Propoerty owners in Melfort with a security camera system can now register it with the city. Director of Corporate Services Lydia Steffen told northeastNOW that the registry is voluntary. "[The registry] helps the city and RCMP identify privately owned security cameras in the community that may have footage releva...

RCMP in Melfort are asking for help in solving a theft on Thursday. A woman stole a valuable E-bike from a business in the city at about 7:45 p.m. She is described as heavier set, and was wearing a black ballcap, white t-shirt, black pants, and black and white shoes. The woman was wearing glasses and had wired earphone...

The Town of Hudson Bay will hold a byelection for their vacant councillor position. Four candidates have put their name forward for the spot on council, those being Jerrod Drechsler, Chris Galacz, Mona Schultz, and Angela Staszczak. Voting will take place in the council chambers at the Recreation Complex. Advance polls...

The community of Porcupine Plain will be without emergency room services for part of Friday. According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, the Porcupine Carragana Hospital will see emergency services temporarily disrupted on Friday, between 5 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. Residents can still call 9-1-1 in the event of an emerg...

The Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel is warning SaskPower customers to be prepared for their bills to go up by as much as 6.4 per cent on February 1.The panel confirmed the 3.9 per cent rate hike which took effect on February 1 of this year, but noted that ratepayers should be prepared for next year's increase to be high...

Liberal MP Buckley Belanger is launching an exploratory process to look at creating a university for northern Saskatchewan, saying local access to higher education is needed to help train and keep professionals in the region. Belanger, the Liberal MP for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River and Secretary of State...

A Prince Albert distiller says the Canada-U.S. trade dispute is creating new challenges for his business, but the difficulties of selling alcohol across borders existed long before the latest tariffs.Drew Martin, president and co-founder of Phantom Light Distillery, said selling Saskatchewan-made alcohol within Canada ...

A prominent U.S. investment strategist says the intensifying trade war between Canada and the U.S. could permanently alter cross-border trade.Peter Schiff, chief economist and global strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management, says new tariffs and the increasing unreliability of the U.S. as a trading partner is prompt...

Thirty years of delivering essential medical care transportation was celebrated Wednesday at the La Ronge Airport. The event, which included an impressive list of dignitaries, marked the 30th year of a partnership between Rise Air and La Ronge EMS to provide medivac services to residents throughout Northern Saskatchew...

Saskatchewan is forecasting an $825 million deficit for the first quarter of 2026-27.That's $6 million more than the $819 million deficit the government projected in its 2026-27 provincial budget.According to Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Jim Reiter, the deficit "demonstrates our government's commitment to r...

British Columbia legislator and Indigenous leader Joan Phillip has died, with Premier David Eby honouring her as an "epic fighter." The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs said in a statement on Friday that the NDP MLA died peacefully Friday aftern...

OTTAWA - Canada's privacy commissioner is asking the Federal Court to order Google to de-list specific search results, after Google refused to comply with the watchdog's recommendations. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne's office said a year ago t...

VANCOUVER - One of the men found guilty in the so-called "Surrey Six" killings in 2007 has lost his bid for a stay of proceedings, meaning his convictions for first-degree murder still stand. Cody Haevischer alleged he suffered an abuse of process, but...

OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders and advocates are outraged after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on Thursday. The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari:io, which means "...

OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada is changing its language policy to state that direct attribution will no longer be required when describing 9/11 as an act of "terrorism." The decision comes after CBC came under fire over its long-standing policy of not label...

OTTAWA - Premiers are sharply divided over whether to use Canada's natural resources as leverage in the trade war with the U.S., and potash has emerged as a key point of contention. Canada is a major global supplier of potash, a key ingredient in ferti...

Soybeans are a critical element of the global food supply. It accounts for roughly two-thirds of plant-based protein meal output worldwide. Canada is ...

There have been some changes to the leadership at an organization that representes oat growers across western Canada. The Prairie Oat Growers Associat...

Harvest is now underway in all regions of Saskatchewan. It was relatively warm across the province for the week of Aug. 18 to 24, which helped with cr...

Roughly four per cent of Manitoba's harvest has been completedThe latest crop report noted scattered rain reached parts of the province with the major...

The Canadian Meat Council (CMC)raised concerns about proposed amendments to the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) that would allow certain pr...

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) expressed deep concern over the breakdown in Canada-U.S. trade negotiations.CFA President Keith Currie sa...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno was sentenced Friday to 5 years in prison after a court found him guilty of accepting bribes from a Chinese company in exchange for helping it secure a contract to build a hydroelectric pla...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays got county approval Friday on a financing plan that will allow them to build a new stadium, a day after city officials approved their part for the $2.3 billion ballpark project that will replace the domed Tropicana...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past, acco...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump's proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects to the sightline between a host of iconic landmarks in Washington, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln...

U.S. Immigration officials arrested controversial British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday in New Orleans, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Immigration officials announced on Friday that Yiannopoulos w...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is appealing a judge's ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm elections, the latest twist in a court fight unfolding days before the first states begin sending out mail ballots for t...