Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Founding director reflects on 50 years of TeleMiracle
This weekend, Kinsmen TeleMiracle is celebrating its 50th anniversary.Former Prince Albert mayor and radio station general manager Jim Scarrow helped co-host the first telethon back in 1976, and also ...
Feb 27, 2026 A picture taken from Telemiracle 1. Among those on stage were former Prince Albert mayor and radio station general manager Jim Scarrow, and former 900 CKBI morning host Jack Cennon. (Image Credit: Submitted/ Jim Scarrow)
Over $6M illegal tobacco bust leads to charges in Lloydminster
A Calgary man is facing multiple charges after Lloydminster RCMP seized millions of dollars worth of illegal tobacco during a traffic stop last weekend.Mounties said officers stopped a semi-truck with...
Feb 26, 2026 RCMP determined the trailer contained 24 pallets, with an estimated 48,000 cartons of contraband, containing an approximately 7,200,000 unstamped cigarettes. (Image Credit: Submitted/Alberta RCMP)
Denare Beach mayor passes away after almost 30 years in office
If there is one thing Carl Lentowicz knew, it was how to follow through on a commitment. Lentowicz spent 28 years as the mayor of Denare Beach. He passed away on Sunday at the age of 86, while still p...
Feb 26, 2026 Carl Lentowizc was elected Mayor of Denare Beach in 1997. He was still mayor when he passed away on Feb. 22 at age 86. (Image Credit: submitted/Crystal Banting)
'More afraid': Girl set on fire at Saskatoon school tells court how life has changed
A teen who was set on fire by another student at a Saskatoon high school says she's recovering but no longer wants to talk to people."I'm alive. I'm left-handed now," the 16-year-old wrote in a victim...
Feb 26, 2026 Evan Hardy Collegiate, a high school where an assault and fire had taken place in Saskatoon, is shown on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards)
Cook-Searson announces LLRIB re-election campaign
Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson will be seeking re-election after all. She made the surprise announcement on Thursday after previously informing membership in December 2025 s...
Feb 26, 2026 Chief Tammy Cook-Searson believes there's still work for her to do. (Image Credit: Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Parenting in the Storm: couple turns addiction and loss into province-wide parenting workshop
Families can recover. That's the message Daniel Hearn and Donna Gilchrist spread during their province-wide Parenting in the Storm workshop that helps to improve communication between co-parents. The ...
Feb 26, 2026 Daniel Hearn and Donna Gilchrist at Denare Beach for a Parenting in the Storm workshop. (Image Credit: Daniel Unmanageable/ Facebook)
Snow squall watch in effect; March not coming in like a lion this year
Brief but intense bands of snow are expected this evening over west central Saskatchewan. Snow squall bands will develop later this evening and track southeastward over Lloydminster, Kindersley, Battl...
Feb 26, 2026 Winter weather changes on a dime in Saskatchewan. (Image Credit: Cam Lee/northeastNOW)
Sentencing set for Lloydminster man guilty of sexual interference involving 14-year-old girl
A Lloydminster man has been found guilty of sexual interference involving a 14-year-old girl following a trial in provincial court.Tristan Lewis, 21, was convicted Tuesday in Lloydminster Provincial C...
Feb 26, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/battlefordsNOW)
Saskatoon teen to be sentenced for setting fellow student on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate
Sentencing submissions will be heard at Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench on Thursday in the case of a 16-year-old girl who admitted to attempted murder after she lit a fellow student on fire in Septe...
Feb 26, 2026 Tributes displayed outside Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon in the aftermath of an attack on a student on Sept. 5, 2024. (Image Credit: CKOM/File Photo)
Sask. looking to bolster and expand trade on mission to India
Premier Scott Moe is keeping his eyes locked on trade as he prepares to head to India on a week-long mission. He'll leave on Saturday and return the following Friday.To mark this trip as a success, Mo...
Feb 26, 2026 Premier Scott Moe will head to India for a week-long trade mission on Saturday, joining up with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mission for a few days in Mumbai and New Delhi. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/CJME)