Fire crews in Nipawin responded to a carbon monoxide call late Monday night Carbon monoxide alarms were sounding at the home shortly before 11:30 p.m., and the family had evacuated the home and were waiting in the driveway when fire crews arrived. Trace amounts of carbon monoxide were detected in the attached garage, a...

One of two people charged after a weapons incident at James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) earlier this month has been sentenced for one of his original nine charges. Razi Twist, 28, had eight of nine counts against him stayed at a court appearance April 29. He was sentenced to 30 days consecutive for use of a firearm in a c...

Melfort residents and business owners will once again have a chance to learn more about keeping an eye out for crime. The Melfort Trade Alliance Chamber of Commerce (MTACC) is hosting a Citizens on Patrol (COP) meeting May 6 at the Melfort Legion. This comes on the heels of a Neighbourhood Watch information meeting las...

A meeting between Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) leaders and the Director General of Public Safety Canada was held in Pelican Narrows on Thursday to discuss some urgent safety issues in the community. The leadership of PBCN welcomed Director General Adrian Walraven to the community for the meeting, which was also ...

Kristopher Billette of Buffalo River Dene Nation, Byran Watson of Maple Creek and William 'Michael' Neuman of Canora have one tragic thing in common; they were all reported missing in 2023 and so far, have not been found. They are just some of the 2,533 individuals reported missing to Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdictions la...

Testy exchanges between the prime minister and his chief opponent ended with the Opposition leader and one of his MPs being ejected from the House of Commons on Tuesday - and the rest of Conservative caucus walking out of the chamber in protest.The unusually tense events saw Speaker Greg Fergus caution both Prime Minis...

Earlier this week, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a funding boost to organizations dealing with interpersonal violence but is it enough to tackle a growing issue in the province? The government's investment will see $42.6 million spread over three years ($14.2 million a year) to 34 community-based service org...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the Canada Revenue Agency plans to audit the province for not paying carbon levies on home heating.Moe says the agency has indicated it will look at Saskatchewan's books to see how much the province owes in levies that weren't paid to Ottawa.The Saskatchewan Party government...

A man who committed a double murder at James Smith Cree Nation, has received two concurrent life sentences and is not eligible for parole for 16 years.Shawn Moostoos, 36, appeared Monday morning at Court of King's Bench in Melfort. The case was originally scheduled for trial, however guilty pleas were instead entered t...

Confused shoppers milled around the front of a London Drugs store in downtown Vancouver on Monday, some wondering aloud why they couldn't access the store to get prescriptions or buy hair dye.A metal gate was blocking them from the store at the corner of West Georgia and Granville streets, a security guard occasionally...

The investigation continues into a collision that killed two grandparents and their infant grandchild during a high-speed police chase on the wrong way of Highway 401 east of Toronto. The Monday night crash - which also left the person in the suspect van dead - raised questions about the police pursuit that had been tr...

Officials at McGill University are awaiting word from Montreal police, following a request to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school grounds. The call for assistance comes after efforts to persuade the protesters to end what the school has called an illegal action failed. The demonstrators say they have ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Montreal police asked to clear McGill protestors Officials at McGill University are awaiting word from Montreal police, following a request to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school gr...

SASKATOON - Police and specialized dogs are set to start searching Saskatoon's landfill for a woman who has been missing for more than three years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was 22 when last seen in December 2020. Police have said that during their investigation devices were seized and information has pointed officers to...

VANCOUVER - Organizers of the seven FIFA World Cup soccer matches coming to Vancouver in 2026 say the estimated cost of hosting the event has more than doubled in the last two years. The latest estimates put the price tag at between $483 million and $581 million, including costs for the city, the province and stadium ...

SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia homicide investigators say a man from Surrey has been charged with aggravated assault in relation to one of two stabbings in White Rock, B.C. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 28-year-old Dimitri Nelson Hyacinth has been charged over the alleged assault of ...

Wildlife attacks on livestock are a significant problem for Manitoba producers with over 2,000 livestock lost each year. Farmers and ranchers have bee...

After a close race, four communities across Canada were named the winners of BASF's Growing Home program and are each awarded $25,000 to be used to fu...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has stated less than 33 per cent of the world's surface has mobile network coverage. That'...

The Wild Pig Summit was held this week in Brandon, Man. to help launch a strategy to control the feral pig population on the Prairies, as well as part...

Two organizations are continuing their efforts to deal with the world's hunger crises that are driven by conflict, climate, and economic challenges im...

A program with a goal to provide financial support for rural projects is now accepting applications. Since the inception of the Farm Credit Canada (FC...

LONDON (AP) - German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done "all that he reasonably could do" to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds. Becker fell far short of repaying his creditors in full, but Chief Insolvency and Companies ...

WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) - One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city of about 700 people Tuesday evening, destroying ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion late Tuesday, with police carrying riot shields swarming the Ivy League campus, bursting into an administration building protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. A statement releas...

BEIJING (AP) - The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post early Wednesday that authorities had "tentatively agreed" to allow him and his team to re...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in Januar...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins. Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the upstate New York seat, helped by a 2-to-1 Democratic registration advantage in the district, which includes Bu...