Category Archives: #2 and 3 Stories
'We will not forget': Sask. RCMP vows commitment as community honours missing loved ones
Ryan Nicotine, Kionna Nicotine, Lee Bearsears, Candy Pritchard, Ashley Morin, Megan Gallagher and Tiki Laverdiere.Their names were spoken softly by candlelight in North Battleford Tuesday night - just...
May 06, 2026 Family members of missing and murdered loved ones hold candles during a vigil in North Battleford on May 5, 2026, marking Missing Persons Week and the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP, volunteers rescue dogs from flooded Red Earth First Nation
A combined effort from volunteers from Nipawin and Flin Flon, MB along with RCMP officers from Carrot River has helped save the lives of 16 dogs from Red Earth First Nation. Much of the community was ...
May 06, 2026 RCMP officers from Carrot River have helped two volunteers from Nipawin rescue 16 dogs from Red Earth, which is flooded by spring runoff. (Image Credit: submitted/North of 54 Front Line Dog Rescue)
Saskatoon MLA Betty Nippi-Albright to quit NDP, sit as independent
Betty Nippi-Albright, MLA for Saskatoon Centre and Saskatchewan's only sitting First Nation female representative, is quitting the NDP caucus to sit as an indpendent.Nippi-Albright issued a statement ...
May 06, 2026 Betty Nippi-Albright, MLA for Saskatoon Centre and Saskatchewan's only sitting First Nation female representative, is quitting the NDP caucus to sit as an Independent. (Image Credit: (file photo/CKOM News))
‘Henry’s Law’: Saskatchewan strengthens carbon monoxide monitoring after boy’s death
Saskatchewan is bolstering rules on carbon monoxide monitoring after an 11-year-old Regina boy was killed by the colourless, odourless gas.Eric Schmalz, the government relations minister, says Henry L...
May 05, 2026 A photograph of late Henry Losco can be seen in Regina, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Losco was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in a Regina apartment last December. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)
Young performers bring The Lorax to life in Meadow Lake
After three separate shows, the curtains have closed for this year's drama production at Meadow Lake's Jonas Samson Middle School. "It was such a success," said play director Sara Cydejko. "The kids w...
May 05, 2026 The full cast and crew of The Lorax. (Image Credit: Sara Cydejko)
Spartans gearing up to take the next step as football season approaches
On a chilly spring afternoon at Lions' Park, the thud of shoulder pads against tackling dummies echoes across the field, a familiar sound, but one that feels different this year for the Carpenter High...
May 05, 2026 Players with the Carpenter High School Spartans take part in a spring football practice at Lions’ Park in Meadow Lake. (Image Credit: Coleton Ethier)
SIGA reports thousands engaging with responsible gambling tools amid growing online risks
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) has launched its Spring Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, May 4 to 15, across all seven of its casino locations in the province. It comes as the orga...
May 05, 2026 SIGA will have information tables set up at all seven SIGA casinos, providing patrons with resources to help identify and minimize risky gambling behaviours, information about where to seek help with problem gambling, brochures about gambling myths, and general information about the randomness of casino games. (Image Credit: Submitted photo)
Canadians being asked to complete 2026 census as letters are mailed out
Canadians have about one week to fill out the federal government's latest census.Statistics Canada says households and farm businesses will soon receive letters in the mail containing instructions on ...
May 05, 2026 Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Unions call for flexibility as executive federal staff return to the office full-time
Unions representing workers across the country were calling on governments to be flexible Monday after executives in the federal public service started a new work schedule that will see them on-site i...
May 04, 2026 People make their way across Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Despite repeated wildfire seasons, preparedness gap persists in Saskatchewan
According to a new survey, Saskatchewan residents are heading into another wildfire season with high awareness of smoke risks, but experts say that awareness is not consistently translating into prepa...
May 04, 2026 A giant fireball is seen as a wild fire rips through the forest 16 km south of Fort McMurray, Alta., on Highway 63 on May 7, 2016. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)