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Unity teen heads to Poland with Team Canada dance team
A lifetime of dedication and training is paying off for 13-year-old Mikaela Hennings.The Unity dancer has earned a spot on Team Canada's hip hop dance team, giving her the opportunity to travel to Pol...
May 28, 2026 13-year-old Mikaela Hennings will join Team Canada in Poland this October. (Image Credit: Noyce Photography/ submitted)
‘Heartbreaking’: Sask. mom says daughter barred from school over diabetes accommodations
Many kids around Saskatchewan are eagerly awaiting the end of the school year and summer holidays, but Kinsley Simmons only wants to be back in the classroom.The seven-year-old student joined her moth...
May 28, 2026 Seven-year-old Kinsley Simmons is being told her school doesn’t feel it can safely accommodate her and her needs for type-1 diabetes, but her mother, Jennifer, doesn’t believe they should have to switch schools. May 21, 2026 (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/CJME)
Cops handed out 2,013 charges, suspensions, tickets and warnings in Sask. during Road Safety Week
More than 2,000 drivers and passengers were charged, suspended, ticketed or warned by police in Saskatchewan during Canada Road Safety Week.According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, police from various agen...
May 28, 2026 Police from various agencies stopped 5,271 vehicles around the province between May 12 and May 18 during the annual traffic blitz. (Image Credit: Brittany Caffet/CKOM)
'What about our men?': North Battleford's first memorial walk to honour missing, murdered Indigenous men and boys
Nearly six years after her 14-year-old grandson was killed, Krista Fox still waits for him to visit her in a dream.On June 6, she hopes a new gathering in North Battleford will help keep his name - an...
May 27, 2026 Blue Jean Jacket Day is observed annually on June 6 to honour and raise awareness for Missing, Murdered, and Exploited Indigenous Men and Boys (MMIMB). The grassroots movement, which serves as a counterpart to Red Dress Day, encourages people to wear denim as a visible vow to seek justice and support affected families (Image Credit: ID 584634 © Joy Prescott | Dreamstime.com)
I Can Games highlight Special Olympics Saskatchewan opportunities in Turtleford
Approximately 200 students from Turtleford and surrounding schools will take part in the 2026 I Can Games in Turtleford, according to a Special Olympics Saskatchewan press release.The event is schedul...
May 27, 2026 (Image Credit: SpecialOlympics.ca)
NB Football prospects reflect on CFC prospects game
The Canadian Football Chat (CFC) Prospects Game aired on TSN on May 25 from Hamilton Stadium in Hamilton, Ont. Two players from North Battleford - defensive tackle Brandyn Schmunk and offensive linema...
May 27, 2026 Brandyn Schmunk (left) and Reed Johnson (right) played in the CFC prospects game in Hamilton among Canada's top football prospects. (Image Credit: Submitted)
McArthur River/Key Lake back to full production after floods
Cameco's McArthur River mine and Key Lake mill in northern Saskatchewan are back at full production after spring flooding disrupted operations earlier this month. The company made the announcement Wed...
May 27, 2026 Cameco said it has found an alternate way to get deliveries in and out of its Key Lake and McArthur River facilities after the collapse of the Smoothstone River Bridge recently. (Image Credit: Submitted)
From a childhood "miracle" to national recognition: Cut Knife artist stitches mermories into art
When Marcella Pedersen was six years old, she sat in quiet amazement watching her great-aunt Ida make lace.The bobbins moved so quickly through her fingers that the child from Cut Knife could barely f...
May 27, 2026 Serenity Blessings, a thread-painted embroidery piece by Cut Knife artist Marcella Pedersen, earned third place at the 2026 Embroidery Association of Canada seminar in Richmond, B.C. The work was entered under the theme Pacific Dreams. (Image Credit: Marcella Pedersen)
RM of Duck Lake reeve frustrated over delay on provincial fire ban as Lobstick fire burns in Nisbet Forest
A local reeve is frustrated the province is not moving quickly enough to impose fire bans in provincial forest land.Rural Municipality of Duck Lake Reeve Remi Martin said the RM has already put a fire...
May 27, 2026 The Lobstick fire's movement near the RM of Duck Lake, prompted the evacuation of several people as a precaution, according to the Reeve. (Image Credit: Submitted)
St. Walburg walk aims to raise awareness for mental health and addictions
Yellow, green and blue ribbons will soon line trees in St. Walburg as part of a community effort to raise awareness about mental health, addiction and suicide prevention."There are two trees that we h...
May 27, 2026 (Image Credit: Town of St. Walburg/ Facebook)