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Saskatchewan flooding: Highway to Île-à-la-Crosse reopens after culvert repair
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways has completed repairs to Highway 908 after the primary access in and out of le--la-Crosse was closed due to flooding on Friday.The road closure east of Highway 15...
May 10, 2026 The Ministry of Highways working to repair highway 908 near Île-à-la-Crosse on May 8, 2026. (Image Credit: Northern Village of Île-à-la-Crosse/Facebook)
Person dies after being hit by plane that was taking off at Denver airport
A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said. The collision sparked an en...
May 09, 2026 Frontier Airlines jetliner number n646fr sits outside the airlines technical operations center with other jetliners in for service north of Denver International Airport Saturday, May 9, 2026, in Denver. (Image Credit: AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Prime Minister Mark Carney touts Canadian values in speech at global progress summit
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to build new institutions and reimagine old ones as an antidote to the anxieties that people and governments are grappling with in the modern age.Carney ma...
May 09, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the 2026 Global Progress Action Summit in Toronto, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan)
Experts understand anxiety about hantavirus, but say it's unlikely to be next pandemic
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Allison McGeer has lived and worked through SARS-1 in 2003, the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 and the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020.With the trauma of the COVID ...
May 09, 2026 A worker prepares the area where passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
WorkSafe Saskatchewan drops Mission Zero branding
Mission Zero may be ending, but Saskatchewan officials say the mission behind it is far from complete.WorkSafe Saskatchewan unveiled a new strategic framework Wednesday aimed at reducing serious workp...
May 09, 2026 Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Ken Cheveldayoff poses with WorkSafe Bob during Wednesday’s WorkSafe Saskatchewan announcement in Regina. (Image Credit: Jacob Bamhour/980 CJME)
Three local prospects drafted to the WHL
Meadow Lake and Battleford were well represented during the WHL Prospects Draft earlier this week with three local players being picked up.Kacy Turberfield - Meadow Lake Turberfield was taken in the f...
May 08, 2026 L-R: Kai Genereaux, Kacy Turberfield, Alex Kowalyk represent Battleford and Meadow Lake as they get drafted to the WHL. (Image Credit: neutralzone.com / puckpreps.com / North East Wolfpack U15 AA)
Opposition demands action after historical flooding washes out roads across the province
Saskatchewan's provincial opposition is calling for urgent action by the Saskatchewan Party government, after multiple roads were washed out amid rising water levels and flooding concerns during the c...
May 08, 2026 Erika Ritchie, shadow minister for government relations, said urgent action is needed. (Image Credit: Susan McNeil/paNOW)
Big Island Lake Cree Nation youth takes centre stage in Toronto
On Big Island Lake Cree Nation, community members still talk about the first group of students who came home from an Outside Looking In (OLI) dance performance. "It was like something shifted in my co...
May 08, 2026 A past OLI dance performance. (Image Credit: OLI/submitted)
Fishing season opens in Southern Management Zone as snowmelt delays Northern, Central areas
While many people in Northern Saskatchewan are waiting for the snow and ice to melt off of the lakes, others in the southern parts of the province are getting to enjoy some of the first days of the fi...
May 08, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 5962629 © Matthew Mill | Dreamstime.com)
Federal defence minister to declare future of Snowbirds in Moose Jaw later this month
The federal defence minister will travel to Moose Jaw to give an update on the future of the Snowbirds later this month.The opposition Conservatives accused the Liberal government of plans to try and ...
May 08, 2026 The federal defence minister will visit Moose Jaw on May 19, 2026 for an update on the Snowbirds. (Image Credit: Gillian Massie/CJME)