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Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned

OTTAWA - Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns do...

Mar 10, 2022

Public advised of recently released offender in Big River First Nation

Saskatchewan RCMP have put out a public safety advisory, stating that a man convicted of violent and sex-related crimes has been released.Early this morning, 38-year-old Bradley Cory Keenatch shared w...

Mar 10, 2022

Skyrocketing fuel prices will hurt agriculture-related industries

With prices hovering at 169.9 cents per litre in the Battlefords Wednesday and 158.9 cents per litre in Meadow Lake, the surging fuel costs are not only tough on families but the agricultural industry...

Mar 09, 2022

Saskatchewan NDP calling for return of daily COVID data

It has been several weeks since the Saskatchewan government decided to do away with daily reporting of things like new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, and instead switched to a weekly epi...

Mar 09, 2022

Celebrating International Women's Day in the northwest region

Celebrating women's achievements was on many advocates' minds during International Women's Day in the northwest region on Tuesday. Meadow Lake's Door of Hope Soup Kitchen manager Krista Montgomery sai...

Mar 08, 2022

Sask. highway closures, travel warnings due to vicious winds, blowing snow

The strong winds that blew through Saskatchewan on Monday made for a treacherous evening and morning on the roads around the province.Numerous highways were closed around Moose Jaw and Regina overnigh...

Mar 08, 2022

Two more arrests in assault, confinement, mail theft case

Meadow Lake RCMP made two more arrests in relation a case of forcible confinement and mail theft earlier this year.Dallas Gunn, who was wanted for possession of stolen property and stolen mail, was lo...

Mar 07, 2022

MLTC joins call for more rail cars

The Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) joined Paper Excellence on Monday in calling on CN to provide more rail cars for Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp Inc.Last month, Paper Excellence, the pulp mill's par...

Mar 07, 2022

TeleMiracle 46 surpasses $8 million mark to break all-time record

TeleMiracle 46 was one for the record books.As of 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 6th, a total of $8,002,722 has been raised.TeleMiracle 46 included the largest single donation in the telethon's history.Wi...

Mar 06, 2022

“The price that we’re about to pay is surreal” – Gas prices hitting record numbers across Canada

Current gas prices continue to ramp up across all of Canada, with diesel gas seeing a large increase.Gas prices jumped up on average 26 cents/litre in the country, while diesel went up 34 cents/litre....

Mar 06, 2022