The residents and village council of Cumberland House are fed up that the only road coming into the community is virtually impassable. Both Mayor Ferlin McKay and Deputy Mayor Veronica Favel say Highway 123 into Cumberland House is more of a back road than a highway, with soft gravel and deep mud making driving next to...

Driving out of Cumberland House has become impossible as rains have made an already muddy road worse. On May 17, the Village of Cumberland House and nearby Cumberland House Cree Nation issued a joint alert advising residents of the travel problems. The Saskatchewan Health Authority has put in place emergency measures t...

The Northern Lights, Roughriders, open fields and blue skies; Saskatchewan is famous for many things - including erratic weather - especially on May long weekends. While heavy winds and rain in the forecast are proving to be the case again this year, many camping enthusiasts are still gearing up to make the most of it....

A business in the town of Muenster is trying to pick up the pieces after they were hit by theft overnight. Humboldt/Lanigan RCMP were called about the break-in at the business in the 200 block of Railway Street in Muenster. Police said the incident happened sometime between 5 p.m. May 16 and 7 a.m. May 17. Several item...

The Victoria Day long weekend is finally here, and if you're travelling and need to fuel up on the road, there's some good news for you. While the price per litre of gas can jump up before a long weekend, that won't be the case for the next few days, according to gas price analyst Patrick De Haan of GasBuddy. He said t...

After more than a year of negotations, the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teacher's Federation have reached a tentative deal.Friday's announcement came after three days of renewed talks that started Wednesday. "This has not been an easy process for anyone involved, but we have arrived at a mutually acc...

Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for parts of northwestern and north central Saskatchewan on Friday morning, which includes many popular lake destinations and camping spots. The weather agency said they're expecting 50 to 60mm of rain to fall in those areas and added that the wet weather will continue throu...

In his last minutes as Speaker in the Saskatchewan Legislature, Biggar-Sask. Valley MLA Randy Weekes decided to talk about harassment and bullying from the government, primarily from Meadow Lake MLA Jeremy Harrison who is also House Leader. That was just hours after he cut up his Sask. Party membership card and posted ...

On Thursday, following the final session of the spring sitting of the legislature, Saskatchewan Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson announced she was stepping down as leader of the Saskatchewan United Party.Wilson became the party's first leader when they officially launched in February of 2023.READ MORE: Sask United Party offici...

A long-serving MLA appears to be cutting ties with the Saskatchewan Party.Randy Weekes, who has served as Speaker of the House in the Legislative Assembly since 2020, shared a photo on social media late on Wednesday night showing his party membership card cut in half, along with the caption "Enough is Enough."...

Owen Power had a goal and two assists as defending champion Canada remained undefeated at the world hockey championship with a 5-3 win over Finland Saturday.Dylan Cozens - with a goal and an assist - Brandon Tanev, and Brandon Hagel also scored before Dawson Mercer added an insurance goal into an empty net.Captain John...

Wildfire crews have reported no further growth in the wildfire that continues to burn southwest of Fort McMurray.Alberta Wildfire reports the lack of growth allowed crews to keep working on establishing fireguards overnight.The northeast Alberta city has seen rain in the last few days and Environment Canada forecasts m...

MONTREAL - It's 2:55 a.m. on a recent evening at Blue Dog bar, in Montreal's Plateau district. A bell rings, the bartender shouts, "last call," and a handful of people wander to the bar for one more drink. Slight variations of this scene occur across the city every night, as bars and venues are prohibited - m...

OTTAWA - A major international report on the safety of artificial intelligence says experts can't agree on the risk the technology poses - and it's unclear whether AI will help or harm us. The report, chaired by Canada's Yoshua Bengio, concludes the "future trajectory of general-purpose AI is remarkably uncertain....

VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesday, Thursday and Sundayat St. Paul's Hospital where a 42-bed unit is ...

Dialysis is one of the most resource-intensive therapies but patients with kidney failure have no other option, except for a kidney transplant. Nephrologists are trying to quantify the waste as they advocate for environmentally sustainable kidney care, noting the lifesaving therapy generates hundreds of litres of wast...

If drought relief doesn't fall from above, grow it from below. That's how one Saskatchewan farm has survived and thrived during the past five years. T...

Novel Technologies Streams under the Food Waste Reduction Challenge has selected two businesses to receive financial support. Clean Works Inc. and Gen...

Spiritwood Stockyards has been fined a total of $325,000 for two workplace related incidents, including one that resulted in a man's death.The case wa...

A new Rural Ambassador Program will support current and aspiring women business owners with the resources, mentorship and networking opportunities the...

The Whitkow farmer who had his cattle seized after being charged for "unnecessary pain, suffering or injury" two years ago has pled guilty.In the spri...

A plant-based and plant protein company is winding down operations. In a recent news release on its website, Global Food and Ingredients Ltd. (GFI), s...

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel's three-member War Cabinet, threatened on Saturday to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan in three weeks' time for the war in Gaza, a move that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies.His announcement escalates a d...

Seize the Grey went wire to wire to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas a seventh victory in the race and ending Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid. The grey colt took advantage of the muddy track just like Lukas hoped he would, pulling off the upset in a second conse...

Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted the n...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's three-man War Cabinet, has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza, a move that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies. His announcement on Saturday escalate...

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's president on Saturday vetoed the so-called "Russian law" targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests. The law would require media and NGOs to register as "pursuing the interests of a foreign power" if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abro...

PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) - The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico made his first court appearance Saturday as the nation's leader remained in serious condition recovering from surgery after surviving multiple gunshots, Slovak state media said. Fico, 59, was attacked as he greeted s...