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Meadow Lake

HEALTHCARE CRISIS
'No improvement': Beauval mayor demands action over ongoing health-care disruptions
Residents of Beauval and surrounding northern communities are once again facing health-care disruptions, with Mayor Rick Laliberte calling on provincial and federal officials to address the growing crisis.Read more: 'This is just unacceptable': Beauval health centre 17-day closure sparks rural healthcare concernsThe Sa...
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SUICIDE INTERVENTION
'They are not alone': Meadow Lake to host life-saving suicide intervention workshop
A family-run mental health organization is bringing life-saving skills to Meadow Lake on Feb. 27 and 28, offering a workshop to help individuals intervene when someone is experiencing thoughts of suicide."Suicide doesn't discriminate - it can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or background," said Amand...
Feb 18, 2025
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Crimewatch
Three people in custody after shots fired in North Battleford and police chase
Three men are facing multiple charges after a police pursuit involving a stolen vehicle and a firearm incident that began in North Battleford and ended on Red Pheasant First Nation.Last Friday, around 10:45 p.m., Battlefords RCMP responded to a report of shots fired from a vehicle in the city. No one was hurt. Officers...
Feb 18, 2025
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Homicide investigation
Second-degree murder, manslaughter charges after Waterhen Lake victim dies
Police have updated charges for two men arrested after the victim in a shooting on Waterhen Lake First Nation on Feb. 8 died in hospital.In a news release on Feb. 17, Saskatchewan RCMP said shooting victim 29-year old Antoine Hamm from Waterhen Lake First Nation died on Feb. 13 and the two men previously arrested were ...
Feb 17, 2025
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COLD SNAP CONTINUES
Deep freeze to grip the Battlefords, Meadow Lake over Family Day weekend
Residents of the Battlefords and Meadow Lake areas will have to brace for another wave of extreme cold over the Family Day long weekend before temperatures begin to return to normal by midweek."This cold snap is not over," said Environment Canada meteorologist Danielle Desjardins. "It's going to get wors...
Feb 14, 2025
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Share the Warmth
Share the Warmth hands out over 1,000 bags in events held in PA; other communities
Over 1,000 bags. That's how many Share the Warmth Days were able to be handed out in communities across the province for its 30th anniversary. This year, events were held in Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Weyburn and Yorkton over January and February and celebrated charities "that have made a lasting imp...
Feb 13, 2025
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Saskatchewan

HEALTHCARE CRISIS
'No improvement': Beauval mayor demands action over ongoing health-care disruptions
Residents of Beauval and surrounding northern communities are once again facing health-care disruptions, with Mayor Rick Laliberte calling on provincial and federal officials to address the growing crisis.Read more: 'This is just unacceptable': Beauval health centre 17-day closure sparks rural healthcare concernsThe Sa...
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endurance
Half of mushers competing in 10-dog race drop out
Four out of the eight mushers competing in the Canadian Challenge's premiere 10-dog, 322-kilometer (200 miles) race have scratched. American Clayton Perry, the 2024 winner, was the first to exit the race on the morning of Feb. 19. Shortly afterwards, Vico Fauveau also left, as well as Leon Church and Craig Houghton (20...
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Charges laid
Man and teen charged in death of man in Dillon
A 22-year-old man and a teenage boy have been arrested and charged in connection with a recent death in the northern community of Dillon. Both the man and the teen are charged with manslaughter. Mason Morrison, age 25 was found injured at a home in the community on Monday, Feb. 17 and later pronounced dead at the scene...
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Cold-weather science
Extreme cold weather offers excellent opportunity for 'edu-tainment'
Saskatchewan's not out of a deep freeze just yet, but temperatures are expected to warm up to bearable conditions for the remainder of the February break. Science enthusiasts say it's the perfect time to explore fascinating cold-weather experiments. Several kids are currently participating in a STEAM camp at the Prince...
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Inflation creeps up
Provincial inflation up 2.4 per cent
After dropping to 1.8 per cent in December, the January inflation numbers for Saskatchewan are up to 2.4 per cent. By contrast, the national rate was 1.9 per cent. An almost double digit increase in the cost of energy at nine per cent, skewed the number up. The second biggest factor leading to the inflation increase is...
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Provincial politics
Spring session of legislative assembly to commence March 19
The spring sitting of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly will begin on March 19 with the tabling of the 2025-26 Provincial Budget.According to a statement released by Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday, the session and the budget will focus on delivering for Saskatchewan people."We will continue to deliver on our ele...
Feb 18, 2025
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Local Sports

WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Finals
Japan and Dominican Republic to open Softball World Cup tournament in Prince Albert
The stage has been set for the most prestigious tournament in men's softball.The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the groups and schedule for the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Finals, set to take place at Prime Ministers' Ballpark in Prince Albert July 8 - 13. Japan and the Dominican Republic ...
Feb 18, 2025
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League shakeup
SJHL: Notre Dame conditionally approves move to Warman
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's (SJHL) 2025-2026 season is getting a bit of a shake-up with the relocation of a team that's been developing players for 38 years.On Tuesday it was announced that the SJHL's Board of Governors has "conditionally approved the location of the Notre Dame Hounds to the community ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Continuity at the core of Riders' 2025 roster-building approach
The Saskatchewan Roughriders focused on bringing most of their players back rather than bringing in a bunch of new faces in free agency."We had a good core of players here and took a lot of growth last season. We really wanted to try to bring them back and have continuity so we knew we weren't going to be very act...
Feb 12, 2025
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Positive and Negative
How the new NCAA eligibility rule is affecting the SJHL
It's been about three months since the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced that players in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) were now eligible to play Division I hockey. Since then, the new rule has shaken up the hockey world and the affects of it, whether good or bad, have been very noticeable and...
Feb 11, 2025
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Two more seasons
Marcus Sayles signs two-year extension with Saskatchewan Roughriders
Defensive back Marcus Sayles will be wearing green and white for two more seasons.On Wednesday, the Saskatchewan Roughriders announced that Sayles had signed a two-year contract extension with the team. The move follows an excellent season by the American defender in 2024, which saw him named an All-CFL player for the ...
Feb 05, 2025
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Signing
Roughriders sign three-time All-CFLer Mike Rose
The Saskatchewan Roughriders were not content waiting for the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Free Agency communication window to open on Feb. 2, signing 32-year-old American defensive lineman Mike Rose on Saturday.Rose is a three-time All-CFLer, four-time West All-CFLer and a Grey Cup Champion.Rose was released by th...
Feb 01, 2025
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Canada

Man, youth arrested in quadruple homicide on First Nation in Saskatchewan
REGINA - RCMP say they have arrested a man and a boy in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. Mounties say 18-year-old Darrius Racette faces four counts of first-degree murder after two men and two women were found dead in a home on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, east of Regina...
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Health Canada warns of unauthorized sex enhancement products seized from stores
Health Canada is warning people in at least three provinces against using unauthorized sexual enhancement products that may pose serious health risks. The agency says it has seized various products from stores in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario that have been found to contain "dangerous ingredients." Many o...
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Second case of measles confirmed in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, linked to Thailand flight
VANCOUVER - Health authorities in British Columbia have confirmed a second case of measles in the Lower Mainland, this time in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. Vancouver Coastal Health says in a release that the infected person travelled to Southeast Asia in the same party as a Fraser Health region resident who tes...
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Old-growth logging was 'goal' of Interfor: B.C. Forest Appeals Commission decision
British Columbia's Forest Appeals Commission has upheld a finding that forestry giant Interfor violated provincial legislation when it harvested cut blocks that overlapped with proposed old-growth management areas meant to be preserved. The commission's panel found Interfor committed eight contraventions of the Forest ...
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NewsAlert: B.C. ends take-home safer supply for drug users to stop diversion
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister has announced that the province is changing its safer-supply anti-addiction program to a witnessed model, in which users will be watched as they consume the drugs. Josie Osborne says the "significant" change to end the take-home model will be difficult for some, b...
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Montreal pleads with residents as it struggles to clear record-breaking snowfall
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is pleading for patience and urging caution as the city's snow removal trucks and plows struggle to clear the record-shattering snowfall that has blanketed Montreal. Plante says the city's snow removal crews are working around the clock to clear streets and sidewalks, and...
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World

The white man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An 86-year-old Kansas City man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man's doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed crimin...
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2 people are dead after a small plane collision in southern Arizona, authorities say
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed at least two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said two people were on board each plane as they collided near Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson. One plane landed unev...
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Judge questions NYC Mayor Eric Adams in hearing on Justice Department's fight to end corruption case
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge questioned New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the start of a hearing Wednesday to ensure he agreed with the Justice Department's request to drop corruption charges against him weeks before an April trial. Judge Dale E. Ho said he wanted to confirm that the mayor had agreed that the charges would ...
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Trump administration labels 8 Latin American cartels as 'foreign terrorist organizations'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is formally designating eight Latin American crime organizations as "foreign terrorist organizations," upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and on anyone aiding them. The move, carrying out a Jan. 20 executive order by President Donald Trump, names Tr...
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Trump calls Zelenskyy a 'dictator' as tensions rise between the leaders over the Russia-Ukraine war
MIAMI (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator without elections," lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin's war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Mosc...
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Trump is living in a 'Russian disinformation space,' says Ukraine's Zelenskyy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump is living in a Russian "disinformation space" regarding his previous day's comments about the Ukrainian leader's approval rating. Trump said at Mar-a-Lago that Zelenskyy's rating stood at 4%. Zelenskyy r...
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