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What's happening for Canada Day in your communities
From sunrise pancake breakfasts to fireworks after dark, communities across Saskatchewan are preparing to celebrate Canada Day on Wednesday, July 1, with a full day of family activities, live entertai...
Jun 28, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 3579727 © Vladimir Mucibabic | Dreamstime.com)

STF warns of teacher shortage and burnout despite classroom gains
The final bell may have signalled the end of the school year, but for Saskatchewan teachers the pressures of the classroom aren't packing up for summer.Samantha Becotte, President of the Saskatchewan ...
Jun 28, 2026 President of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, Samantha Becotte, said there is a planned outline of priorities that will be discussed at the upcoming provincial bargaining. (Image Credit: ID 144595431 © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com)

No injuries but Hibernia oil spill posed threat of deadly blast and fire: regulator
ST. JOHN'S - The agency that oversees Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore energy sector says a recent oil spill and gas leak aboard the Hibernia oil platform could have caused a deadly explosion and ...
Jun 28, 2026 A tug positions itself near the base of the Hibernia platform in Bull Arm, N.L., Thursday, May 22, 1997. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

Fans ready to rally as Canada takes on South Africa in FIFA World Cup knockout stage
Canadian soccer fans will rally behind their team today as the nation heads into its first FIFA World Cup knockout stage match, taking on South Africa in a highly anticipated showdown.Canada will face...
Jun 28, 2026 Canada fans march to B.C. Place stadium before Canada and Switzerland play a World Cup Group B soccer match, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacob Mallari)

A frightened young emu escaped a farm in Luseland. Now its owner is racing to bring it home
Kim Sheppard-Lee watched the young emu squeeze through a small gap in a fence the Wednesday before last and disappear across an alfalfa field just hours after it arrived at her hobby farm in Luseland....
Jun 27, 2026 The juvenile emu that escaped from a farm near Luseland is shown in this photo. (Image Credit: Kim Lee/ Facebook)

USask researchers discover new, fifth way human bones regenerate
Our bodies completely overhaul our bones every seven to 10 years, breaking down old or damaged bone tissue and replacing it with new bone, and for decades global medical experts have operating under t...
Jun 27, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 164115647 © Fizkes | Dreamstime.com)

Special water ceremony at Manitou Lake immerses participants in healing
A special water ceremony, held the day after Summer Solstice, immersed participants in their earliest experiences as human beings."It's about being carried again. To teach your spirit to feel safe ins...
Jun 27, 2026 Daphie Pooyak's water meditation and teaching at Big Manitou Lake in 2023. (Image Credit: Submitted/Lisa Bains)

Photo speed enforcement hits speed bump in Saskatchewan
It appears that some - or possibly all - of the speed camera boxes in Saskatchewan are currently sitting empty.Redflex Traffic Systems, operating as Verra Mobility Systems, was the vendor for the prov...
Jun 27, 2026 SGI launched a pilot program for photo speed enforcement in Saskatchewan in 2014, with the provincial government announcing in 2018 that it would be made permanent. (Image Credit: 980 CJME)

Why more newcomers are choosing to build their lives in the Battlefords
More than 10,000 visits from countries including China, Singapore and Germany showed up in North Battleford's website analytics last year - an unexpected finding in the city's 2025 annual report that ...
Jun 27, 2026 City of North Battleford finance supervisor Bankole Lumor, left, and director of finance Margarita Pena pose outside City Hall in North Battleford on June 25, 2026, after speaking with battlefordsNOW about their experiences as immigrants building careers and lives in the Battlefords. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW)

Canada’s first offshore wind farms move closer to reality as regulator clears bidders
HALIFAX - Development of Canada's first offshore wind farms took a significant step forward late Friday when Nova Scotia's offshore energy regulator released the names of companies qualified to bid on...
Jun 27, 2026 Turbines are visible at Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm that is under construction off the coast of Montauk Point, New York, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)