This Mother's Day, celebrate with a sweet twist. The third annual Old Fashioned Tea Party at the Fred Light Museum will take place on May 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. and all manner of delectable eats will be served up. "We have little guessing games, there's a door prize for people to put their name in," said Bernade...

For the second time in as many years, Battlefords North Stars game-breaker, Kian Bell has been named as a nominee for Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Most Valuable Player. Fresh off his second straight Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) MVP Award - becoming the first player in league history to win MVP twice...

From the opening crack of the bat this baseball season, the 18U North Battleford Beavers have been off and running, having won eight straight games to open their spring 2024 schedule.The Beavers have swept back-to-back four-game weekends to start the year, with double-header victories in Moose Jaw and Assiniboia openin...

A Moosomin First Nation man charged with three murders is currently waiting to have a psychiatric assessment.Wade Frenchman, 31, was not present when his case was discussed on Tuesday at North Battleford Provincial Court.He is charged with first degree murder in the deaths of Alyssa LeCaine and Daphne Bear from Dec. 24...

People across Saskatchewan will start seeing posters meant to let them know, human trafficking does happen here and offer help to those who need it.The campaign consists of three different posters, they read: "The life wasn't your choice", "We see you; we believe you" and "It started with atten...

With spring in full force, many Saskatchewan residents are getting their boats ready to hit nearby lakes but just like in previous years, there's a warning to ensure you're not bringing anything harmful into the waters.Earlier this week, the Government of Saskatchewan marked the beginning of Aquatic Invasive Species (A...

Renn Deschambeault hopes to open her own salon and spa in the future. The student from Cumberland House Cree Nation is enrolled in the hairstylist program at Sask Polytech in Prince Albert. When she's done the two-year diploma program, she'll become a journeyperson in the trade. What Deschambeault didn't expect to add ...

Crescent Point Energy Corp. has signed a $600-million deal to sell some of its oil-producing properties in Saskatchewan to Saturn Oil & Gas.Included in the deal are its Flat Lake and Battrum properties and production from the assets is expected to be 13,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day over the next 12 months....

An interest in acting that started at Carlton Comprehensive High School in Prince Albert has led to dangerous stunts and action packed fights on movie sets; Jason Wingham is a real life 'Fall Guy.'The Prince Albert born actor grew up watching the popular action-adventure television series that ran in the early 1980's. ...

The recent rainfall across north-central Saskatchewan should help farmers with seeding, according to one agronomist.Elliott Hildebrand, who covers the area around Saskatoon, said this spring's precipitation could create better conditions for farmers after dry conditions in recent years."We've been in a moisture de...

RICHMOND, B.C. - London Drugs says it has reopened all its stores across Western Canada after a cybersecurity breach forced the retailer to close last month. The Richmond, B.C.-based retailer and pharmacy chain operates 79 stores across Western Canada. It said in a news release Monday that it had begun reopening its s...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is appointing a new committee to look into ways to speed up reclamation of tailings ponds in the province's oilsands. The province says in a release that the committee will examine potential policies and options that would allow reclamation to happen as quickly and safely as possible....

VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund doesn't directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on the Vancouver campus. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says the targeted companies are instead part of &quo...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A reported sighting of an orca pod off Vancouver Island near where an orphan killer whale is spending her time after escaping from a lagoon has an expert expressing caution and downplaying a possible family reunion. A confirmed sighting of a pod of nine orcas was reported Monday near Kyuquot Sound, abo...

The Canadian government used a Haitian executive's property for helicopter evacuations of its citizens as violence escalated there last month, even while refusing to remove him from a sanctions list, a Federal Court application says. The Canadian government sanctioned Reynold Deeb in December 2022, along with two othe...

OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is set to testify before members of Parliament today. CEO and president Catherine Tait will appear before the Heritage committee with Marco Dubé, CBC's chief transformation officer. This is Tait's second time in the hot seat this year. The committee is study...

HONG KONG (AP) - An appeals court Wednesday granted the Hong Kong government's request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the once-freewheeling global financial hub. "Glory to Hong Kong" was often sung by demonstrators during the...

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, a key terminal for the entry of humanitarian aid that was closed nearly three days earlier after a Hamas rocket attack killed four Israeli soldiers nearby. An Israeli tank brigade seized the nearby Rafah cross...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Two-term U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz won a contentious Republican primary to defend her seat just months after she decided to run for reelection in a campaign that focused attention on her opposition to sending aid to her native Ukraine. She defeated eight rival Republicans to secure her place on the ...

DENVER (AP) - A sweeping bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado's Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western state has a deep ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden condemned the "ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world" during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have sparked new waves of violence and hateful rhe...