Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Archive Week aims to honour and promote provincial heritage
Events are planned across the province throughout next week as the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists (SCAA) gears up for their annual Archive Week. Celebrated each year during the first...
Feb 01, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 38665787 © Marsia16 | Dreamstime.com)
Sask. MPs say Poilievre unites the party after the highest-ever support at Conservative convention
Conservative MPs said their party is leaving its national convention in Calgary unified after leader Pierre Poilievre received overwhelming support in a leadership review vote."It was just a fantastic...
Jan 31, 2026 Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, delivers his keynote address at the party's national convention in Calgary, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal)
Military conducts first exercises at newly reopened training grounds north of PA
Soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces were embracing the cold and snowy weather on Saturday morning as they took on some winter survival training. Members of The North Saskatchewan Regiment and 38 C...
Jan 31, 2026 Members of the Canadian Armed Forces walk back to their training area during a winter survival training exercise by The North Saskatchewan Regiment and 38 Combat Engineer Regiment at the newly reopened training grounds north of Prince Albert on Jan. 31, 2026. (Image Credit: Logan Lehmann/paNOW)
Province gives update on bridge projects across Saskatchewan
A range of bridge projects are underway across Saskatchewan, with many in the north and central areas. Within the $78 million budget for bridges is $2.7 million for a failed culvert on Highway 3 near ...
Jan 31, 2026 Highway Minister Kim Gartner with a group of stakeholders. (Image Credit: submitted/Sask. Ministry of Highways)
UPDATE: RCMP investigate suspicious death on Waterhen First Nation
UPDATE: As a result of continued investigation, RCMP reported that the Homicide Investigative Unit arrested a man on Jan. 30.24-year-old Skye Lasas from Waterhen First Nation is charged with one count...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW)
Federal settlement reached for Île-à-la-Crosse Residential School survivors
An agreement in the class action lawsuit between le--la-Crosse Residential School survivors and the federal government has been reached. On Thursday, Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Buckley Bela...
Jan 30, 2026 Liberal MP Buckley Belanger speaks with residents of Île-à-la-Crosse earlier this week. (Image Credit: Facebook/Buckley Belanger MP)
Canadian actress Catherine O’Hara dead at 71
Canadian comedy giant Catherine O'Hara, known for over-the-top performances in ``Schitt's Creek'' and ``SCTV'' and a memorable turn as a stressed-out mom determined to reunite with her kid in ``Home A...
Jan 30, 2026 Catherine O'Hara arrives on the red carpet for the TIFF Tribute Awards at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor)
Jim Pattison Developments not proceeding with sale of industrial building in Virginia
Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments will not be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted the site as an Immigration and Customs...
Jan 30, 2026 Jim Pattison. (Image Credit: File photo/The Canadian Press)
Premier Moe: Discovery of alumina near Tisdale of global importance
The discovery of a large amount of alumina - the source mineral for aluminum - near Tisdale, will be a game changer for the community, the province, the country and beyond. Saskatchewan Premier Scott ...
Jan 30, 2026 Canadian Energy Metals announced the discovery of the critical mineral alumina near Tisdale. (Image Credit: Submitted photo/Christopher Hopkins)
‘Searchers’ reveals true stories behind Sask. search and rescue missions
A new TV show is examining the world of search and rescue operations from an Indigenous perspective.Searchers is a new docu-drama series on APTN that immerses viewers in real-life search and rescue mi...
Jan 29, 2026 Searchers season 1 premiered January 7 on APTN. (Image Credit: Bamboo Shoots)