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There are lessons to be learned from Canada’s wildfire season and evacuations
WINNIPEG - Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year's wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths o...
Oct 12, 2025
Rainfall warning, snow forecasted for Thanksgiving Day
The Thanksgiving weekend is among the busiest of the year for travel and it appears Mother Nature won't be cooperating.A rainfall warning has been issued by Environment Canada for a big chunk of the p...
Oct 12, 2025
Canadian activists from Gaza-bound flotilla expected home Sunday
After being detained by Israeli forces, activist and doctor Nim Machouf is expected to land in Montreal on Sunday, her husband said.The epidemiologist from Montreal was among several Canadians that ha...
Oct 12, 2025
North Stars blanked 6-0 by the Humboldt Broncos on the road
The second half of a home-and-home series between the Humboldt Broncos (7-4-0-0, 1st in Nutrien division) and Battlefords North Stars (3-3-0-1, 3rd in Nutrien division) ended up in a 6-0 victory for t...
Oct 11, 2025
No survivors in Tennessee explosives factory blast, sheriff says
McEWEN, Tenn. - The blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around left no survivors, authorities said Saturday.The total number of dead was unclear, as was th...
Oct 11, 2025
Stripes of red and white link the Battlefords ahead of Remembrance Day
The Battlefords came together ahead of Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 to honour those whose sacrifices gave meaning to the freedom Canadians cherish - a freedom as precious as it is fragile. The steady rh...
Oct 11, 2025
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," "The Godfather" films and "Father of the Bride," whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, ...
Oct 11, 2025
Storm system forecast to hit parts of Saskatchewan this weekend
The weather in many parts of Saskatchewan will take a drastic turn from warm and sunny on Saturday, with daytime highs in the mid-20C range, to cold, rainy, and snowy on Sunday.Rose Carlsen, meteorolo...
Oct 11, 2025
Two of province’s most wanted criminals in custody: RCMP
Two men on the Saskatchewan RCMP's Most Wanted List are behind bars. Quinton Merasty, 31, and Eldon Cone, 57, are in police custody after an extended time on the run. Merasty had been on the lam since...
Oct 11, 2025
Palestinians return to ruins and U.S. troops land in Israel as ceasefire holds
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their Gaza neighborhoods Saturday, weaving through dust-shrouded streets as bulldozers clawed through the wreckage of tw...
Oct 11, 2025