An online memorial Go Fund Me Page is giving support to a young Meadow Lake family dealing with grief after the husband died from cardiac arrest at a hospital in Edmonton, where he was receiving treatment. Chandler Mysko, 25, passed away on April 15. He previously received a Mechanical Valve Placement as part of his he...

The MLBEX Awards are coming back. After a year-long hiatus, the best in business that Meadow Lake has to offer will welcome guests to the Chamber of Commerce fundraiser on April 26"We didn't set any goals, just - just trying to make it as big an event and make that comeback and raise awareness to all the people in...

Music lovers will have a chance to take in performances by musicians of all ages at the Meadow Lake & District Music Festival. The event is on now until April 23, with awards to follow on April 25. Piano and voice competitions start this week, running to April 19, while band and strings happen April 22 & 23. &q...

Several Saskatchewan First Nations are calling out the Sask. Party for ignoring the Duty to Consult process.On Wednesday morning NDP Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations Betty Nippi-Albright, was joined by First Nations leaders and the residential school support team from Yorkton Tribal Council to draw a...

Battlefords MLA and Minister for Education Jeremy Cockrill is under fire for comments he made to a mother whose daughter passed away last year due to medical complications. During Question Period, MLA for Regina University Aleana Young shared a story about her constituent Taya Thomas coming to the legislature for a mee...

A program that brings music education to remote and underserved communities in Saskatchewan, is receiving a big financial boost. The Community Arts Mentorship Program (CAMP) has been named the first recipient of the Downie - Wenjack Blanket Fund Capacity Building Grant - and will receive $175,000 per year for four year...

It's not every day that a new airplane brings plenty of excitement, but for those who travel to the far north of Saskatchewan, it means more open doors and opportunities for the region. Last week, Rise Air announced it added a second ATR 42-500 aircraft, a twin-engine turboprop plane to its fleet. CEO of Rise Air Derek...

Métis organizations in Ontario and Alberta say they'll stay on the path toward self-government, despite the uncertain future of a contentious bill meant to do just that. The Métis Nation - Saskatchewan withdrew its support Wednesday for federal legislation designed to recognize Métis governments in...

Whether Saskatchewan teachers will accept the deal offered by the province is up in the air.At a virtual news conference on Wednesday morning, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) President Samantha Becotte said that despite high hopes last week, the offer from the province did not address the STF's concerns. She ad...

The Saskatchewan government is helping the Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada (AMC) as it tries to grow the workforce in that sector.The province announced Thursday it had invested $300,000 to help the AMC create a mobile, virtual-reality skills lab. The lab is to visit school campuses and community events to promote...

LOS ANGELES - Authorities in the United States are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft "at cruise altitude," while bound for Toronto. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says an investigation i...

SASKATOON - Police are planning to search a Saskatoon landfill for a woman who has been missing for almost four years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was last seen in December 2020. Police say a substantial amount of data was collected late last year that identifies a specific area of the landfill that may contain evidence in...

OTTAWA - One of Canada's leading disability scholars is quitting a federal advisory board, saying the government failed to properly fund the disability benefit. Michael Prince, a professor of social policy at the University of Victoria, says he's deeply disappointed with the Canada Disability Benefit. He's resigning f...

VANCOUVER - Poland's president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia's war in Ukraine from spreading. Andrzej Duda made the comments at a speech in Vancouver on Friday, a day ahead of his meeting with Prime Ministe...

OTTAWA - Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women. Government members say they were disappointed to learn this week that Karen Vecchio would no longer be at the helm, after having first served as chair in 2017. The House of Com...

QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says its leadership race will begin next January and the winner will be chosen in June 2025. Former leader Dominique Anglade stepped down weeks after the 2022 provincial election, during which the party maintained official Opposition status but lost 10 seats. Marc Tanguay has served as...

NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers in former President Donald Trump 's hush money case shifted their attention Friday to picking alternates as jury selection resumed for a fourth day. The proceedings began again with the questionnaire phase of jury selection and 22 possible jurors were brought in. A second alternate was picked ju...

WASHINGTON (AP) - With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday's vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in t...

NEW YORK (AP) - A third panel of potential jurors will be questioned Friday in Donald Trump's hush money case, drawing jury selection a step closer to completion in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. After a jury of 12 New Yorkers was seated Thursday, lawyers are now expected to turn their attention t...

CAPRI, Italy (AP) - The United States told the Group of Seven foreign ministers on Friday that it received "last minute" information from Israel about a drone action in Iran, Italy's foreign minister said. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who chaired the meeting of ministers of industrialized countrie...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, the Lithuanian president announced on Friday. Volkov was attacked in March outside his home in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, where he liv...

Iran fired air defense batteries Friday and some flights were diverted or grounded after reports of explosions near a major airbase and nuclear site where drones were spotted. It was unclear if the country was under attack, but tensions are high after Iran's unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. The Israeli...