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NSRBL announces nominees for year-end awards
Just a couple of days after revealing the candidates for league MVP, the North Sask River Baseball League has announced the nominees for this year's Top Batter and Top Pitcher awards. Six players are ...
Jul 07, 2022

Climate cash to be direct deposited in July
Residents of Saskatchewan will be getting a new cheque from the government on July 15 as the climate rebate switches to a new payment system. To be eligible for what will become quarterly payments, yo...
Jul 07, 2022

Wheat overtakes canola as most farmed crop in Saskatchewan for 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine may have played a big part in what crop Saskatchewan farmers decided to plant this year.According to Statistics Canada's latest crop report, 13.2 million acres of wheat ha...
Jul 06, 2022

Anglers encouraged to check their bait before casting a line
With another free fishing weekend approaching, Saskatchewan's Ministry of Environment is encouraging anglers to double check their tackle boxes. The request comes after a quagga mussel was recently fo...
Jul 06, 2022

Youth group home approved for Beauval
A new facility that will help provide safe shelter and resources for vulnerable youth in the north has officially received the green light.The Government of Saskatchewan is partnering on the initiativ...
Jul 05, 2022

‘They will be welcome here’: 230 Ukrainian citizens arrive in Sask.
It was mostly women, children and the elderly who got off a long flight from Poland to Regina on Monday evening - they were people fleeing the war in Ukraine.A couple of people waved Ukrainian flags o...
Jul 05, 2022

Meadow Lake RCMP help arrest man for allegedly breaking into Ahtahkakoop detachment
Meadow Lake RCMP assisted with two investigations over the weekend that resulted in arrests. On Saturday, Ahtahkakoop RCMP officers responded to a reported break and enter at their local detachment. I...
Jul 04, 2022

Meadow Lake woman wins $10,000 Amplify grand prize
A contest that cost just a few minutes of her time, landed a Meadow Lake woman a $10,000 shopping spree.Kim Halpenny participated in Pattison Media's Amplify program - an initiative used to focus on t...
Jul 04, 2022

‘When is enough enough?’: Woman wants dog restrictions for First Nation communities after brother’s death
Giselle Thomas wants to see change in First Nations communities after alleging her older brother was mauled to death by two dogs.Thomas and her brother, Noel, are both from Witchekan Lake First Nation...
Jul 04, 2022

Russia’s defense minister reports capture of Ukraine city
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's defense minister says Moscow's forces have taken control of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province.Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President...
Jul 03, 2022