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Melfort runner now halfway to completing world's major marathons

A Melfort woman is one step closer to finishing all the Abbott World Marathon Majors.Robyn Luthi competed in last month's Berlin Marathon after qualifying through a lottery.She finished the race at 3:...

Oct 22, 2022

Meadow Lake's Alger-East shines for NorthWest Stars

There's a familiar name near the top of the Saskatchewan U15 AA scoring charts for hockey fans in the Battlefords and Meadow Lake. U15 NorthWest Stars captain Kash Alger-East sits second in SAAHL scor...

Oct 20, 2022

Fifteen people recognized with bravery awards for risking own life to save others

People from across the province are being recognized as true heroes. Saskatchewan's Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty presented bravery awards- medals and honorary testimonial certificates - from the R...

Oct 14, 2022

Krista Fox recognized after walking across Canada for MMIW

Local advocate Krista Fox, who walked across Canada to raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, was honoured at a special gathering and barbecue lunch in North Battleford Friday. Orga...

Oct 14, 2022

Rise Air adds new aircraft to help meet demand from northern Sask. communities

A northern Saskatchewan airline is continuing to update its fleet to meet the demands of people in remote communities.Rise Air recently purchased an ATR 42-500, a much more modern and reliable plane. ...

Oct 14, 2022

P.A. and North Sask. see no job growth in September, other provincial regions experience loss in positions

Prince Albert and Northern Saskatchewan didn't see any job growth in September; but this wasn't entirely a bad thing.While the region continues to employ around the same amount of people it did in Aug...

Oct 11, 2022

Trudeau condemns deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian cities

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine as the country unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities on Monday, including downtown Kyiv whe...

Oct 10, 2022

Family delighted with huge mushroom find

A young family east of the Battlefords had a big surprise over the past weekend. It wasn't the Great Pumpkin of Charlie Brown mythology, heralding the approach of Halloween.Instead it was a giant puff...

Oct 09, 2022

Lost cat makes an improbable return home, three years later

The cat came back, but it wasn't the very next day.In fact, it took more than three years for a lost cat to make its way back to one Saskatoon woman.When the feline was wandering around a couple's yar...

Oct 09, 2022

Andrea Skinner resigns as Hockey Canada's interim chair

Andrea Skinner has submitted her resignation as the interim chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors.The embattled national sports organization confirmed Skinner's intention to resign both as chair...

Oct 09, 2022