Category Archives: Newsletter Daily
Canadians gather to watch Artemis II moon launch
Canadians across the country watched the launch of Artemis II with a mix of excitement and nervousness, erupting into loud applause at the sight of the fiery liftoff of the historic moon mission.Gathe...
Apr 01, 2026 NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Century-old artifacts return home to Poundmaker Cree Nation
For decades, they were kept in private hands: a buffalo horn headdress and a carved wooden club, carefully stored, rarely questioned.They were seen as artwork, but would come to be understood as somet...
Apr 01, 2026 From left, Carol (Burdett) Hewitt and Bob Hewitt sit at their home in Victoria, B.C., with the historical artifacts on the day Floyd Favel visited to collect them in February 2026. (Image Credit: Floyd Favel)
OLCN Scouts play underdogs to win inaugural USPHL Premier Alberta Division title
The Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN) Scouts have written themselves into the history books. The Junior A hockey club claimed the first-ever Alberta Division title within the United States Premier Hockey ...
Apr 01, 2026 Players, coaches, and staff of the OLCN Scouts pose for a celebratory photo after winning the USPHL Premier's Alberta Division over the Calgary Bandits at the Cardel South Recreation Centre in Calgary on March 31, 2026. (Image Credit: Onion Lake Scouts Jr. Hockey Club/Facebook)
Two charged after RCMP seize suspected methamphetamine hidden in pizza box
It certainly wasn't the topping police expected to find when they opened a pizza box after a recent traffic stop: meth. On March 28, RCMP conducted a traffic stop in the town of Battleford in relation...
Apr 01, 2026 Suspected methamphetamine found in a pizza box. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
RCMP provide insight into highway shooting near Edmonton
More details have been released about the circumstances that led to an 18-year-old Lloydminster man being charged with second-degree murder, after a fatal shooting on a highway south of Edmonton last ...
Apr 01, 2026 Birinder Singh, 22, is shown in this undated photo. Singh was killed in a highway shooting near Leduc, Alta., on March 14, 2026. (Image Credit: GoFundMe.com/ Punarmeet Singh)
Saskatchewan wildfire season officially begins; experts warn next few weeks of weather are 'critical'
April 1 marks the official start of wildfire season in Saskatchewan, following an unprecedented event last year that saw nearly 3 million hectares of forest burnt and hundreds of homes and other build...
Apr 01, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 206411235 © Nikolay Zirov | Dreamstime.com)
New department to police animal welfare in Saskatchewan
Animal welfare enforcement services are now under the wing of a new organization. The program is being delivered by the Saskatchewan Animal Enforcement Agency (SAEA), following the transition of servi...
Apr 01, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 5843193 © Anthony Aneese Totah Jr Dreamstime.com)
Cook-Searson maintains grip on power after general election
Tammy Cook-Searson will serve another term as the chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. According to the official election results released Wednesday, Cook-Searson earned 2,089 votes out of 3,927 eli...
Apr 01, 2026 Tammy Cook-Searson has been chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band for more than 20 years. (Image Credit: Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Growing need forces North Battleford food bank to reduce size of hampers
The North Battleford food bank is being forced to cut back on the amount of food it provides to clients. That's what NDP MLA Brittney Senger brought up in the legislature this week and during her rece...
Apr 01, 2026 Outside of Battlefords District Food and Resource Center in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/ battlefordsNOW Staff)
Annual Easter egg hunt goes off the grass and into the pool in North Battleford
A line of children gathers at the edge of the wave pool, small bags clutched in their hands.For a moment, everything is still, then the signal comes, and they surge forward, splashing into the water a...
Apr 01, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 12485400 © Arne9001 | Dreamstime.com)