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Fatal collisions rising in Saskatchewan as RCMP investigator sees same preventable mistakes
Saskatchewan is on pace for its deadliest year on the roads in nearly a decade, and an RCMP collision investigator says many of the deaths he's seeing could have been prevented.Cpl. Robert Topping has...
Aug 18, 2026 The scene from a recent crash just north of Saskatoon where two people were sent to hospital. Nobody was killed in this accident. (Image Credit: paNOW Staff/Nigel Maxwell)
Sniper rifles, ballistic helmets on provincial wish list for Sask. marshals
The Government of Saskatchewan and its Ministry of Community Safety is requesting bids to supply specialized police equipment to its Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS).On the SaskTenders website, the...
Aug 18, 2026 Night vision goggles is one item on the provincial tender, along with sniper rifles and accessories, a thermal camera, ballistic helmets and shields and a sound cannon. (Image Credit: lubo.ivankoDepositphotos.com)
Sask. businesses brace for U.S. tariffs as Wednesday deadline approaches
Murray Hannigan is expecting to feel the sting of tariffs from the United States."This new layer of potential tariffs is very concerning," he said. "It just makes us want to look for other alternative...
Aug 18, 2026 Murray Hannigan owns and operates Hannigan Honey in Shellbrook, a business that was started by his father Albert in the 1940s. (Image Credit: Brittany Caffet/CKOM)
Deadline looms as Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs set to take effect
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat on $28 billion worth of Canadian goods is set to take effect just after midnight.A spokesperson from the Prime Minister's Office confirmed P...
Aug 18, 2026 Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump speak at a working luncheon during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov)
Lloydminster debt projected to top $100M as major infrastructure spending continues
Lloydminster's debt could top $100 million by the end of the year as the city finances major infrastructure projects, with more borrowing potentially on the horizon as it develops a 10-year capital pl...
Aug 18, 2026 The Cenovus Energy Hub in Lloydminster is among the major infrastructure projects contributing to the city’s borrowing, with a $30.4-million loan disbursement taken for the project earlier this year. Lloydminster projects its total outstanding debt could reach about $102.5 million by the end of 2026. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW staff)
Pair of former Sharks represent Sask at the National Ball Hockey Championships
Two players from the Battlefords Sharks swapped skates for running shoes earlier last week.Former Sharks Sarah McNabb and Ayden Kehrig were in Calgary for the national ball hockey championships with t...
Aug 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Sask Sabers Ball Hockey Club/Facebook)
Chuckwagon champ weighs in on why his sport is so popular in Meadow Lake
Meadow Lake's Colby Stanley is fresh off securing his second straight Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association championship, a title he said was made sweeter by winning close to home. Stanley, who...
Aug 17, 2026 Meadow Lake's Colby Stanley is the CPCA champion for the second year in a row. (Image Credit: submitted/7th Gen Productions)
Cirque de France bringing European-style circus to North Battleford
There are few places where audiences can watch aerial performers overhead, acrobats on stage and motorcycles flying through the same tent, but North Battleford will soon be one of them.Geoffrey Berhau...
Aug 17, 2026 Cirque de France will be in North Battleford from Aug. 27 to 30. (Image Credit: Geoffrey Berhault/submitted)
Necropsy confirms euthanized bear killed couple at McTavish Lake
A necropsy on a bear that was euthanized after being caught in northern Saskatchewan near the spot a couple was recently killed, has confirmed the bear was indeed the animal involved. The provincial g...
Aug 17, 2026 A bear walks through Prince Albert National Park near Waskesiu in 2022. (Image Credit: Submitted/Curtis Matwishyn)
JSCN members embark on four day Unity Ride and Lance Run
Members of James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) are going the distance this week to honour the anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6.A Unity Ride and Lance Run is slowing making its way to Fort Carlton wit...
Aug 17, 2026 Screen shot of a drone recording of the Unity Ride and Lance Run embarking on their journey on Monday. (Image Credit: Submitted/Office of the Treaty Commissioner)