The City of Humboldt said a new white mesh system installed beneath the ice surface at Elgar Petersen Arena exceeded expectations in its first season of use.The city purchased the mesh from Goal to Goal Solutions for about $42,000 ahead of the 2025-26 season. The product replaces the traditional process of painting the...

The man charged with vandalizing several businesses in downtown Melfort has been sentenced. Roger Durocher pleaded guilty in Melfort Provincial Court on Monday to one count of break-and-enter, and several charges of criminal mischief.He received a suspended sentence and a 12-month probation order, with conditions that ...

The Pasquia Golf Course south of Carrot River has some good news regarding the flooding that overtook the course during the spring melt. "The water has started to go down on the course," their social media page stated. "We are very thankful the [hole] number four fairway is still there for now." The...

The tender for the 2026 water main replacement program in Humboldt has been awarded. Council has approved the recommendation that Brockman Enterprises Ltd. be awarded the tender at a cost of $822,519.43. Director of Public Works Peter Bergquist told northeastNOW the program includes water main replacement and reconstru...

An update from the province revealed that as of Monday, the number of communities under current declarations of local emergency was 18, down from around 34 on Sunday.As of 2 p.m. on Monday, May 11, manager of communications and media for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), Jeff Dedekker, said the organization...

A 25-year-old man is dead after an encounter with a bear near a remote airstrip in northern Saskatchewan.The Ministry of Community Safety said the man died Friday near Points North Landing, 700 kilometres north of Prince Albert. The ministry said the bear was euthanized on scene and could not provide further informatio...

The death of a young mother in Turnor Lake is drawing renewed attention to domestic violence and gaps in support services in northern Saskatchewan communities.RCMP said 21-year-old Shalayah Montgrand was found deceased after officers were called to a home in Turnor Lake early morning last Friday, May 8.Darian Montgrand...

A recent hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship anchored near the Canary Islands is not a cause for concern in Saskatchewan, according to a provincial microbiologist.Dr. Joseph Blondeau, a clinical microbiologist and head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital and the University of Saskatchewan, said t...

Four Canadians who disembarked the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak landed Sunday in B.C., where they will continue their quarantine.Online plane tracking platform FlightAware says the aircraft carrying the Canadians arrived at the airport in Victoria from Saguenay-Bagotville Airport in Quebec....

Uranium mining giant Cameco says it has halted production at its Key Lake mill and slowed activity at its McArthur River mine after a bridge collapse on Highway 165 impeded an essential supply route.The company said its sites in northern Saskatchewan aren't directly impacted by the spring flooding that has swept throug...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Hantavirus testing might not be useful for people without symptoms: experts Health experts say it's not clear whether it's useful to test people who may have been ...

TORONTO - Health experts say it's not clear whether it's useful to test people who may have been exposed to hantavirus but don't have symptoms. Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia's provincial health officer, says public health officials around the wor...

OTTAWA - As some Canadians claim that the federal government's national census violates their privacy, a Liberal member of Parliament is calling on them to fill out their 2026 census forms for the good of their communities. Canadians have been asked to...

MONTREAL - When a 26-year-old Haitian mother and her young daughter crossed into Quebec from the United States through forest trails on a freezing night in January, she had dreams of a fresh start in Canada. The woman was leaving behind a country she f...

VANCOUVER - A group of female police officers pursuing a class-action lawsuit against municipal police forces in B.C. over alleged harassment, bullying and discrimination say it is not a labour dispute, and they hope the B.C. Court of Appeal agrees. S...

OTTAWA - The federal government has rejected calls from some residents in southern Ontario to find other spots to set up planned Arctic over-the-horizon radar installations in order to preserve farmland. Parliament received a flurry of petitions in rec...

Stakeholders in Western Canada's wheat and barley breeding sector are working to develop a shared vision for the future of plant breeding. The coaliti...

As spring seeding begins across the province, the Saskatchewan government is reminding producers and the public that farm safety should be top of mind...

A glimmer of hope has appeared on the horizon for those fighting to save the Lacombe Research and Development Centre. Lacombe is about 25 kilometres n...

Applications are now open for the 2027 Nuffield Canada Scholarship Program, offering agricultural professionals a chance to study global farming and f...

Cool temperatures are delaying the start of spring planting across much of Manitoba, according to the province's first weekly crop report of the seaso...

Saskatchewan's government is rejecting an Opposition request to create a special legislative committee on agriculture, as concerns mount over rising c...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, Spain's health ministry announced Tuesday as the World Health Organization said it has now confi...

LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer lost the first member of his government Tuesday as he faced pressure to step down following losses in local elections. Housing, communities and local government minister Miatta Fahnbulleh stepped ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates to defend the country during the Iran war, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said Tuesday. The comments by Mike Huc...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year's midterm elections, creating an opening for Republicans to gain an additional U.S. House seat ...

President Donald Trump nominated Cameron Hamilton Monday to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a surprising comeback for the former Navy SEAL who was fired from his role as FEMA's temporary leader last year after he defended its existence. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats on Monday filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia ruling invalidating a ballot measure that would have given their party an additional four winnable U.S. House seats. Th...