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Miracle Treat Day returns to support Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation
Once again ice cream is on the menu along with a chance to support the most significant needs at Saskatchewan's Children's Hospital.Aug. 10 marks the 21st Miracle Treat Day for DQ restaurants, with pr...
Aug 10, 2023

Police using social media accounts as Meta begins blocking news for Canadians
Police services across Canada are grappling with how they will relay emergency information, including breaking news and details of missing persons, once Meta begins permanently removing news from its ...
Aug 09, 2023

Former Saskatchewan RCMP boss warned officers to watch opinions after Stanley verdict
The RCMP braced for backlash across rural Saskatchewan and kept a close eye on Indigenous groups after the not guilty verdict of a farmer charged in the death of Colten Boushie, emails show. The forme...
Aug 08, 2023

Expert says warm, dry conditions to blame for huge grasshopper population
Grasshoppers have been a menace across Saskatchewan this summer.They've been destroying crops, bouncing around yards and hanging off screen doors.James Tansey, the Ministry of Agriculture's provincial...
Aug 08, 2023

Scouts, including hundreds of Canadians, to evacuate Korea jamboree ahead of storm
South Korean officials say they will evacuate tens of thousands of scouts, including hundreds of Canadians, from an international scouting jamboree along the country's western coast before the expecte...
Aug 07, 2023

Saskatchewan centre to have dedicated door, space for mental health patients
Inside a new health centre in Saskatchewan's capital will be a space solely for people urgently requiring psychological help.And, from the outside, it can be accessed through a dedicated door. It's wh...
Aug 07, 2023

Liberals lag on invitation to join global group that crafts vaccines for world's poor
The federal Liberal government has spent three years deliberating on an invitation to join a global body that designs vaccinations to protect the world's poorest from preventable diseases.Documents re...
Aug 06, 2023
Canada suspending direct aid to Niger's government after military coup
Ottawa has announced it will stop providing financial assistance to Niger's government in the wake of a military coup in the West African country.Leaders of the military junta are facing a Sunday dead...
Aug 06, 2023
Guatemala-based group extends hand on First Nations' residential school searches
OTTAWA - A Guatemala-based forensic anthropology organization is extending its hand to Indigenous Peoples in Canada looking to potentially recover remains of children on the grounds of former resident...
Aug 05, 2023

'Something's changed': Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say
Earlier this summer, two Canadians walked into a party in rural Germany."Canadians?" joked the host. "I thought you'd smell more like smoke."It's been that kind of season. Floods, drought, warm waters...
Aug 05, 2023