Missing person
Spiritwood RCMP searching for missing woman
Spiritwood RCMP have turned to the public for help in locating a 26-year-old woman. Zoi Thomas was last seen on Tuesday afternoon at around 1 p.m. on the Big River First Nation. She is described as 5-5 and 170 pounds with medium-length brown hair and brown eyes. She also has a butterfly tattooed on her right foot along...
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Ottawa puts another $36M into vaccine injury compensation fund
The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020.The program was announced shortly after COVID-19 shots first became available to the public, and provides financial compensation to people who were adversely...
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Meadow Lake
Missing Girl
Have you seen Savannah?
A 15-year-old girl is missing and RCMP need the public's support in helping to find her. According to the Green Lake RCMP, Savannah Burnouf was last seen on Monday, April 22 in the community though is from Meadow Lake and is described as wearing glasses, stands about 5-7 and is 135 pounds. Police say she may have gone ...
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Meadow Lake Co-op Centre
Meadow Lake's new arena and recreation facility info night sees good turnout
It was a good night for the public to get a close-up view of the Meadow Lake's new arena and recreation facility project Tuesday night. An information night was held at the Meadow Lake Civic Centre, situated beside the new complex that's currently under construction. People had a chance to take in pictures of the plans...
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Missing person
Spiritwood RCMP searching for missing woman
Spiritwood RCMP have turned to the public for help in locating a 26-year-old woman. Zoi Thomas was last seen on Tuesday afternoon at around 1 p.m. on the Big River First Nation. She is described as 5-5 and 170 pounds with medium-length brown hair and brown eyes. She also has a butterfly tattooed on her right foot along...
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Fire Risk
Meadow Lake under fire risk warning
Meadow Lake is officially under a fire risk advisory and as of earlier today, there may not be any fires in the city. Included in the ban are bonfires, Category 2 and 3 open fires, fireworks, burn barrels and cages and others though it doesn't apply to barbecue-type stoves that use gas, propane or liquid. For a full li...
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Community support
Go Fund Me memorial helps Meadow Lake family after tragic loss
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...
Apr 19, 2024
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MEL-BEX
Meadow Lake business awards making a triumphant return
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...
Apr 19, 2024
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Saskatchewan
Study delayed
Results of Canadian uranium workers study delayed
The country's most comprehensive study on the effects of radiation on 90,000 Canadian uranium workers is delayed.Originally expected to have its final study results released this year, the study has been pushed back to 2026 due to data-collecting complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada is the world's s...
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Trudeau says Saskatchewan to get carbon rebates despite province not paying levies
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan residents will continue to get carbon rebates even though the province has stopped remitting levies from natural gas to Ottawa. Trudeau said Tuesday in Saskatoon the Canada Revenue Agency has mechanisms to collect money the province owes. "We're going to continue to ...
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Moe discusses mental health and addiction with Governor General
It was a very wet welcome for the Governor General's first official visit to Saskatchewan on Monday.Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was set to spend three days in the province. On Monday, she started at the Legislative Building and Government House.Premier Scott Moe and other members of government greeted Simon at the building an...
Apr 23, 2024
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TRUDEAU IN SASK.
Trudeau in Saskatoon today highlighting budget's youth, education and health measures
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon today.An itinerary released by his office says he will make an announcement this morning to highlight measures focused on youth, education, and health that were contained in last week's budget.Trudeau will be joined at the event by Dan Vandal, minister for Northern Aff...
Apr 23, 2024
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Cockrill Stays
Cockrill to stay as Minister for Education
Standing in front of reporters earlier today in the legislative building, the leader of the opposition officially called on Premier Scott Moe to give the Minister for Education "the boot." "Saskatchewan people are right to hold their leaders to a higher standard, that goes double for cabinet ministers,&q...
Apr 22, 2024
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OPIOIDS
New report shows astronomical increase of Sask. opioid deaths in first year of COVID pandemic
A new report shows that a crisis affecting thousands of Saskatchewan people got incredibly worse during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a study last week showing the number of opioid-related deaths nationwide from 2019-2021. In that period, the number of opio...
Apr 22, 2024
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Local Sports
Emilus snags one-year contract extension from Roughriders
Samuel Emilus' breakout 2023 season has earned him a contract extension.The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday they had signed the 26-year-old receiver to a one-year extension that will keep him with the team through the 2025 season.In 2023 - his second season in the CFL - Emilus had 70 catches for 1,097 y...
Apr 02, 2024
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CFL
Emilus snags one-year contract extension from Roughriders
Samuel Emilus' breakout 2023 season has earned him a contract extension.The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday they had signed the 26-year-old receiver to a one-year extension that will keep him with the team through the 2025 season.In 2023 - his second season in the CFL - Emilus had 70 catches for 1,097 y...
Apr 01, 2024
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Chat with Mace has Harris 'ready to rock' with Roughriders in 2024
Trevor Harris may not have been completely healthy the first time he talked to Corey Mace, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders' veteran quarterback was ready to run through a brick wall for his new head coach."The first time I talked to him, I was ready to rock as soon as he had talked to me," Harris told report...
Mar 29, 2024
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First in Franchise History
U18 Northwest Sharks win AA provincial championship
The Northwest Sharks U18 AA team made history Sunday night in North Battleford, taking home a 2-1 win in Game 3 of their provincial final series with the Regina Rebels, to win their first provincial championship in franchise history. Goaltender, Shelbi Thunderblanket stopped 37-of-38 Regina shots to backstop the team t...
Mar 25, 2024
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Riders searching for next Canadian star at CFL combine
In 2007, Corey Mace was a CFL prospect trying to earn a job.Now, as the new head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the Port Moody, B.C. product is looking to give some Canadian talent their chance to show what they can do."To be on the flip side of this, it's a cool aspect, just having a little bit of an unde...
Mar 20, 2024
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Making History
U18 Northwest Sharks take North Division title, advance to provincial final
The U18 AA Northwest Sharks return to action Wednesday night at the Access Communications Centre, for Game 1 of their best-of-three provincial finals series with the Regina Rebels.Coming off a franchise-first as Saskatchewan Female Hockey League U18 AA North Division champions, the series marks the final hurdle to a pr...
Mar 20, 2024
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Meadow Lake Profiles
Hoopla
Saskatchewan High School Basketball 'Hoopla' Championships 2023
The North Central District Athletic Association (NCDAA) is proud to welcome the best high school basketball teams in the province to Prince Albert on March 23-25. We respectfully acknowledge that this event will take place on Treaty 6 territory, the traditional homeland of the Metis and all Indigenous Peoples of Saskat...
Feb 06, 2023
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Jobber of the Year: The Unified Parts Group 'One big family'
This article originally appeared on AutoServiceWord.com on Dec. 8, 2021.Mark Krasicki has surrounded himself with the people he trusts most. People he trusts to offer customers the best experience they can find. People who strengthen relationships with customers and suppliers. People who have helped deliver 28 straight...
Dec 20, 2021
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Sakaw Askiy
Sakaw Askiy Management Inc. Annual Harvest Plans 2022
Sakaw Askiy Management is seeking feedback on the Forest Operating Plan being developed for the Prince Albert Timber Supply Area. The Operating Plan focuses in detail on proposed harvesting and road construction activities for 2022 (Year 1) which are the areas for which approval to harvest is being requested. Many more...
Oct 15, 2021
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Canada
Montreal Olympic Stadium fire: Quebec grants up to $40 million for cleanup, repairs
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has awarded the organization that manages Montreal's Olympic Stadium up to $40 million to pay for repairs and decontamination after a March 21 fire. Parc olympique spokesman Cédric Essiminy says extensive decontamination work is needed in the stadium's tower because smoke spread ...
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Border agency eyes smartphone facial recognition system amid privacy concerns
OTTAWA - Travellers would be able to use facial recognition technology to identify themselves through their smartphones when crossing the border under a planned federal project. The Canada Border Services Agency says the initiative would allow for a faster and more seamless travel experience. The federal government rec...
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Man stabbed to death in White Rock, B.C., days after similar knife attack in area
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - A man has been killed in a stabbing in White Rock, B.C., and police say there are "apparent similarities" to another knife attack in the same area two days earlier. RCMP say the latest incident happened late Tuesday, when a man was reported to have been stabbed near the White Rock Pier. Pol...
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B.C. imposes five-month ban on large open fires in Interior
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has announced a five-month open fire ban covering much of the province's Interior, as fire season gets off to an early start. The ban on Category 3 fires in the Kamloops fire centre will run from May 3 to Oct. 11 and will prohibit people burning three or more fires on a property...
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Trudeau won't comment on future of TikTok in U.S., says Canadian safety a priority
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's not going to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States, but his own government will continue to look out for Canadians' security. The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would force TikTok's parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell the social-media app ...
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Quebec liquor store employees walk off the job as two-day strike begins
MONTREAL - Some 5,000 Quebec liquor corporation workers have walked off the job for a planned two-day strike. Their union - Syndicat des employé(e)s de magasins et de bureaux de la SAQ - confirmed at midnight on Facebook it was launching the strike after a lack of progress at the negotiating table. It says the t...
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World
Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing both people on board, a federal aviation official said Wednesday. The pilot had made radio contact about the in-fight emergency shortl...
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Spain's prime minister says he will consider resigning after wife is targeted by judicial probe
MADRID (AP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez denied corruption allegations against his wife but said he will consider resigning after a judicial investigation was launched Wednesday into accusations that she used her position to influence business deals. Sánchez said in a letter posted on his X acco...
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US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at 65 after a heart attack
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., of New Jersey, died Wednesday after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized, officials said. He was 65. In a statement, Gov. Phil Murphy called his fellow Democrat a "steadfast champion for the people of New Jersey." "With his signature bowtie...
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Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday. Long sought by Ukrainian leaders, the new m...
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Supreme Court considers whether states can ban abortions during medical emergencies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices raised questions Wednesday about whether state bans on abortions during medical emergencies conflict with federal healthcare law after the sweeping ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered a state ban since the nationwide rig...
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Biden signs a $95 billion war aid measure with assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that also includes a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in U.S. The announcement marks an end to long, painful battle with Republicans i...
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