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Flu shot bookings climb in Battlefords following start of fall vaccination campaign
Battlefords-area pharmacies are seeing an increase in the number of people requesting flu vaccinations since the province's fall immunization program began last week. Several local pharmacies that bat...
Oct 20, 2025

Manhunt underway for two suspects after armed SUV robbery in Meadow Lake
RCMP are searching for a man and woman wanted in connection with an armed vehicle theft in Meadow Lake.Police say officers were called to a home on Second Street around 10:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, aft...
Oct 20, 2025

Wanted man arrested on Sweetgrass First Nation
A wanted man is now in custody after the RCMP critical incident response team made the arrest at a home on Sweetgrass First Nation. The arrest happened around 2 p.m., Oct. 17. After the incident respo...
Oct 20, 2025
Conservation officers investigating after 142 birds dumped southeast of Saskatoon
Saskatchewan conservation officers are investigating after more than 100 dead migratory birds were dumped on private land near Patience Lake, southeast of Saskatoon.According to SaskTIP, conservation ...
Oct 20, 2025

Supreme Court won't hear Waterhen claim on Primrose Air Weapons Range
The Waterhen First Nation north of Meadow Lake had their claim for compensation for the loss of hunting at the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range denied after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear...
Oct 20, 2025

Blue Jays force Game 7 in AL Championship Series with 6-2 win over Mariners
TORONTO - Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered to power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. The res...
Oct 19, 2025

Artificial intelligence threatening to push young people out of entry-level jobs
OTTAWA - Throughout her university career, Jacqueline Silver assumed her computer science degree would guarantee her a job. Finding out she was wrong was a demoralizing experience.Silver, who graduate...
Oct 19, 2025
Diwali, the Festival of Lights, most important festival of the year in India
Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India - and for Hindus in particular.It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world's most populous nation and the diasp...
Oct 19, 2025
Province launches two-year Glaucoma Care Pilot Program
People in Saskatchewan will have improved access to glaucoma assessment, monitoring, diagnostic testing and follow-up services thanks to a new pilot program.On Oct. 1, the Ministry of Health and the S...
Oct 18, 2025

‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe as GOP calls them ‘hate America’ rallies
WASHINGTON - Protesting the direction of the country under U.S. President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation's capital and communities across the U.S. for " No Kings " demonstrations...
Oct 18, 2025