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Officer charged following SIRT investigation into Maidstone-area death
An officer from the Maidstone RCMP detachment has been charged with breach of trust following an investigation by the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT). The officer, identified by RCMP as Const. K...
Nov 14, 2025
Health-care officials disappointed with measles re-emergence in Canada
On Monday, Canada lost its measles elimination status, which it had previously held since 1998.It's a development in Canada that has many health-care professionals disappointed.Dr. Joseph Blondeau, he...
Nov 14, 2025
Canwood’s grain elevator to display Grey Cup
Blue Jays fans in Saskatchewan may have heard about the World Series games projected onto the side of Canwood's grain elevator, and now the man behind those projections is bringing his equipment back....
Nov 14, 2025
Battlefords Barons U18A hockey team wins home tournament
For the third time in four years, the Battlefords Barons U18A hockey team has won their home tournament after taking down the Saskatoon Aces 5-4 in the finals. In the first game, the Barons played aga...
Nov 13, 2025
'It's a tight budget': North Battleford's 2026 property tax hike proposed at nearly 3.2 per cent
North Battleford residents are being asked to shoulder a series of tax and utility increases next year as the city confronts rising capital costs and aging infrastructure that administration says can ...
Nov 13, 2025
Riders’ Ajou Ajou ready if needed for 112th Grey Cup
Saskatchewan Roughriders' wide receivers are used to going up in the air and coming down with a spectacular catch.But ahead of the 112th Grey Cup, it's the status of a couple that remains up in the ai...
Nov 13, 2025
Battleford businesses prepare for Grey Cup Sunday
For those not going to Winnipeg for the Grey Cup this weekend, there are plenty of Rider fan experiences to take advantage of within the Battlefords area. Since it's been over a decade since the Saska...
Nov 13, 2025
Getting to know Battlefords North Stars defenceman Linken Fisher
Battlefords North Stars blueliner Linken Fisher was born in Calgary and grew up in Spiritwood, Sask., but he has spent a lot of his life in the Battlefords. Fisher is currently in his second full seas...
Nov 13, 2025
SIRT report clears RCMP of any wrong doing after fatal shooting at Red Earth Cree Nation
An investigation by the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has concluded there are no grounds to believe an offence was committed by an RCMP officer when he fired several shots at a ma...
Nov 13, 2025
Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation building grocery store
Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation is embarking on a new venture with the construction of its own grocery store.Chief Edwin Ananas and council made the announcement Thursday morning at the site of the ...
Nov 13, 2025