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Sask. watchdog says tear gas used before man's death on Onion Lake Cree Nation
Saskatchewan's police watchdog says RCMP deployed tear gas before a man was found injured and later died during an emergency response on Onion Lake Cree Nation, as new details emerge about the March 1...
Mar 23, 2026 (Image Credit: submitted/RCMP)
Here's the latest on Air Canada jet crash at New York LaGuardia Airport
An Air Canada jet carrying 76 people touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing its two pilots and injuring many more people. Fli...
Mar 23, 2026 An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle in New York. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Funding allocated for Sask’s upcoming forced addictions treatment program
The legislation that would underpin the Sask. government's forced addictions treatment plan has yet to pass, but money has been allocated in this week's budget for the first phase.According to Mental ...
Mar 22, 2026 Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr says the first facility for the forced addictions treatment program, under the Compassionate Intervention Act, will be opened in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Wildfire money in Saskatchewan budget isn’t enough: Candle Lake fire chief
A fire chief who helped battle last year's devastating wildfires says he doesn't feel the funding in the Saskatchewan budget is enough to prepare communities for the upcoming fire season.Jim Arnold, c...
Mar 21, 2026 Aerial view of a wildfire burning near Weyakwin in northern Saskatchewan in the summer of 2025. (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW Staff)
“We’re building capacity at all levels”: Premier discusses future of policing, including Indigenous-led forces
While the province is investing in law enforcement capacity through additional police officers, First Nations leaders are weighing whether a community-based policing model could better address local n...
Mar 20, 2026 The Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS) and Red Pheasant Cree Nation signed a memorandum of understanding in October 2025 to increase collaboration and improve safety. The Prince Albert Grand Council is deciding whether to pursue its own Indigenous-led police service or continue to work with the current enforcement arms including RCMP and SMS. Premier Scott Moe said everyone has a common goal: safer communities. (Image Credit: SMS/Facebook)
'Hard transfer': Teacher shortage cuts early French immersion in northwest Sask.
A Loon Lake parent says his daughter will have to leave French immersion earlier than expected after a northwest Saskatchewan school division scaled back the program due to a teacher shortage."She's i...
Mar 20, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 78947624 © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com)
Sask., Alta. watchdogs investigate death during RCMP response on Onion Lake Cree Nation
Saskatchewan's police watchdog has been called in after a man died during an RCMP emergency response on Onion Lake Cree Nation.The Saskatchewan RCMP said the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is i...
Mar 19, 2026 (Image Credit: RCMP/file photo)
NDP calls for policing, social investment after fatal shooting of North Battleford taxi driver
Following the fatal shooting of a North Battleford taxi driver earlier this month, the NDP is asking for further investment in policing to improve public safety. NDP MLA, Tajinder Grewal visited the c...
Mar 19, 2026 NDP MLA Tajinder Grewal visiting North Battleford on March 19. (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph/ battlefordsNOW Staff)
Supreme Court of Canada to hear challenge of federal firearms ban
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a challenge of a Liberal government ban on more than 1,500 different firearms models and variants.The government banned the use, sale and importation of the weapo...
Mar 19, 2026 A restricted gun licence holder holds an AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C. on May 1, 2020. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
Budget shows more 'cautious optimism': government think tank, MLAs, teachers, others react to province's spending plan
While the government touted its budgetary measures aimed at improving health care and addressing affordability, Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck said the "bad budget" will end up costing residents o...
Mar 18, 2026 Saskatchewan's Minister of Finance, Jim Reiter, March 18, 2026. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/980 CJME)