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Battlefords RCMP teach road safety during youth bike rodeo
Battlefords RCMP are helping young riders stay safe during Bicycle Safety Week from May 10 to 16. Throughout the week, Grade 3 students in the Battlefords region will take part in the annual youth bik...
May 11, 2026 Bicycle Safety Week takes place from May 10 to 16. (Image Credit: ID 22095492 © Mathayward | Dreamstime.com)
Canadians on ship at centre of hantavirus outbreak land in Canada
Four Canadians who disembarked the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak landed Sunday in B.C., where they will continue their quarantine.Online plane tracking platform FlightAware...
May 11, 2026 Passengers board a plane bound for Canada, after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
Cameco halts production at Key Lake mill as bridge collapse impedes supply route
Uranium mining giant Cameco says it has halted production at its Key Lake mill and slowed activity at its McArthur River mine after a bridge collapse on Highway 165 impeded an essential supply route.T...
May 11, 2026 A worker drives a forklift at Cameco’s uranium milling operation in Key Lake, Saskatchewan. Cameco says production at the mill has been paused after flooding caused the collapse of a bridge along the site's primary supply route. (Image Credit: submitted photo/Cameco)
Birdwatchers flock to Saskatchewan for rare species and prairie skies
Birdwatching may sound like a quiet pastime, but in Saskatchewan, it has become a growing tourism draw that attracts visitors from around the world.From snowy owls on winter fence posts to the rare wh...
May 10, 2026 A Sharp-tailed Grouse dancing. The photo was taken by Boyd Coburn, a volunteer who leads bird photography tours and photography workshops for Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours/Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation. (Image Credit: Boyd Coburn via Stan Shadick/submitted)
Saskatchewan flooding: Highway to Île-à-la-Crosse reopens after culvert repair
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways has completed repairs to Highway 908 after the primary access in and out of le--la-Crosse was closed due to flooding on Friday.The road closure east of Highway 15...
May 10, 2026 The Ministry of Highways working to repair highway 908 near Île-à-la-Crosse on May 8, 2026. (Image Credit: Northern Village of Île-à-la-Crosse/Facebook)
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon reflects on five years of Indigenous diplomacy and reconciliation
OTTAWA - Nunavik, where Gov. Gen. Mary Simon grew up, is a long way from Ottawa and farther still from Buckingham Palace.That never stopped her mother Nancy May, a unilingual Inuk, from keeping a phot...
May 10, 2026 Governor General Mary Simon poses for a portrait at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
North Battleford set to finalize 2026 property tax rates, levies
North Battleford city council is set to consider final approval of a 3.419 per cent municipal tax increase next week, with higher recreation levies and updated mill rates affecting homeowners and busi...
May 10, 2026 City of North Battleford's council chamber at the Don Ross Centre. (Image Credit: File photo/battlefordsNOW)
Manslaughter charge laid after young woman's death at Turnor Lake
In connection to a young woman's death on Friday at Turnor Lake, a 25-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter.Darian Montgrand, 25, is scheduled to appear Monday at Meadow Lake Provincial Cour...
May 09, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/ meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Person dies after being hit by plane that was taking off at Denver airport
A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said. The collision sparked an en...
May 09, 2026 Frontier Airlines jetliner number n646fr sits outside the airlines technical operations center with other jetliners in for service north of Denver International Airport Saturday, May 9, 2026, in Denver. (Image Credit: AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Prime Minister Mark Carney touts Canadian values in speech at global progress summit
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to build new institutions and reimagine old ones as an antidote to the anxieties that people and governments are grappling with in the modern age.Carney ma...
May 09, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the 2026 Global Progress Action Summit in Toronto, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan)