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City of Melfort draft operating budget sees 3.36% property tax increase
The City of Melfort held a budget committee meeting on Thursday afternoon to look over a draft for a 2026 operating budget.The now proposed operating budget for 2026 could see an increase in property ...
Nov 10, 2025
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country has officially lost its measles elimination status, which it had held since 1998.The federal agency says the Pan American Health Organization revoke...
Nov 10, 2025
Two arrested after Sask. Mounties seize guns from ‘hidden compartment’ in Cadillac
RCMP say they found several guns, suspected drugs, cash and a baton hidden in compartments in an SUV on Saturday, northwest of the Battlefords. According to police, officers stopped a black Cadillac E...
Nov 10, 2025
Cabin explosion at Barrier Ford sends one to hospital
Saskatchewan RCMP are confirming one person was sent to hospital after a cabin explosion in the hamlet of Barrier Ford.The incident occurred on November 9, around 12:30 p.m. Rose Valley RCMP, Bjorkdal...
Nov 09, 2025

'He loved her beyond belief': Snowden murder investigation shock to community
Within a small community where there are a few more than a dozen homes and the local gathering place is the hotel bar, a thick line of yellow police tape surrounds a property where a well-known couple...
Nov 09, 2025

Raiders' Cripps and coach McDonald win gold at 2025 U17 World Challenge
Canada Red has won its first U17 World Challenge gold medal, after defeating Canada White 6-3 on Saturday night.Canada Red took a 3-1 lead into the first intermission with goals from Charlie Murata (S...
Nov 09, 2025
Scott Moe receives more than 80 per cent approval at Sask. Party convention
SASKATOON - Premier Scott Moe received healthy support from members at the Saskatchewan Party's convention Saturday despite his dismal performance in the province's two major cities in the last electi...
Nov 09, 2025
‘The play you dream about’: Tommy Nield’s late touchdown sends Riders to Grey Cup
Tommy Nield has written his name into the history books of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.With just 11 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the 26-year-old caught a pass from quarterback Trevor Harris to...
Nov 09, 2025

Two arrested, charged after stolen truck runs out of gas: RCMP
A man and a woman are behind bars after the stolen vehicle they were travelling in ran out of gas. It all happened during the early morning hours of Nov. 5 when a truck was stolen from a home south of...
Nov 08, 2025

How Indigenous veterans faced battles at home and abroad
VANCOUVER - John Moses says that when his father Russell Moses returned on leave from the Korean War, his battles weren't over.When the Indigenous residential school survivor came back to Canada in 19...
Nov 08, 2025