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Shellbrook evacuees pack up clothes, passports and Barbies
Inside a Victoire home's wood-panelled living room are bins, boxes, and black garbage bags overflowing with the most important pieces of one family's life.It's everything that Pamela Wozniak and her t...
May 31, 2026 Pamela Wozniak and two of her three kids sit in the living room of her sister's Victoire home, after evacuating the night before. Wozniak said her house in the RM of Shellbrook is surrounded by bush, so if a fire ever started it wouldn't be good. Now, ”it's coming true,” she said. (Image Credit: Marija Robinson/CKOM)
RCMP: Sexually violent crimes still heavily under-reported
The month of May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month in Canada. Inspector Ashley St. Germaine with the Saskatchewan RCMP said this year, they have shifted their approach when it comes to the key messa...
May 30, 2026 ID 137527991 © motortion (Image Credit: Dreamstime.com)
Canada Post workers set to wrap up voting on new tentative deal
Canada Post workers were set to wrap up voting on new tentative agreements Saturday after more than two years of labour strife. Some 55,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers members began voting April ...
May 30, 2026 Members of local 810 on strike outside the Canada Post mail processing plant in Prince Albert on Nov. 15, 2024. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW Staff)
Roughriders hopeful Matthew Sexton waits for roster decision
For Saskatchewan Roughriders hopeful Matthew Sexton, the waiting is just beginning.The receiver and return specialist spent the last few weeks fighting for a roster spot, making plays in the pre-seaso...
May 30, 2026 Roughriders hopeful Matthew Sexton. (Image Credit: Submitted)
Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency issues widespread fire ban
Saskatchewan has imposed a sweeping fire ban across much of central and southern parts of the province as new details emerge about the Lobstick Fire burning southwest of Prince Albert.The Saskatchewan...
May 29, 2026 SPSA officials said on Friday the Lobstick Fire burning between Duck Lake and MacDowall had crossed the North Saskatchewan River and was likely sparked by lightning rather than human activity, as first believed. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
A landmark without its label: Sign disappears from beloved Popoff Tree
In the heart of the North Saskatchewan River Valley, near Blaine Lake, stands the largest tree ever recorded in the province. This plains cottonwood and poplar cross, locally known as the Popoff Tree,...
May 29, 2026 A $500 reward is being offered for the sign's safe return in original condition to the Blaine Lake RCMP. (Image Credit: Saskatchewanderer/Facebook)
Sask. court upholds convictions in home daycare child-sex abuse case
Saskatchewan's highest court has upheld the conviction and 15-year prison sentence of a man found guilty of sexually assaulting two young children attending a home daycare and creating child pornograp...
May 29, 2026 Joseph Sproull was convicted of sexually assaulting two children aged two and three at a home daycare in Marshall operated by his wife, as well as possessing, making and distributing child pornography. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW staff)
Prairie heat making mustard spicier, researchers find
If your mustard seems a little spicier lately, you're probably not imagining it.Researchers say hotter, drier conditions across the Prairies are changing Canadian mustard seeds - and that could be giv...
May 29, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 32786358 © Tetiana Kovalenko Dreamstime.com)
Premier Scott Moe to speak at Canada-India Summit in Regina on Friday
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will be speaking at the Canada-India Business Council's annual summit in Regina on Friday.His audience will consist of dignitaries and business leaders, with the summit ...
May 29, 2026 In a statement, Premier Scott Moe said India strengthens Saskatchewan through trade, research and development, labour recruitment and cultural exchange. (Image Credit: File photo/CKOM)
North Battleford not facing 'extreme' wildfire risk, but concerns remain
Recent rain and greener landscapes may make parts of the province look safer, but fire officials warn wildfire danger across the region remains far from over.An uncontained wildfire burning in the Nis...
May 28, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 52041365 © Georgiy Mykhalchuk | Dreamstime.com)