"The dogs go in and out, they play, they bark, they howl, I didn't sleep," said Karlee Mazuren after completing this year's jailbreak fundraiser. Last week, Meadow Lake and District Humane Society hosted their annual fundraiser, hoping to raise $3,000. To the shelters' surprise, they surpassed their goal on t...

Snowmobile registration fees are rising to better support clubs facing higher operating expenses. The Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association (SSA) collects the money from each registered snowmobile, then distributes 80 per cent of it to each club once a year. Previously, riders paid $110 per snowmobile; now they will pay ...

Having witnessed sacred belongings return to their homelands and taken part in national conversations in Ottawa, a Saskatchewan First Nation chief says he senses the federal government opening its doors a little wider to First Nations voices.Flying Dust First Nation Chief Tyson Bear was in Montreal on Dec. 6 when 62 lo...

"If we get the snow, riders can look forward to beautifully groomed trails," said Kelly Schmidt, president of the Northern Lights Snowmobile Association in Meadow Lake. The association's trail team has been busy over the past few weeks getting everything ready for this season, now the wait for snow is on. Sch...

RCMP have charged a 38-year-old Lloydminster man after officers seized multiple firearms during a search warrant connected to threats of violence toward identifiable groups.Police say members of the Lloydminster Crime Reduction Unit executed the warrant at a home on Dec. 2 as part of an ongoing investigation. Officers ...

Snowmobile registration fees are rising to better support clubs facing higher operating expenses. The Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association (SSA) collects the money from each registered snowmobile, then distributes 80 per cent of it to each club once a year. Previously, riders paid $110 per snowmobile; now they will pay ...

At the tail end of fall, a goose that did not head south with the rest of its flock was recently rescued from the banks of the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert. The goose was posted on a local social media page after people noticed it remaining there for several weeks but is now healing in a wildlife rehabilit...

Parts of Saskatchewan are being hit by freezing rain, strong winds and a dump of snow, creating difficult driving conditions and leaving some highways closed.Environment Canada issued a range of weather warnings across southern and central Saskatchewan early on Tuesday morning, as a blast of winter weather arrives in t...

A weather system blowing through the province will bring some freezing rain, snow, and windy conditions to parts of the province. Because of that, most areas are under a Special Weather Statement from Environment and Climate Change Canada. Meteorologist James Colangelo told northeastNOW a low-pressure system in Alberta...

Two men from Calgary, both age 21, are facing a number of criminal charges after Meadow Lake's Crime Reduction Team and the Dillon RCMP detachment found a half a kilogram of cocaine, a large sum of cash, a hand gun and multiple cellphones in a home. Officers executed a search warrant a home on the Buffalo River Dene Na...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they have used the Charter's notwithstanding clause. Members...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... U.S. not meddling in Canadian politics: Hoekstra U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns that America's new national security strategy coul...

VANCOUVER - A confidential document that is used by police to assess risk in intimate partner violence cases lists a range of considerations to help determine if a suspect should be held in custody, should legal justification exist. Have they engaged i...

OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns that America's new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting politically aligned parties in Canada. While Hoekstra says he doesn't see the U.S. getting in...

OTTAWA - Half of Canadians are in favour of building a new bitumen pipeline between Alberta and B.C., while fewer than one in five outright oppose it, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was conducted online and can't be assigned a margin of err...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to announce today its last interest rate decision of the year. In its most recent decision in October, the central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 2.25 per cent. Market data shows most e...

A'ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again in 2025, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons. For that, she earned The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year on W...

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will miss the ceremony to award her the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said. Machado last appeared in ...

MIAMI (AP) - Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last elec...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally stabbing and beating a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a th...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - At least one student was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting near a residence hall at Kentucky State University on Tuesday, and a suspect was in custody, officials said. Police in ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old youth killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in the U.S. The settlement exceeds the $27 m...