Category Archives: Saskatchewan
‘Left to burn’: Saskatchewan family calls for answers after East Trout Lake wildfire
A Saskatchewan family is demanding accountability after the Shoe fire destroyed their East Trout Lake Cabin, along with decades of memories and the ashes of their loved ones.Nic and Doug Swiderski sai...
Jun 26, 2025

Wildfire crisis exposes flaws in public alerting landscape
As a lull sets in from the early and rampant fire season in Saskatchewan, questions are surfacing about the effectiveness and use of the province's emergency alert system.One of the issues came up ear...
Jun 26, 2025

Lloydminster to spend $150K planning housing solutions for residents
Lloydminster city council has approved a $150,000 plan to help bring emergency, transitional, social and affordable housing projects to a shovel-ready state.Council unanimously passed the measure June...
Jun 25, 2025

FSIN wants answers in RCMP assistant commissioner removal
Multiple member Chiefs of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the removal of Rhonda Blackmore as the Assistant Commissioner of th...
Jun 25, 2025
Creighton residents return home, mayor says community undamaged by wildfires
After wildfires in the area forced residents of Creighton out of their homes, they are finally able to return after weeks of being displaced.Bruce Fidler, Creighton's mayor, said evacuees were able to...
Jun 25, 2025
Man who lit homeless woman on fire in P.A. has release revoked
The Parole Board of Canada has revoked the statutory release of a man who lit a homeless woman on fire in Saskatchewan.Leslie Black was sentenced to 16 years for attempted murder in the 2014 bludgeoni...
Jun 25, 2025

Carney says Canada will spend 5% of its GDP on defence by 2035
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have agreed to substantially hike their defence spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035.At a press conference outside the NATO...
Jun 25, 2025
Regional lake goers provided new resource
Starting this week, the Ministry of Health will begin posting the results of the Healthy Beaches program, which reports on the water quality at select recreational beaches across the province. Accurat...
Jun 24, 2025

Provincial Métis Council members sworn in
The Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan government is officially sworn in. The election of the newly elected members took their oaths earlier Tuesday after citizens cast their votes last month. While three po...
Jun 24, 2025
Prince Albert area now listed as high risk for measles exposure
Prince Albert and area is now one of three locations in the province listed as having high risk of measles exposures. The listed communities are nearby Duck Lake and Rosthern, where six cases of the h...
Jun 24, 2025