. Israel says it fired near suspects
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired on people as they headed toward an aid distribution site on Tuesday, killing at least 27, in the third such incident in three days. The army said it fired "near a few individual suspects" who left the designated...
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