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MUNICIPAL MATTERS
Meadow Lake council advances lagoon funding, dog bylaw and zoning amendments
Meadow Lake city council approved the allocation of more than $2 million in federal infrastructure funding toward lagoon dredging and advanced amendments to the city's dog bylaw and zoning bylaw at its recent regular meeting.Council directed administration to submit an Infrastructure Investment Plan allocating $2,062,4...
14h ago
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information event
'It's not a life sentence': an evening learning about depressive response
"The hardest years of my life were in high school in Meadow Lake when I didn't know if I wanted to be alive," said Barry Samson, a local personal coach who now uses his own experience to help others cope. Samson took his own life lessons and combined it with formal training to spend his time helping people ma...
18h ago
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Drug bust
Woman charged after fleeing from police near Frenchman Butte
A 24-year-old woman from Saskatoon was arrested by RCMP officers after failing to stop for officers who wanted to pull her over for speeding near Frenchman Butte. Combined Traffic Services officers saw a speeding vehicle on December 5, shortly after 3 pm and attempted a traffic stop. Rather than pull over, the driver a...
Dec 11, 2025
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jailbreaker
Unique fundraiser leads to $6,000 for Meadow Lake Humane Society
"The dogs go in and out, they play, they bark, they howl, I didn't sleep," said Karlee Mazuren after completing this year's jailbreak fundraiser. Last week, Meadow Lake and District Humane Society hosted their annual fundraiser, hoping to raise $3,000. To the shelters' surprise, they surpassed their goal on t...
Dec 09, 2025
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Saskatchewan

Big Bust
P.A. Police charge Tisdale man following major drugs, weapon seizure
A 29-year-old man from Tisdale is facing a laundry list of charges after a drug trafficking investigation yielded roughly 20 pounds of various drugs and multiple firearms. It all started on Tuesday, Dec. 9, when the RCMP and Prince Albert Police Crime Reduction Teams, along with RCMP's Critical Incident Response Team, ...
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Cabinet shuffle
Rowden excited to take on role as Environment Minister
One of Saskatchewan's newest cabinet ministers says news of the promotion is still very much sinking in.Batoche MLA Darlene Rowden has been named the province's environment minister, taking over from Travis Keisig."Even [Thursday] with the swearing in ceremony, it was sinking in then, and you have a few people ref...
16h ago
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SCC
Supreme Court shuts door on appeal in brutal killing of Tiki Laverdiere
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Soaring Eagle Whitstone, cementing her conviction and life sentence for the first-degree murder of Tiki Laverdiere.In a decision released Dec. 11, the court dismissed Whitstone's application for leave to appeal a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling that uph...
19h ago
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Community support
Red Cross program supports Sask. businesses, nonprofits affected by 2025 wildfires
Businesses and nonprofits affected by the wildfires that ripped through Saskatchewan over the summer could be eligible for $2,000 in financial support through a new program by the Canadian Red Cross.The program, which is funded through a $15 million commitment from the Government of Saskatchewan, offers the funds to bu...
21h ago
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BRAVERY
'Without hesitation': Lloydminster firefighter recognized with national honour for off-duty rescue
On a quiet winter morning nearly five years ago, when most of Lloydminster was still asleep, a flicker of orange rose above a cul-de-sac on the Alberta side of the border.It was just after 6 a.m. on Feb. 21, 2021, when flames began chewing their way up the exterior of a two-storey home, racing into the garage and swall...
Dec 11, 2025
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Cold snap
Arctic air leading to frigid conditions over the next couple of days
It's a good news, bad news forecast over the next couple of days for the province. The snowy, blustery conditions we have been experiencing will finally give way to some sunshine. The downside is that the sun will bring with it some frigid temperatures. Christy Climenhaga of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)...
Dec 11, 2025
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Canada

Métis Nation of Ontario say academic gathering is an attempt to erase their history
OTTAWA - Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario say an upcoming academic summit in the province amounts to an attack on their history because it questions the legitimacy of their connection to Métis heritage and territorial claims. But the First Nation...
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Abbotsford floodwaters recede but more rain in store for B.C.'s Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD - Floodwaters that poured into Abbotsford, B.C., this week are receding, but Environment Canada warns more rain is in store for the already saturated Fraser Valley. It says while rainfall is expected to taper throughout the day, another syst...
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Lawyer says B.C. Mountie should be fired immediately or quit over group-chat remarks
A Mountie accused of making racist and sexist comments in group chats should be dismissed immediately or directed to resign within 14 days, the lawyer for the RCMP's conduct authority told an adjudication board hearing Friday. John MacLaughlan said Con...
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Eby plans $150 million in loan guarantees for Cowichan land owners
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government plans to offer private owners of land in the Cowichan Aboriginal title area more than $150 million in loan guarantees, amid fears about the impact of the landmark ruling on their financi...
13h ago
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B.C. rescuers remove rope wrapped around sea lion's neck after weeks-long effort
VANCOUVER - Marine mammal rescuers in British Columbia say a weeks-long operation has successfully freed a sea lion from a rope wrapped around its neck that was causing "rapidly worsening injuries." The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society s...
14h ago
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A timeline of what happened after Longueuil police opened fire on a teenager
MONTREAL - A 15-year-old boy was shot dead by Longueuil police in September, triggering an investigation into how the police force just south of Montreal handled the fatal call. But new allegations have surfaced suggesting the police force attempted to...
15h ago
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World News

Man who opened fire outside his former Jewish school in Memphis avoids prison with guilty plea
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man who was shot by police after he fired a gun at a contractor outside his former Jewish school in Memphis in 2023 pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to eight years' probation. Joe...
17h ago
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Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes, Trump says
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceasefire the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year...
19h ago
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Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project
President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress. The National...
20h ago
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House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew. The 19 photos released by Democratic ...
21h ago
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Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday. A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently f...
23h ago
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Federal judge issues order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia
BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal judge ordered Friday that U.S. immigration officials could not detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, hours after his release from immigration detention. Abrego Garcia was appearing Friday morning for a sch...
23h ago
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