Big Moment
Team Sask. claims first medals and first gold at 2025 Canada Summer Games
Team Saskatchewan has officially entered the medal count at the 2025 Canada Summer Games, with standout performances from two Reginians, Baer Robertson and Leo Zheng, bringing home the province's first medals, including its first gold. Early Tuesday morning at Quidi Vidi Lake, 18-year-old Baer Robertson paddled to a br...
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UR Pride anxious to continue pronoun law case after appeal decision
The decision from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal said everything UR Pride wanted it to say, according to Dr. j wallace skelton.However, skelton, a board member of UR Pride and assistant professor of queer studies at the University of Regina, said it's brought up two separate reactions."The decision absolutely sa...
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Sharps concerns
Thousands of discarded needles found after two fire department calls in Nipawin
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BILL 137
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development
Environment assessment approved for proposed uranium mine
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Northeast News
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...
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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...
Aug 11, 2025
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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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Elevated E-coli levels
Swimming advisories issued after elevated E-coli levels at four local beaches
Four local beaches are off limits to swimming after elevated levels of E-coli were found in water samples. Swimming has been halted at the main beach of Wakaw Lake Regional Park, St. Brieux beach, the beach at Marean Lake, and LeRoy Leisureland's main beach and pool area. (St. Brieux Regional Park and Golf Course/Faceb...
Aug 11, 2025
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Saskatchewan
strike continues
Air Canada to begin cancelling flights ahead of possible work stoppage on Saturday
Air Canada says it will begin a gradual suspension of flights to allow an orderly shutdown as it faces a potential work stoppage by its flight attendants on Saturday.The airline says the first flights will be cancelled Thursday, with more on Friday and a complete cessation of flying by Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge b...
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Big Moment
Team Sask. claims first medals and first gold at 2025 Canada Summer Games
Team Saskatchewan has officially entered the medal count at the 2025 Canada Summer Games, with standout performances from two Reginians, Baer Robertson and Leo Zheng, bringing home the province's first medals, including its first gold. Early Tuesday morning at Quidi Vidi Lake, 18-year-old Baer Robertson paddled to a br...
17h ago
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BILL 137
'Finally some good news': Battlefords Area Pride welcomes pronoun law appeal decision
When Kelly Waters read about the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal's latest ruling, she said it was the first time in a while she felt genuinely uplifted by the news. "I was like, finally some good news," said Waters, secretary of Battlefords Area Pride."Maybe the government can't just do whatever it wants an...
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development
Environment assessment approved for proposed uranium mine
The provincial government has given approval to Denison Mines Corporation to proceed with the development of the Wheeler River Uranium Project.The environmental assessment approval represents one of the final regulatory milestones necessary for Denison to commence construction of the planned Phoenix In-Situ Recovery mi...
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UR Pride anxious to continue pronoun law case after appeal decision
The decision from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal said everything UR Pride wanted it to say, according to Dr. j wallace skelton.However, skelton, a board member of UR Pride and assistant professor of queer studies at the University of Regina, said it's brought up two separate reactions."The decision absolutely sa...
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Sweet Fundraiser
Cool Treats, Warm Hearts: Miracle Treat Day returns Aug. 14 to support children in hospital
There's a good reason to indulge in a sweet treat later this week. Dairy Queen's 23rd annual Miracle Treat Day takes place on Thursday, Aug. 14. During Miracle Treat Day, net proceeds made from Blizzard sales will support the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation (JPCHF). The foundation supports children and moth...
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Local Sports
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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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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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
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...
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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...
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Funding to help Saskatchewan businesses lead in AI
Canada is on the leading edge of research into artificial intelligence and achieving greater AI adoption is the next step. Eleanor Olszewski, Minister...
Aug 11, 2025
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Canada
How Canadians can prepare for wildfire evacuations, from emergency plans to go bags
Wildfires are threatening communities across Canada, raising questions about how people can best prepare for evacuations. Officials ordered the evacuation of parts of a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on Tuesday, and thousands more in the metropolitan area may need to flee at a moment's notice as they remain under an evacu...
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Irwin Cotler joins thousands of prominent Jews calling on Israel to end war in Gaza
OTTAWA - Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler has joined thousands of Jews calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war and starvation in Gaza. The longtime human rights activist, a strong supporter of Israel, has signed an open letter saying Netanyahu's policies on Palestinians "are...
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Air Canada flight attendants' union serves 72-hour strike notice
The union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants has signalled its intent to strike Saturday. Flight attendants have issued 72-hour strike notice and could walk off the job at 12:58 a.m. ET on Saturday if a deal isn't reached to avoid a work stoppage. In an update posted online, the union said it has m...
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In the news today: No Air Canada strike or lockout yet, Google AI summaries concerns
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada, attendants yet to call job action There's no official word yet whether Air Canada and the union representing some 10,000 of its flight attendants have averted a possible strike or lockout that could begin as soon as Sa...
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Atlantic Canada sees more sweltering temperatures, relief expected in Ontario
Extreme heat is expected to ease in many parts of Canada today, while the Atlantic provinces continue to bear the brunt of a multi-day heat wave. Relief is expected in southern and eastern Ontario, but Environment Canada says temperatures are still above average for this time of year, with forecasted highs in the low 3...
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Canadian news publishers, experts raise alarm over Google search AI summaries
OTTAWA - News publishers say the AI-generated summaries that now top many Google search results are cutting into their online traffic - and experts are still flagging concerns about the summaries' accuracy as they warn the internet itself is being reshaped. When Google rolled out its AI Overview feature last year, its ...
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World
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...
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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...
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Sherrod Brown, Ohio's highest-profile Democrat, expected to seek a return to the US Senate in 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio's best-known Democrat, is expected to make another run for the U.S. Senate next year, giving Democrats a likely boost as they wage an uphill fight to win control of the chamber. Brown has not yet made a formal announcement, but people familiar with his plans wh...
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