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Canadian Challenge 10-dog race underway
The main event in the Canadian Challenge Dog Sled Race is underway. There are 11 teams competing in the 10-dog, 322-kilometer race, which started at 10 a.m. in La Ronge on Tuesday. Each team left the ...
Feb 17, 2026 The majority of the teams competing are from Canada. (Image Credit: Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Canada strikes gold again in women’s team pursuit, climbs to 12 medals at Olympics
Canada's speedskaters have won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit at the Milan Cortina Olympics.Defending champions Valrie Maltais, Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann defeated the Netherlands...
Feb 17, 2026 Canada's Ivanie Blondin, white armband, Valerie Maltais, red armband, Isabelle Weidemann, yellow armband, react after winning the gold medal final of the women's team pursuit speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
Heavy snowfall warning brings winter back to Saskatchewan
The forecast confidence is 'high' and so is the impact level, as parts of Saskatchewan brace for a huge dump of snow.Environment Canada issued a severe snowfall warning for Meadow Lake southeastward t...
Feb 17, 2026 The area in orange is under a severe snowfall warning with up to 35 cm of snow expected between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday night. (Image Credit: Screenshot/weather.gc.ca)
Nearly 500 robot-assisted surgeries performed in Saskatchewan over the past year
Robots are having a big impact on surgeries in Saskatchewan.A fourth robot-assisted surgical system is up and running at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital. Two other surgical robotic systems are l...
Feb 17, 2026 Over the past year, the ministry said 496 robot-assisted surgical procedures have been performed in Saskatchewan, with 438 taking place in Saskatoon and 58 in Regina. That number stands to grow, with a fourth robotic surgical system now up and running in the province. (Image Credit: File photo/CKOM)
Man faces 76 charges after string of break-ins across Saskatchewan
An arrest has been made after a string of robberies across the province. Saskatchewan RCMP's South District Investigative Team, along with RCMP analysts, have charged a man following break-ins spannin...
Feb 17, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/northeastNOW)
Here’s what we know about the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting investigation
TUMBLER RIDGE - The investigation into last week's shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that claimed nine lives has moved into a new phase after police cleared the two crime scenes.While police say the o...
Feb 16, 2026 A police investigator leaves the home where two bodies were found in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Artist aiming to revitalize Métis rug hooking in a year-long project
The little-known, seldom practiced Mtis tradition of making hooked rugs is being revitalized in a major way at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) in ReginaOver the next many months, Mtis Elder and ar...
Feb 16, 2026 Margaret Harrison (second from right) at one of her rug hooking workshops at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. (Image Credit: Royal Saskatchewan Museum)
How students in La Loche returned after mass shooting
A northern Saskatchewan high school that was the site of a deadly shooting a decade ago closed for weeks before students returned to class.Jason Young with the Northern Lights School Division says tim...
Feb 15, 2026 Four people were killed and seven others were hurt in 2016, when a 17-year-old boy went on a shooting spree in La Loche. He shot two of his cousins at a home and then proceeded to the La Loche Community School where he continued to fire. (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)
Tumbler Ridge students won’t ‘return to current school site’ after mass shooting
A teacher who helped to protect his students at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School when a killer began shooting says he never felt alone and knew all the staff were doing their best to shelter and protect...
Feb 14, 2026 Police began putting tape out near the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and surrounding buildings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (Image Credit: Jesse Boily/The Canadian Press)
Saskatchewan Air Ambulance celebrates eight decades of service
Saskatchewan Air Ambulance is celebrating 80 years of providing critical care air transport to the province.The provincial service is the oldest "formally organized, non-military air medical transport...
Feb 14, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW)