While Canadians await the results of the 2025 federal election Monday night, North Battleford's mayor and councillors will be focused on their eighth regular council meeting of the year - and a busy agenda to tackle.Among all the items on the list, council is expected to finalize a reduced 2025 property tax increase an...

One man is dead following an altercation with another man at a home in Marshall in the early morning hours of Thursday. Maidstone RCMP received the report after one of the men called for medical help. Officers and emergency services responded to the residence on 2nd Avenue, where both men were suffering from injuries. ...

A tight-knit soccer team from North Battleford will soon step onto the field wearing the red and white. The North Battleford Spurs - a team built on years of friendship, resilience and love for the game - will compete under the Canadian flag at the multicultural tournament over the May long weekend."We're all prou...

A level one fire ban has been issued for the Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte. Effective immediately, all open burning is banned except for fires with supervision such as campfires and barbecues provided there is an extinguishing plan. According to the notice, all burning permits issued are invalid until further n...

Veterinarians at the University of Saskatchewan are encouraging pet owners to protect their dogs from canine parvovirus.Parvovirus is a highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that attacks dogs' gastrointestinal systems, leading to vomiting, bloody diarrhea, a lack of energy and a loss of appetite. The disease...

The Saskatchewan Rush are heading to the final four in the NLL playoffs.After falling behind 2-0 early to the Georgia Swarm in a winner-take-all game at the SaskTel Centre on Saturday night, the Rush found its stride and took care of business, securing a 13-9 win."We had a little bit of a slow start, but I thought...

Don't be surprised if you spot damaged signs next to Saskatchewan highways this spring.As the snow melts and the April showers turn into May flowers, more and more broken or damaged highway signs are becoming visible on Saskatchewan roads.Dan Palmer, with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways, said spotting road signs ...

Saskatchewan Rush fans will soon be piling into the Sasktel Centre for the single-elimination quarter-final game.It's the first playoff game the Rush have hosted since 2019.The Rush, who finished the year with 13 wins and 5 losses, finished second in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) standings and take on the seventh ...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have decided to move on from running back Ryquell Armstead.The CFL club announced the 28-year-old rusher was released on Friday. The Riders also announced defensive lineman Rondell Bothroyd would no longer be with the team.Armstead joined the Riders on Sept. 16 after he was released from th...

None of the first class of nine graduates for the Saskatchewan Marshal Service is new to graduation and none are new to policing. As the Marshal Service - newly formed and almost ready to put boots on the ground - prepares to start the work of actual policing, Chief Rob Cameron said it was a historic moment as the vete...

A man in a vehicle raced along a street lined with food trucks at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver, killing 11 people and injuring two dozen others in an attack the interim police chief called the "darkest day" in the city's history.Deputy Chief Const. Steve Rai told a news briefing on Sunday that t...

VANCOUVER - A Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver was meant to be a daylong celebration of Filipino culture. Less that 15 minutes after events were scheduled to wrap up, an SUV tore through the area behind a school filled with food trucks, killing at least 11 people. Here is a timeline of the tragedy (all times Pacific...

VANCOUVER - A car-ramming at a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community is the latest in a spate of horrific incidents where vehicles were used as weapons. Here is a look at some other recent attacks: NEW ORLEANS, Jan 1, 2025 - A driver plowed a pickup truck through a crowd of New Year's ...

VANCOUVER - Members of Canada's Filipino community are sharing their shock and devastation in the wake of a car-ramming attack at a Vancouver street festival that left 11 people dead and dozens more injured. The organization behind the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party where the attack took place posted to Instagram to detail ...

MONTREAL - A car-ramming at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver that killed at least nine people marks Canada's fourth attack in seven years in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. Around the world, people fuelled by motives ranging from terrorism and far-right extremism to misogyny and mental illnes...

News of a deadly vehicle attack in Vancouver has drawn dismay and sorrow among leaders across Canada and the world. Many are sharing condolences with victims and families after police say a driver rammed into a crowd at a Filipino community festival on Saturday, killing nine. Here's a look at what the world is saying: ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) - Mao Saigo of Japan won the LPGA Chevron Championship on Sunday for her first major title, making a three-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a five-way playoff. Saigo birdied the par-5 18th in regulation for a 2-under 74, leaving her tied with Hyo Joo Kim, Ruoning Yin, Ariya Jutanugarn and...

Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, after U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin's willingness to end the war.Three people died and four were wounded in airstrikes on Kostyantynivka in th...

BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli jets struck Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday after issuing a warning about an hour earlier, marking the third Israeli strike on the area since a ceasefire took effect in late November. A huge plume of smoke billowed over the area after the strike. There were no immediate reports of casualties. In ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the military said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest such killings in recent years. In a statement, the military said intelligence reports indicated the killed militants were "Khwari...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's main liberal opposition party tapped Sunday its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the upcoming June 3 vote. The Democratic Party said Lee has won nearly 90% of the votes cast during the party's primary that ended Sunday, defeating two competitors. Lee, a li...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It's a major step by the aging leader to designate a successor. The appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization does not guarantee he w...