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New company looking to transform housing on First Nations
Housing on First Nations across Saskatchewan is in short supply and often in disrepair. A new Saskatchewan company has come up with a new housing solution to these long-standing problems.Wastyapit Hom...
Mar 08, 2026 Wastēyapit Homes builds log-style affordable homes, coating them in a durable 'Insta-Coating' finish. (Image Credit: Submitted)
Sask. finance minister shares details of provincial budget as Iran war upsets oil prices
Saskatchewan's finance minister is hinting that the province is still expecting a deficit budget, despite rising oil prices due to the war in the Middle East.In an interview on Friday, ahead of the un...
Mar 07, 2026 Finance Minister Jim Reiter says resource prices may be higher than expected, but hinted that the province should still expect to see a deficit budget tabled on March 18. (Image Credit: Roman Hayter/650 CKOM)
SARM, highways ministry to spend $46 million on rural road infrastructure
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and the Saskatchewan Associations of Rural Municipalities (SARM) plan to spend $46 million on bridge, road and culvert projects in rural parts of the province.The...
Mar 07, 2026 Rural Saskatchewan faces substantial transportation infrastructure needs, as many of the goods and resources driving our provincial economy originate in rural municipalities,” said SARM president Bill Huber. (Image Credit: File photo/CKOM)
RCMP seek suspects after attempted armed robbery in Paynton
Maidstone RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in identifying suspects after an attempted armed robbery in Paynton. On March 4, around 4:50 p.m., RCMP received a report of an attempted armed ro...
Mar 06, 2026 Holly Gordon, a warrant has been issued for her arrest. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
RCMP say no new deaths linked to suspected hazardous drink in Battlefords
Saskatchewan RCMP say there have been no new reports of sudden deaths or illness potentially linked to a previously reported hazardous liquid circulating in the Battlefords area. Police provided the u...
Mar 06, 2026 (Image Credit: RCMP)
Two women charged after RCMP seize firearms and drugs in RM of Mervin
Saskatchewan RCMP's North Battleford and Lloydminster Crime Reduction Teams have charged two women after firearms and illegal drugs were seized in the RM of Mervin. On Feb. 25, the CRTs were in the Tu...
Mar 06, 2026 Items located and seized by Sask. RCMP in the RM of Mervin. (Image Credit: Submitted/Saskatchewan RCMP)
Economic development update, blessing box proposal on North Battleford council agenda
North Battleford city council will receive an update on the city's economic development efforts when it meets Monday evening, alongside a proposal to install a community "blessing box" food pantry out...
Mar 06, 2026 File photo. (Image Credit: battlefordsNOW staff)
North Battleford high school entrepreneurs brew up business with in-school coffee company
Inside a classroom at North Battleford Comprehensive High School sits five students who shared the same passion of starting up a small business for their entrepreneur class project. Brendan Muli, alon...
Mar 06, 2026 Five Cups Coffee Co. business students serving coffee from the school canteen. (Image Credit: Submitted/ Rhonda MacDonald)
Treaty 6 leaders heading to London for private audience with King Charles III
Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation invited the head of the British Crown to attend the 150th Commemoration of Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton this August. Now, it appears the offer has been reciprocated.A delegation of...
Mar 06, 2026 A delegation of Saskatchewan chiefs departs for England on Monday and is expected to deliver an in-person invitation for the King to come celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton in August. (Image Credit: ID 5563842 © Kmiragaya | Dreamstime.com)
'We hope to make Saskatchewan proud': local curlers set for U-20 nationals after provincial win
Curling often begins with small moments - a first step onto the ice, learning to slide and balance, finding the rhythm of the sweep, and the precise push of the stone from the hack.For North Battlefor...
Mar 06, 2026 Team Semeniuk poses with the championship trophy after winning the Saskatchewan U-20 women’s curling championship in Swift Current. From left: Chloe Semeniuk (skip), Leah Beausoleil (third), Kelsey Wall (second), Lindsay Miller (lead) and coach Nicole Beausoleil. (Image Credit: Submitted/Chloe Semeniuk)