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Sask. watchdog says tear gas used before man's death on Onion Lake Cree Nation
Saskatchewan's police watchdog says RCMP deployed tear gas before a man was found injured and later died during an emergency response on Onion Lake Cree Nation, as new details emerge about the March 1...
Mar 23, 2026 (Image Credit: submitted/RCMP)
North Battleford considers scrapping base tax in property tax overhaul
North Battleford city council is set to review a new tax study tonight that could pave the way for a major overhaul of how property taxes are calculated, including the potential elimination of the cit...
Mar 23, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 212479902 © Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com)
RCMP seek public's help to locate missing North Battleford woman
RCMP is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing woman last seen in North Battleford. On March 20, Battlefords RCMP received a report of missing 40-year-old, Carmen Peyachew. She was last...
Mar 23, 2026 Carmen Peyachew last seen in North Battleford on March 20. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
US won't strike Iran's power plants for 5 days, extending Trump deadline on reopening Hormuz strait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying Monday that the U.S. would hold off on...
Mar 23, 2026 A woman waves an Iranian flag during a campaign in support of the government at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Here's the latest on Air Canada jet crash at New York LaGuardia Airport
An Air Canada jet carrying 76 people touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing its two pilots and injuring many more people. Fli...
Mar 23, 2026 An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle in New York. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Sask. Mounties responded to fewer victims of family, intimate-partner violence in 2025
The Saskatchewan RCMP said fewer people became victims of family and intimate-partner violence in 2025, but the numbers remain "persistently high."The RCMP said officers in the province responded to m...
Mar 22, 2026 The RCMP said officers in the province responded to more than 9,800 alleged victims of domestic violence, down slightly from the 10,077 alleged victims the Mounties dealt with in 2024. (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW)
Public servant ‘scared’ to retire due to problems with Phoenix pay system
OTTAWA - A federal public servant from Ontario said she's "scared" to take up the government's early retirement offer after being told that she owes the government about $10,500 because of a mistake i...
Mar 22, 2026 Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
Funding allocated for Sask’s upcoming forced addictions treatment program
The legislation that would underpin the Sask. government's forced addictions treatment plan has yet to pass, but money has been allocated in this week's budget for the first phase.According to Mental ...
Mar 22, 2026 Mental Health and Addictions Minister Lori Carr says the first facility for the forced addictions treatment program, under the Compassionate Intervention Act, will be opened in North Battleford. (Image Credit: Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Police blitz on Northern Sask. highways takes 21 drivers off the roads
A five-day blitz by Saskatchewan RCMP officers in Northern Saskatchewan last week saw 21 drivers removed the roads.RCMP said in a news release on March 20 that the traffic safety initiative from March...
Mar 21, 2026 A Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services officer leaves Stoney Rapids to begin a patrol of the ice road in the safety blitz. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Wildfire money in Saskatchewan budget isn’t enough: Candle Lake fire chief
A fire chief who helped battle last year's devastating wildfires says he doesn't feel the funding in the Saskatchewan budget is enough to prepare communities for the upcoming fire season.Jim Arnold, c...
Mar 21, 2026 Aerial view of a wildfire burning near Weyakwin in northern Saskatchewan in the summer of 2025. (Image Credit: File photo/paNOW Staff)