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Meadow Lake

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 ...
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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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Wanted man
Beauval RCMP looking to locate man facing drug charges
A 46-year-old man known to spend time in Beauval and Meadow Lake is being sought by RCMP. Christopher Blyan has charges of possessing cocaine, failing to attend court and failing to comply with release conditions. He is described as 5'10" tall and 190 pounds with hazel-coloured eyes and brown hair. Report all sigh...
Feb 12, 2025
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NEW GRANTS
$1.5M in charitable gaming grants awarded across Sask, include Meadow Lake and Prince Albert
More than 700 community groups and organizations, including those in Meadow Lake, Prince Albert, and the Humboldt-Melfort area, have received a share of $1.5 million in charitable gaming grants in the third quarter of 2024-25, Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan (LGS) announced on Wednesday.One recipient, the Jim Pattiso...
Feb 12, 2025
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WANTED MEN
RCMP search underway for two men wanted on assault and firearms charges
La Loche RCMP is asking the public for assistance locating two wanted men on separate charges.Authorities are searching for Keistin Moise, 25, who is wanted in connection to an investigation from May 2024. He also goes by the name Philip J. Fry and faces charges including assault, mischief (property damage), and failin...
Feb 12, 2025
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Saskatchewan

competition
Canadian Challenge begins with premiere 10-dog race
It was a freezing start in La Ronge on Tuesday for the mushers and their teams competing in the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race. Eight mushers competing in the 10-dog, 322-kilometer (200 miles) race are now on the trail after leaving Riese Park beginning at 10 a.m. and departing in two-minute intervals. According to E...
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Crime and Court
Large scale RCMP investigation leads to multiple charges in bank robbery, ATM thefts
A whopping 64 charges have been laid against three people in connection to a bank robbery that occurred in Landis, about an hour south of North Battleford, on November 22 of last year.The RCMP's Provincial General Investigation Section (GIS) said the charges also pertain to a string of ATM thefts, and attempted thefts ...
Feb 17, 2025
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Black History Month
'No man's land': Descendants of Sask.'s first Black community proud of history
The one-room Shiloh Baptist Church, constructed from hand-hewn poplar logs nestled in a small grove near a cemetery with 37 white crosses, is a poignant reminder of Saskatchewan's first Black settlement.There are still descendants of the Shiloh people, who moved to 29 kilometres north of Maidstone from Oklahoma in the ...
Feb 17, 2025
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Considered armed and dangerous
More details on stabbing incident at Big River First Nation; suspect still on the loose
Saskatchewan RCMP continue to search for 29-year-old Ryan Lachance, the prime suspect in three stabbing incidents that occurred on Big River First Nation Saturday. A second suspect is no longer being sought by police. Meanwhile, investigators have released more details on the timeline of events that started around 3:50...
Feb 16, 2025
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Suspects at large
Updated: Multiple stabbing incident on Big River First Nation
Update 10:49 p.m. - RCMP are trying to determine if three separate stabbing incidents that took place on Big River First Nation Saturday are random in nature. Two victims have been transported to hospital for treatment of injuries.The suspects are two men. The last confirmed sighting of them was around 5:30 p.m. in the...
Feb 16, 2025
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Travel
U.S. tourism groups growing worried about Saskatchewan visitor losses
A tourism group based out of Great Falls, Montana, is growing more concerned as Canadian tourists cancel their summer vacation plans to the United States in the face of U.S tariffs."We're already losing Canadian tourists because of the comments at the national level," said Rebecca Engum, executive director of...
Feb 15, 2025
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Local Sports

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 ...
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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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Key starter spots
Defensive backs, linemen a need for Riders ahead of free agency
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will look to return to the Grey Cup for the first time since 2013 this season.The team took positive steps towards that goal last season, returning to the playoffs and playing in the West Final under first-year head coach Corey Mace.Now the team will look to continue to build off of that mo...
Feb 01, 2025
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Canada

Man dead after he is found in snow-covered car with engine running in Montreal
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 57-year-old man found inside a snow-covered vehicle with its engine running, after two major snowstorms hit the city over four days. Montreal police Const. Florence Stafford says a 911 call came in at about 8:15 a.m. for someone unconscious inside a parked veh...
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After Trump pitches idea, Russian ambassador says Moscow not rejoining G7
OTTAWA - Canada disagrees with U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that Russia rejoin the G7 - but Moscow says the idea is a non-starter anyway. Moscow's Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov says "Russia has no interest" in joining the Group of Seven, which he calls an "outdated structure." Russi...
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Singh says pipelines would not be first priority for NDP energy policy
HAMILTON - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he sees an east-west clean electricity corridor as his first priority for expanding the Canadian energy market - not new pipelines. While Singh isn't shutting the door entirely to pipelines, he says pipeline projects must be accepted by the communities through which they're rout...
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Mark Carney trouncing Liberal leadership rivals at fundraising
OTTAWA - Former central banker Mark Carney is dominating the fundraising field in the race for the federal Liberal leadership. And his main rival appears to be trailing at the back of the pack. Financial data published by Elections Canada shows Carney raised $1.9 million for his leadership bid - more than eight times t...
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Green Party says it will run full slate of candidates in coming federal election
OTTAWA - The Green Party's leaders say they will have a full slate of candidates for the next election, which could be called as soon as Mar. 10. Party co-leader Elizabeth May says the party is still vetting potential candidates but it expects to run someone in every federal riding. Liberal leadership candidate Mark Ca...
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Here's the latest on the crash of a Delta plane at Toronto's Pearson airport
A Delta Air Lines plane heading from Minneapolis to Toronto crashed and flipped on the tarmac at Pearson airport on Monday afternoon, injuring multiple passengers. Here's the latest on the crash aftermath and the ongoing investigation. All times eastern. 10 a.m. Delta Air Lines says 19 passengers taken to Toronto-area ...
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World

Leader of cultlike Zizians linked to 6 killings ordered held without bail in Maryland
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) - A Maryland court on Tuesday ordered a blogger known as Ziz who leads a cultlike group connected to six killings held without bail. The blogger, Jack LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, California, was arrested Sunday along with Michelle Zajko, 32, of Media, Pennsylvania, and Daniel Blank, 26, of Sacramento,...
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Poland's president says US assures him it won't reduce troops in that part of Europe
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said Tuesday that he has received U.S. assurances that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and elsewhere along NATO's eastern flank. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has not announced any plans to pull forces out of the region, b...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Republican had no right to bring lawsuit challenging mobile voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a lawsuit challenging the use of a mobile voting van in 2022. The lawsuit sought to ban the use of mobile voting vans in any future election in the presidential battleground state. The cour...
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Attacks by Sudanese RSF paramilitaries leave hundreds dead in White Nile State
CAIRO (AP) - Insurgent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Force killed hundreds of civilians, including infants, in White Nile state, Sudanese officials and rights groups said Tuesday. Sudan's foreign ministry said in a statement cited by Egyptian state-run Qahera News TV that the paramilitary group targeted civ...
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Leonard Peltier released from prison following sentence commutation in FBI killings
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison Tuesday morning, nearly a month after then-President Joe Biden commuted his life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was freed from USP Coleman, a high-security prison. He planned to return to North Dakota, where a celebration w...
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Hamas says it will free 6 living Israeli hostages on Saturday
CAIRO (AP) - A top Hamas leader says the militant group will release six living Israeli hostages on Saturday. The six are the last living hostages set to be freed under the first phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Three hostages had been expected to be freed on Saturday. The warring sides have yet to negotiate t...
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