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Clean water settlement cheques start flowing into Montreal Lake Cree Nation

Members of Montreal Lake Cree Nation have begun receiving federal payments as part of the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Class Action Settlement Agreement. The settlement agreement was approved...

Sep 05, 2025

North Battleford eyes policy to let city staff double as firefighters

Facing a shortage of paid-on-call firefighters, the City of North Battleford is turning to its own workforce as a possible fix.City council will vote Monday, Sept. 8, on a proposal that would let 'out...

Sep 05, 2025

'Heartbroken and sickened': Church fire on Thunderchild First Nation draws MPs' warning over hate crimes

RCMP are investigating a church fire on Thunderchild First Nation, northwest of North Battleford, that two Saskatchewan MPs say reflects a rise in hate crimes against places of worship.Turtleford RCMP...

Sep 05, 2025

Two people, including self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada,’ facing charges after RCMP raid in Richmound

The woman who styles herself the "Queen of Canada" is one of two people facing charges after the RCMP made a number of arrests on Wednesday at the disused school in Richmound, Sask. that had become th...

Sep 05, 2025

Canada boosting Sask. efforts to get Beijing to scrap canola tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said he is sending his parliamentary secretary to China to join Saskatchewan's efforts to get Beijing to scrap its canola tariffs and address other "trade irritants...

Sep 04, 2025

RCMP: Man with nation-wide warrant has connections to North Battleford

Alberta RCMP are seeking public assistance in locating 41-year-old Christian Nyabirungu, who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. Nyabirungu is wanted for first-degree murder, kidnapping, and aggravate...

Sep 04, 2025

Former North Battleford councillor gets 24-month suspended sentence in assault case

After pleading guilty to assault, former city councillor Ross MacAngus was given a 24-month suspended sentence and probation Thursday in the North Battleford provincial court. MacAngus admitted to gra...

Sep 04, 2025

Saskatchewan harvest continues to lag behind five year average

The hot weather allowed farmers in Saskatchewan to make headway with the 2025 harvest. The crop report for the week of Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 showed provincial progress at 23 per cent, up from 11 per cent...

Sep 04, 2025

Sask. man faces 16 charges after Lloydminster RCMP traffic stop bust

A RCMP traffic stop in Lloydminster led to the seizure of drugs, firearms and other weapons, and resulted in 16 charges against a Saskatchewan man.Police said they were called around 6:30 a.m. Wednesd...

Sep 04, 2025

Communities 'can't keep up with the grieving,' Sask. NDP says, as province notes drug deaths declining

The province's drug crisis is claiming lives at an alarming rate, and the government has failed to respond with the urgency the situation demands, Saskatchewan's NDP critic for mental health and addic...

Sep 04, 2025