Food banks in Prince Albert and Lac La Ronge, along with the Salvation Army in Nipawin, have directly benefited from a fundraising event organized by Lake Country Co-Op.The eighth annual Cram the Van event was held on Friday, and despite the bitterly cold temperatures, it received great support from community members w...

North East Outreach and Support Services (NEOSS) has launched its Adopt a Family program again for the holiday season. Outreach Worker Tracey Zwozdesky told northeastNOW it is a community-driven initiative that helps ensure families facing hardship that they still experience the joy of Christmas. "The program prov...

Humboldt RCMP are looking for tips to help solve a recent theft. The incident happened just after 3 a.m. on Dec. 7. The suspect approached a business in Middle Lake, climbed under a truck parked in the parking lot, and removed the catalytic converter. (Humboldt RCMP)Call Humboldt RCMP at 306-682-2535 or Crime Stoppers ...

Melfort RCMP are asking for help in locating a missing woman. Brandy Smallboy, 22, was last seen Nov. 26 in Melfort. She is 5'4", 120 lbs., with brown eyes and dark brown hair. Smallboy often wears blue or green coloured contact lenses. She is known to travel to the Big River First Nation area, but her current whe...

The deployment of thousands of hydrogen balloons carrying deadly explosives sent to North America during the Second World War is the subject of a documentary make by Saskatchewan filmmaker Scott Woroniuk.Woroniuk, a videographer and owner of Crosscut Films, has just released FU-GO: Japan's WW2 Balloon Bombs Over Canada...

One of Saskatchewan's newest cabinet ministers says news of the promotion is still very much sinking in.Batoche MLA Darlene Rowden has been named the province's environment minister, taking over from Travis Keisig."Even [Thursday] with the swearing in ceremony, it was sinking in then, and you have a few people ref...

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Soaring Eagle Whitstone, cementing her conviction and life sentence for the first-degree murder of Tiki Laverdiere.In a decision released Dec. 11, the court dismissed Whitstone's application for leave to appeal a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that uph...

Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet on Thursday, with five MLAs who were first elected last year taking on ministerial portfolios for the first time.Mike Weger (Weyburn-Bengough) will serve as minister of community safety in a portfoilio previously known as corrections, policing and public safety, taking over for Ti...

With Canada's central bank holding its key interest rate steady at 2.25 per cent, the Saskatchewan Realtors Association says mortgage holders won't face any immediate payment shocks.However, Tyler Hudy, the association's vice president of public affairs and communications, said issues within Saskatchewan's housing mark...

An examination of the annual financial statements of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) shows that the documents are reliable, reported the provincial auditor on Tuesday. The group runs multiple casinos around Saskatchewan, including Northern Lights in Prince Albert and the Golden Eagle in North Battleford...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is accusing Prime Minister Mark Carney of trying to wheel and deal his way to a majority government after a second Tory MP joined the Liberal caucus."He's trying to manipulate and engineer for himself a majority that Canadians denied him in democratic elections, a majority that...

QUÉBEC - The Quebec government is warning that a draft energy deal with Newfoundland and Labrador could be at risk if it's not settled before next year's provincial election. In a recent interview with The Canadian Press, Economy Minister Christine Fr...

TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo says it has euthanized one of its lions after the animal spent several months undergoing veterinary care for a gastrointestinal symptoms. In a Friday social media post the zoo says Fintan, a 13-year-old "majestic male white l...

OTTAWA - Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario say an upcoming academic summit in the province amounts to an attack on their history because it questions the legitimacy of their connection to Métis heritage and territorial claims. But the First Nation...

ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford, B.C., resident Teresa Vogel showed up at Delair Park where her son plays baseball on Saturday to see the damage from floodwaters for herself after heavy rain flooded parts of the city, closing roads including a stretch of the T...

A Mountie accused of making racist and sexist comments in group chats should be dismissed immediately or directed to resign within 14 days, the lawyer for the RCMP's conduct authority told an adjudication board hearing Friday. John MacLaughlan said Con...

A deal has been reached for land for the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate) facility in downtown Winnipeg. Cereals Canada and James Richard...

Premier Scott Moe shuffled his cabinet on Thursday, with five MLAs who were first elected last year taking on ministerial portfolios for the first tim...

Mazergroup's Board of Directors, along with the Mazer family, have approved the appointment of Ben Voss as its new president and chief executive offic...

Nearly 100 leaders in Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector have sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney in a show of support for the full 16-...

For the first time in nearly three decades African swine fever (ASF) has been discovered in Spain.In November ASF was found in two dead wild boars in ...

Canadian Foodgrains Bank and global agribusiness Bunge will continue their partnership in the fight against global hunger. Foodgrains Bank and Bunge (...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspe...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, as police searched for the suspect. ...

CAIRO (AP) - A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of ...

President Donald Trump said Saturday that "there will be very serious retaliation" after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Islamic State group."This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - President Donald Trump said Saturday that "there will be very serious retaliation" after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Isl...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man who was shot by police after he fired a gun at a contractor outside his former Jewish school in Memphis in 2023 pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to eight years' probation. Joe...