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122 new COVID-19 cases reported in province
For the third consecutive day, the Government of Saskatchewan reported more than 100 new COVID-19 cases. Saturday's COVID-19 update shows 122, similar to Friday's 125 total and the 141 recorded on Thu...
Aug 14, 2021

Longtime FSIN Senator Lawrence Chanalquay remembered
The Buffalo River Dene Nation is mourning the loss of a longtime senator this week. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) announced on Saturday that Senator Lawrence Chanalquay of Buff...
Aug 14, 2021

Heat warnings issued for central and southern Saskatchewan
Environment Canada issued heat warnings early Saturday morning covering central and southern Saskatchewan."We're looking at temperatures, daytime temperatures especially, that are going to be a good t...
Aug 14, 2021

Meadow Lake hosting Percy Derocher Memorial Championship Cup
With only eight race days left in the 2021 Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association season, Meadow Lake will set the scene of the only remaining event ahead of next week's season finale.With the P...
Aug 13, 2021

Flying Dust fundraising demolition derby returning after two-year hiatus
For the first time in two years, Meadow Lake and Flying Dust First Nation are expected to come together in a unique fashion that promises speed, destruction and good times for many. The fundraising de...
Aug 13, 2021

Feds, province reach agreement on affordable child care
Saskatchewan has signed on to a deal that will give Saskatchewan families access to $10-a-day child-care spaces by the end of 2025-26.Families with children under the age of six will be eligible for t...
Aug 13, 2021

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Trudeau expected to trigger fall election this weekend
whOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is intending to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Sunday and ask her to dissolve Parliament, triggering an election.The expectation is that the election would take...
Aug 12, 2021

Saskatchewan could be facing its worst drought on record
Nearly every long-lasting summer drought in Saskatchewan yields responses from farmers declaring that drought as the worst anyone in the area can remember.Well, according to Dr. John Pomeroy, the Cana...
Aug 12, 2021

Saskatchewan Angus Tours set to make first-ever Meadow Lake appearance on Aug. 12
An annual event designed to promote local Angus breeders is set to take place in Meadow Lake for the first time ever after making appearances in other areas across the province over the past several y...
Aug 11, 2021

Manhunt underway near Frenchman Butte
St. Wahlburg RCMP are advising residents and the public in the Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte and surrounding area of individuals currently on the run from law enforcement.Earlier this morning,...
Aug 11, 2021