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When daycare kids outgrow their room under $10-a-day child care, what happens next?
Questions over how Saskatchewan's $10-a-day childcare funding model handles children moving between age groups are raising concerns among daycare operators already struggling with long wait-lists.For ...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Storied career of Donny Parenteau garners Sask. Order of Merit
For Donny Parenteau, there wasn't much of a learning curve when he first picked up the fiddle. Beginners typically take around six months to get the basics down. A young Parenteau, in high school, was...
May 19, 2026 Donny Parenteau is one of nine individuals who will receive a Saskatchewan Order of Merit during a ceremony in Regina on June 2. (Image Credit: submitted/Donny Parenteau)
Lloydminster apprentices to benefit from new cross-border training agreement
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta to introduce cross-border apprenticeship registration. This will support Saskatchewan-based heav...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 149288478 © Welcomia | Dreamstime.com)
'It was always the Dekker Centre': local big band singer set for first hometown concert
The first time Keegan Issac walked into the Dekker Centre, he was a child sitting quietly beneath the theatre lights, staring toward a stage that felt impossibly far away."The Dekker Centre was built ...
May 19, 2026 Keegan Issac is set to hold his first hometown concert with his band, the Itsy Bitsy Big Band, on June 5 at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Photo by Jeremy LeClair, submitted by Keegan Issac)
SJHL draft to be held on June 9
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) has announced that the 11th annual draft will be held on June 9 at 1 p.m. The draft will involve two rounds of 2011-born player selections, and six rounds ...
May 19, 2026 The SJHL draft will be streamed live on the SJHL website, YouTube, and social media platforms. (Image Credit: sjhl.ca)
Federal defence minister says Snowbirds will be grounded as aging aircraft replaced
Canada's defence minister says 2026 will mark the final season for the Snowbirds before the air demonstration team's aging aircraft are replaced.David McGuinty made the announcement during a visit to ...
May 19, 2026 The Canadian Forces Snowbirds taxi before rehearsing at the Aero Gatineau Ottawa airshow in Gatineau, Que., Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle)
Inflation rises to 2.8% in April thanks to higher gas prices: StatCan
Higher gas prices driven mainly by the war in Iran pushed the annual rate of inflation up to 2.8 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said Tuesday - the fastest pace of price hikes in almost two years...
May 19, 2026 Diesel prices are seen at a gas station in Montreal on Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov)
Missing teen found deceased near Pelican Narrows
Saskatchewan RCMP's Homicide Investigation Unit is investigating the death of a missing Ontario teenager after human remains discovered near Pelican Narrows were identified as 16-year-old Jay'siiah We...
May 18, 2026 (Image Credit: submitted/RCMP)
Runny nose? Itchy? Experts say seasonal allergies worsening due to increase in pollen
A group of Canadian researchers says the amount of powdery pollen released by plants during their reproduction process has gone up across Canada in recent years and is exacerbating allergies from hay ...
May 18, 2026 A small girl rides her bike along a small river as pollen falls down from the trees in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Riders to meet Stampeders to kick off CFL pre-season
It's a chance for players to show what they can do when another team lines up across from them.The Saskatchewan Roughriders are in Calgary to take on the Stampeders in the first CFL pre-season game of...
May 18, 2026 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Jack Coan will start the team's first pre-season game of 2026. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Roughriders)