Program Relaunch
Saskatchewan's Orange Construction Zone Update returns with focus on safety
Motorists in Saskatchewan will now have an easier way to see where highway construction is happening and how to avoid delays, with the relaunch of the Weekly Orange Zone Construction Update.Highways Minister David Marit announced the update will be posted every Friday at 10 a.m., featuring details on new projects, chan...
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Middle east conflict
The controversy over Canada's rules on military exports to Israel, explained
A Canadian senator is calling on Ottawa to be more transparent on its policy to restrict arms exports to Israel, following contradictory reports about what manufacturers have been allowed to send to the Middle East."I'm horrified to hear this news about certain arms exports and parts going to Israel, directly or i...
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Program Relaunch
Saskatchewan's Orange Construction Zone Update returns with focus on safety
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Wildfires
Massive Shoe Fire remains uncontained as 84 blazes burn in Saskatchewan
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Carney maintains positive approval rating despite summer cooldown: poll
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Northeast News
Crime
One dead, two arrested in officer-involved shooting in Deschambault Lake
RCMP have released more information about the officer-involved shooting in Deschambault Lake yesterday. Police said that at 8:41 a.m., two Deschambault Lake RCMP officers came across five people gathered in a wooded area near the community. During the encounter, a confrontation sparked between the officers and one of t...
Aug 09, 2025
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Forest Renewal
Over 73K trees planted in Narrow Hills Provincial Park following wildfire
The rebuilding of some parts of Northern Saskatchewan is well underway after wildfires devastated some regions earlier this summer. One of the hardest hit parts of the province was Narrow Hills Provincial Park, roughly 70 km northeast of Candle Lake, where the massive Shoe fire torched much of the area at the beginning...
Aug 09, 2025
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Wet conditions
City crews busy after heavy rain in Melfort
City of Melfort crews will be out checking roads and catch basins over the next couple of days. A rainfall warning is in effect and upwards of 75 mm could fall in the northeast by the time the system leaves early Sunday. Director of Public Works Kalyna Cipywnyk told northeastNOW that anyone with concerns about water dr...
Aug 08, 2025
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Fatal shooting
SIRT to investigate fatal officer-involved shooting at Deschambault Lake
The investigation is underway into a fatal officer-involved shooting in Deschambault Lake. RCMP say the incident happened Friday morning, and they are unable to publicly identify or provide further information about the deceased person as it is an unfolding situation. The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SI...
Aug 08, 2025
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Wild Weekend Weather
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Melfort, Nipawin regions
Numerous weather alerts, warnings and watches are currently in effect for the northeast area.A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued by Environment Canada for both Melfort and Nipawin, as conditions are favourable for said development.The main threats from the thunderstorms will be hail the size of toonies and wind...
Aug 08, 2025
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Widespread Wildfires
"It's unprecedented": SaskPower reflects on impact, damage caused by wildfires to date
This year's wildfire season has been a long one and is still going on in lots of northern parts of the province.The effects and issues caused by the wildfires have been immeasurable, and according to SaskPower, it's something they've never experienced."This year's wildfire season started earlier than normal, espec...
Aug 08, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Program Relaunch
Saskatchewan's Orange Construction Zone Update returns with focus on safety
Motorists in Saskatchewan will now have an easier way to see where highway construction is happening and how to avoid delays, with the relaunch of the Weekly Orange Zone Construction Update.Highways Minister David Marit announced the update will be posted every Friday at 10 a.m., featuring details on new projects, chan...
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Wildfires
Massive Shoe Fire remains uncontained as 84 blazes burn in Saskatchewan
Despite the wet weather across much of the province this weekend, there 84 active fires were still burning in Saskatchewan on Sunday.Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said in a 2:30 p.m. report on August 10 that 14 of those blazes were not contained.Among those not contained include the Shoe Fire near Lower Fish...
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Crime
Canada's 10th most wanted man and suspect in Saskatoon murder arrested
A man who's been on the list of Canada's top 25 most wanted fugitives for murder and drug trafficking charges in Saskatoon dating back to 2022 has been arrested at the airport in Montreal while police say he was returning to Canada.Quebec provincial police say officers from the Sûreté du Québec Airp...
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Jobs
Saskatchewan leading the nation in employment rates
Saskatchewan was the only province to see an increase in employment in July. The province also had the lowest unemployment rate in the country at 5 per cent, or 22,000 full-time jobs, according to the Labour Force Survey."Today's labour market numbers continue to demonstrate that Saskatchewan is leading the nation...
Aug 09, 2025
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Sask Poly layoffs
Sask. Polytech confirms layoffs as a result of lower immigration numbers
A 'significant decline' in international student registration has led to the layoff of 14 staff at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The school, which has campuses across Saskatchewan with one in Prince Albert, will also not fill eight empty positions. Put together, the reduction is about 10 per cent of the school's out-of-sco...
Aug 08, 2025
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WILDFIRE UPDATES
86 actives wildfires burning in northern Sask., displacing over 3,200: SPSA
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) says the province is battling 86 active wildfires, with more than 3,200 people displaced from their homes and several major blazes still out of control as of Aug. 8. Fifteen fires remain uncontained and 17 are threatening property, prompting full or partial evacuations in 13...
Aug 08, 2025
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Local Sports
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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Payton Collins back along the Riders' offensive line
The man known as "Clifford the Big Red Dog" is back along the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offensive line.Payton Collins, the red-haired rookie in the group, is back after suffering a knee injury in a Week 1 win over the Ottawa Redblacks. He has been taking the first-team reps at left tackle this week at practic...
Jul 30, 2025
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Remembering a legend
Canadian wrestling promoter mourns death of Hulk Hogan
The news of Hulk Hogan's passing rocked the world last week, and one of the people who was inspired most by the wrestling icon is a man well-known to fans in Saskatchewan.Canadian Wrestling's Elite's (CWE) Danny Duggan believes the wrestling business wouldn't be what it is today without the likes of Hogan. "He def...
Jul 30, 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
AgriStability program enhanced to better support B.C. farmers who lose crops
The provincial and federal governments have made changes to the program that provides financial support to B.C. farmers experiencing unexpected losses...
Jul 29, 2025
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Battery operated grain auger introduced at Ag in Motion
The outdoor farm show Ag in Motion is known for showcasing and introducing new innovations in the agricultural industry. This year was no exception wi...
Jul 25, 2025
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Most of Saskatchewan crop at normal stage of development
The latest Saskatchewan crop report shows rain that fell over the weekend through wide sections of the province proved helpful. But not all benefited,...
Jul 24, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Air Canada flight attendants picketing at airports
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada flight attendants picketing at airports Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities in what their union is calling a national day of action. The Canadian Union of Public...
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Many public servants ran for federal office in the spring - only one of them made it
OTTAWA - Out of the many federal public servants who ran as candidates in the last federal election, only one was elected: Caroline Desrochers, the Liberal member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières, Que. Originally from Montreal, Desrochers worked at Global Affairs Canada for almost 25 years; her first posting was...
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Study maps 'megathrust' quake zone off northern B.C., but risk may be far in future
Scientists have captured the first detailed images of the meeting of two tectonic plates off the coast of northern British Columbia, an area they say has the potential to generate the largest "megathrust" earthquakes and tsunamis. The images confirm what appears to be a rare geological occurrence, a subductio...
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Voters head to polls for closely watched Quebec byelection in Arthabaska
MONTREAL - Voters are heading to the polls today for a closely watched Quebec byelection in which the leader of the provincial Conservative party is vying to win his first legislature seat. Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime appears to be in a close two-way race with the sovereigntist Parti Québécois...
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Air Canada flight attendants picketing at 4 major airports on national day of action
TORONTO - Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities on Monday in what their union is calling a national day of action. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says demonstrations are expected to take place at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Tor...
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Stifling heat forecast in Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic provinces and parts of B.C.
Another day of punishing heat and humidity is expected to hit Ontario, Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces. A heat warning from Environment Canada remains in effect for all of southern Ontario, stretching north past Lake Huron and Georgian Bay and east through southern Quebec. Expected daytime highs could reach 35 d...
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World
Massive mudslide kills 7 volunteers repairing flood damage in northern Pakistan
GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) - A massive mudslide early Monday killed seven volunteers as they repaired a drainage channel damaged by flash floods in northern Pakistan, officials said, leaving three others injured. Rescuers recovered the bodies after the mudslide hit the town of Danyor in Gilgit-Baltistan at dawn and transpor...
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Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's Aceh province sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning 80 times each after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts. The trial at the Islamic Shariah District Court in Banda Aceh, the prov...
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Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Albanese says
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signaling they would do so. His remarks followed weeks of urging from within his Cabinet and from many in Australia to recognize a Palestinian st...
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Henriette strengthens into hurricane in the Pacific Ocean but is not forecast to threaten land
HILO, Hawaii (AP) - Tropical Storm Henriette has rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the central Pacific Ocean with further strengthening expected but poses no threat to land. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Sunday the storm was located about 445 miles north-northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, with maximum s...
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Turkey, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse
ISTANBUL (AP) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey's northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse, an official said. At least two people were trapped in the debris of a collapsed building. The earthquake, with an epicenter in the town of Sindirgi, sent shocks that were...
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Netanyahu defends his planned military offensive in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel "has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas." He is speaking to foreign media in Jerusalem and defending a planned military offensive. He asserts that "our goal is not to occupy Gaza, our goal is to free Gaza...
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