Week 12
Riders ready for CFL western showdown in Calgary against Stamps
When the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders meet on Saturday, physical might be an understatement for the CFL contest.The two rivals are locking horns for a second time this season, with the 8-1 Roughriders looking to make amends for the only blemish on their record so far.Calgary beat the Riders 24-10 at ...
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Updated Saturday morning
SaskTel cellular outage across the province now repaired
UPDATE #2: According to their page on X, formerly known as Twitter, SaskTel has repaired the outage. No details were provided on the cause of the outage.UPDATE #1: SaskTel issued a statement shortly after 3:00 p.m. saying that they are still experiencing issues affecting all cellular voice services and about 3,000 busi...
Aug 22, 2025
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Community help
Melfort RCMP expressing thanks to public for reporting recent incidents
Aug 22, 2025
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Nipawin visit
Newcomers visit Nipawin to explore life in rural communities
Aug 21, 2025
Riderville
They don't hand out the Grey Cup in August
Aug 20, 2025
Northeast News
Real solutions
MN-S declares state of emergency, seeks funding for land based healing facility
Noting the devastating effects of drugs and gangs, and a lack of long-term community-based cultural supports, Brennan Merasty says he saw an opportunity as an elected official to take action and help the people he has seen suffering. The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) Minister responsible for self-determinatio...
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Community help
Melfort RCMP expressing thanks to public for reporting recent incidents
The Detachment Commander of the Melfort RCMP said recent public reporting has helped them make three arrests of high-risk offenders. Staff Sgt. Ryan Case said they received a call at around noon last Sunday about a vehicle driving erratically on Highway 41. Callers kept reporting updates on the location of the vehicle,...
Aug 22, 2025
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Small fire near Nipawin
Crews in Nipawin extinguish small fire caused by downed power line
The Nipawin Fire Department (NFD) was forced to put out a small fire started thanks to a downed power line. Crews were dispatched to a grass fire along Highway 55 by Mabel Hill Cemetery Thursday afternoon. The small fire was quickly put out. The NFD said the fire was caused by a power line which had blown over onto a s...
Aug 22, 2025
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Canadian Housing Infrastructure Fund
More than $300-million in funding announced for critical housing infrastructure
Melfort was the scene of a major fundraising announcement Thursday, as the provincial and federal governments allocated more than $300-million towards critical housing infrastructure in Saskatchewan. The Canadian Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF) is now accepting applications.The funds will give money to communities t...
Aug 21, 2025
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School year approaching
North East School Division getting ready for upcoming school year
As students prepare their back-to-school gear, so too is the North East School Division. Director of Education Stacy Lair said a new school year beginning is always exciting. The division has been working to sort out the transportation department as they were short mechanics, bus drivers, and buses. Lair said thankfull...
Aug 21, 2025
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Nipawin visit
Newcomers visit Nipawin to explore life in rural communities
The Town of Nipawin hosted a group of Saskatoon residents looking to see if rural living better suits their needs. The visit was part of the Conseil économique et coopératif de la Saskatchewan (CECS) initiative Rural Sask: Work Live and Thrive. General Manager of Community Services Derek Seckinger told no...
Aug 21, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Sask. government appeals to feds after farm equipment hit by tariffs
The Saskatchewan government is urging Ottawa to step up negotiations with Washington and support Canadians caught in the crossfire of expanded U.S. tariffs.Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding has written to federal ministers Dominic LeBlanc and Fançois-Philippe Champagne, pressing them to keep talks alive w...
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Week 12
Riders ready for CFL western showdown in Calgary against Stamps
When the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders meet on Saturday, physical might be an understatement for the CFL contest.The two rivals are locking horns for a second time this season, with the 8-1 Roughriders looking to make amends for the only blemish on their record so far.Calgary beat the Riders 24-10 at ...
3h ago
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Wildfires and mental health
Denare Beach wildfire victims struggle with mental health amid loss and government response
When Dustin Trumbley looks into the hole in the ground where his home used to sit in Denare Beach, he feels like throwing up. The stress of the impact caused by devastating wildfires in his community has started to manifest itself physically. "It feels like we don't matter up here. It's just an awful feeling. I do...
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re-established free trade
Carney announces that Canada is dropping many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is dropping some retaliatory tariffs on American products to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.Carney says the decision will take effect on Sept. 1, 2025.Carney says Canada and the U.S. have re-established free trade for...
Aug 22, 2025
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Updated Saturday morning
SaskTel cellular outage across the province now repaired
UPDATE #2: According to their page on X, formerly known as Twitter, SaskTel has repaired the outage. No details were provided on the cause of the outage.UPDATE #1: SaskTel issued a statement shortly after 3:00 p.m. saying that they are still experiencing issues affecting all cellular voice services and about 3,000 busi...
Aug 22, 2025
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Master Corporal Joshua Roberts
'Roberts' Bay' renaming will honour fallen Saskatchewan soldier
There's an old saying: 'Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name.'Now, some members of the military community are making sure a fallen Canadian soldier is never forgotten by renaming part of Memorial Lake to 'Roberts' Bay'. The bay that sits on the north side of ...
Aug 22, 2025
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Local Sports
Hometown Player
Trojans sign local product
The Tisdale Trojans have added a player to their roster for the upcoming 2025/26 season.Local product, Oliver Homstol, is joining his hometown team at the age of just 15.Last season, the forward played in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) with the OHA Edmonton U15 Prep club. In 33 regular-season contests,...
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Riderville
Riders KeeSean Johnson and Dohnte Meyers proving to be a dynamic duo
For KeeSean Johnson and Dohnte Meyers, the competition doesn't just stop on the field.The two Saskatchewan Roughrider wide receivers aren't just teammates, they're roommates as well this season."We both got close last year, but I stayed with Jerreth Sterns, and he stayed with someone else. We just knew in the offs...
Aug 21, 2025
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Jorja Salmond
Weekes barrel racer up looking to make her name
A familiar name to the northeast is looking to make her mark on the world of competitive barrel racing.Jorja Salmond, daughter of professional chuckwagon driver Wade Salmond (who won the Top Rookie Award at the 2023 Calgary Stampede), and niece of Evan Salmond (who finished this WPCA season fourth in the world, with a ...
Aug 21, 2025
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Day 12 Recap
Kok sets decathalon record; Stewart grabs second medal at 2025 Canada Games
The rain may have eased off on Day 12 of the Canada Summer Games, but a fierce wind swept through Newfoundland - a fitting backdrop for a day full of energy and record-breaking performances from Team Saskatchewan. With competition in full swing across nearly every sport, three new events also launched into action: Wres...
Aug 21, 2025
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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 ...
Aug 20, 2025
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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 ...
Aug 20, 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
Protein Industries Canada begins search for new CEO
Protein Industries Canada says they are looking for a new chief executive officer. The organization announced Robert Hunter was no longer CEO, a posit...
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New website launches to address invasive wild pigs in Canada
To address the growing ecological and agricultural threat posed by invasive wild pigs, Canada is responding with the launch of a new website.Wild Pigs...
Aug 22, 2025
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Federal, provincial ministers and canola industry discuss trade and tariffs
There was discussion - but no solid solutions. Federal and provincial leaders along with representatives in the canola industry met Thursday morning t...
Aug 21, 2025
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: Carney lands in Poland, kicking off mission to deepen European ties
WARSAW - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Europe as part of a broader effort to deepen ties with allies there. Carney's plane left Ottawa early Saturday headed to Poland for his fourth European trip since taking office in March. In Poland, he is expected to hold bilateral talks with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk be...
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Parole Board details B.C. sex offender's 'pattern' of breaching court conditions
VANCOUVER - The Parole Board of Canada says convicted sex offender Randall Hopley remains an "undue risk to society" after the B.C. man left a halfway house in May the day he was released from prison. A board decision this month says Hopley became angry and refused to stay at the community residential facilit...
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Quebec college facing $30M fine over English student enrolment postpones 1st day
MONTREAL - A Quebec college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in English-language programs is suspending the first day of classes on Monday. LaSalle College says in a statement that the suspension is tied to the fine imposed on the Montreal school. The college says back-to-class will now be on T...
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Firefighting efforts continue in Atlantic Canada as large storm passes offshore
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources says a large wildfire in the Annapolis Valley remains out of control and is still estimated at more than 32 square kilometres in size. In a social media post today, the department says conditions look promising to continue to make progress on the Long Lake fire be...
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Minister's office reviewing tribunal order on First Nations child welfare
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's office says she is reviewing a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order for parties involved in a decade-long First Nations child welfare case to resume talks to reform the system after an impasse. The order comes nine years after the tribunal concluded the federal g...
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When heat and drought stress trees, the consequences can be tragic
Sometimes it happens without any more warning than the sound of cracking. A tree physiologist said that several years of repeated drought in British Columbia mixed with heat stress increased the likelihood of branches breaking off, and this could even happen on a "perfectly calm day" without any breeze. The c...
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World
Mirra Andreeva, Vicky Mboko, João Fonseca and Learner Tien are teens to watch at the US Open
NEW YORK (AP) - There is a fascination in all sports - all walks of life, maybe - with young stars, those such as tennis player Mirra Andreeva, a Russian who is still only 18 yet already has been a Grand Slam semifinalist and is seeded No. 5 at the U.S. Open as it begins Sunday. Or João Fonseca, a Brazilian who ...
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US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he refused to plead guilty in smuggling case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges, according to a Saturday court filing. The Costa Rica offer came late Thursday...
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Texas lawmakers give final approval to redrawn congressional map favoring GOP, send to governor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Senate gave final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map early Saturday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature. President Donald Trump has pushed for the map to help the GOP maintain its slim majority in Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. It has fiv...
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Lyle Menendez should remain in prison despite reduced sentence for 1989 murders, parole board says
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lyle Menendez received the same recommendation as his brother Erik when he was denied parole Friday after serving decades in prison for the murder of their parents in 1989. A panel of two commissioners denied Menendez parole for three years, after which he will be eligible again, in a case that conti...
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Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding from 34 cities and counties over 'sanctuary' policies
A judge ruled late Friday the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco extended a preliminary injunction blocking the ...
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Former NBA star Shawn Kemp gets 30 days of home monitoring for Washington parking lot shooting
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Former NBA star Shawn Kemp was sentenced Friday to 30 days of electronic home monitoring for shooting at two men inside a vehicle in a Washington state mall parking lot. Kemp must begin home monitoring within two weeks, The Seattle Times reported. He must also serve one year of state Department of ...
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