Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Lloydminster tops $3B in retail spending in 2025, mayor says
A booming economy and expanding retail sector are bringing new growth to Lloydminster, but Mayor Gerald Aalbers says rising homelessness and encampments remain a growing challenge for the border city....
May 06, 2026 City of Lloydminster Council Chamber. (Image Credit: file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Former NDP MLA says she was muzzled by party leader on Compassionate Intervention Act
Newly independent MLA Betty Nippi-Albright revealed a bit more about her frustrations with her former party on Wednesday.In a statement shared to social media, the former NDP MLA said she commissioned...
May 06, 2026 Former NDP MLA Betty Nippi-Albright announced on Tuesday that she was leaving the NDP and would sit the rest of her term as an independent. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick, CJME News Staff)
McHappy Day brings communities together in Saskatchewan
*This story has been updated to include McHappy Day donation totals. In North Battleford, community members raised $36,357 during McHappy Day.--As McHappy Day returns, families across Canada are being...
May 06, 2026 Battlefords North Stars coaches participate in McHappy Day. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW)
'We will not forget': Sask. RCMP vows commitment as community honours missing loved ones
Ryan Nicotine, Kionna Nicotine, Lee Bearsears, Candy Pritchard, Ashley Morin, Megan Gallagher and Tiki Laverdiere.Their names were spoken softly by candlelight in North Battleford Tuesday night - just...
May 06, 2026 Family members of missing and murdered loved ones hold candles during a vigil in North Battleford on May 5, 2026, marking Missing Persons Week and the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People. (Image Credit: Kenneth Cheung/battlefordsNOW Staff)
RCMP, volunteers rescue dogs from flooded Red Earth First Nation
A combined effort from volunteers from Nipawin and Flin Flon, MB along with RCMP officers from Carrot River has helped save the lives of 16 dogs from Red Earth First Nation. Much of the community was ...
May 06, 2026 RCMP officers from Carrot River have helped two volunteers from Nipawin rescue 16 dogs from Red Earth, which is flooded by spring runoff. (Image Credit: submitted/North of 54 Front Line Dog Rescue)
Some streams have peaked, Sturgeon, Garden, Torch Rivers still climbing: WSA update
While many streams and rivers across the central and northern portions of Saskatchewan have reached their peak, that is not the case everywhere said the Water Security Agency on May 5. Tributaries of ...
May 06, 2026 An aerial shot of the Garden River area in spring 2026, north of Prince Albert, taken by a local farmer. (Image Credit: submitted/Darren Fladager)
Saskatoon MLA Betty Nippi-Albright to quit NDP, sit as independent
Betty Nippi-Albright, MLA for Saskatoon Centre and Saskatchewan's only sitting First Nation female representative, is quitting the NDP caucus to sit as an indpendent.Nippi-Albright issued a statement ...
May 06, 2026 Betty Nippi-Albright, MLA for Saskatoon Centre and Saskatchewan's only sitting First Nation female representative, is quitting the NDP caucus to sit as an Independent. (Image Credit: (file photo/CKOM News))
Canada has a new searchable flood risk tool. You just can't search it yet.
Canada's new searchable flood risk tool will only be available in provinces and territories that opt in to the program, a move that's frustrated some flood risk experts even as the federal minister sa...
May 06, 2026 A cyclist walks their bike at Britannia Beach in Ottawa, as the Ottawa River floods onto a path, on Monday, April 20, 2026. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
LLRIB responds after dangerous dog pack draws concerns in communities
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) has released a statement meant to assure all community members they are actively addressing the ongoing issue of stray and roaming dogs across its communities. The...
May 05, 2026 The dog pack was witnessed in Air Ronge and the nearby LLRIB reserve. (Image Credit: Submitted photo/ Ruby Halkett)
‘Henry’s Law’: Saskatchewan strengthens carbon monoxide monitoring after boy’s death
Saskatchewan is bolstering rules on carbon monoxide monitoring after an 11-year-old Regina boy was killed by the colourless, odourless gas.Eric Schmalz, the government relations minister, says Henry L...
May 05, 2026 A photograph of late Henry Losco can be seen in Regina, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Losco was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in a Regina apartment last December. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)