Battlefords North Stars forward, Brad Blake has announced his commitment to the Royal Military College of Canada Paladins for the next chapter in his hockey career, this fall. For Blake, the commitment fulfills a longtime goal of his, to continue to pursue hockey at the post-secondary level, while furthering his educat...

A 51-year-old man from Spiritwood has died following a rollover near Witchekan Lake First Nation. The incident, which involved just one vehicle happened early Saturday night. Emergency crews responded to the scene and the driver was taken by STARS Air Ambulance to hospital where he later died. The passenger of the vehi...

TheatreFest Saskatchewan was a big hit in the Battlefords..The week long event wrapped up at the Dekker Centre Saturday night with the last play in the competition, and awards to follow. Nena Hawkes, Theatre Saskatchewan executive director, was thrilled with the positive reception to all the plays as well as the worksh...

North Battleford's Access Communications Centre was rocking over the weekend with bucking broncs, country music, and capacity crowds at the 52nd Annual North Battleford Kinsmen Rodeo, held Friday through Sunday, April 26-28. Complemented by what was gorgeous weather outside throughout the three-day event, organizing co...

Earlier this week, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a funding boost to organizations dealing with interpersonal violence but is it enough to tackle a growing issue in the province? The government's investment will see $42.6 million spread over three years ($14.2 million a year) to 34 community-based service org...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the Canada Revenue Agency plans to audit the province for not paying carbon levies on home heating.Moe says the agency has indicated it will look at Saskatchewan's books to see how much the province owes in levies that weren't paid to Ottawa.The Saskatchewan Party government...

Confused shoppers milled around the front of a London Drugs store in downtown Vancouver on Monday, some wondering aloud why they couldn't access the store to get prescriptions or buy hair dye.A metal gate was blocking them from the store at the corner of West Georgia and Granville streets, a security guard occasionally...

The province is making a large investment to help grow Indigenous partnerships in the natural resource sector. On Monday, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a $400,000 investment in the First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence, which will help identify roadblocks faced by Indigenous peoples trying to f...

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the First Nations Power Authority of Saskatchewan and SaskEnergy is inked. The MOU intends to explore new energy sources for Indigenous communities and increase participation through cleaner energy initiatives, according to a media release from SaskEnergy. "Working with ...

After a successful first year in Prince Albert, the Canadian Centre for Raw Materials is bringing more international interest to the city. The Second Annual Raw Materials Conference begins Monday in Prince Albert with about 14 delegates, many from Africa, attending the event, hosted by the Canadian Centre for Raw Mater...

CALGARY - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open. The regulator says it has approved the last remaining "leave to open" applications submitted by Trans Mountain Corp. Approval of these applications was required before th...

VICTORIA - A B.C. Conservative private member's bill to classify publicly funded sports teams and events according to the "biological sex" of participants, banning transgender athletes, didn't make it out of the starting blocks. The Fairness in Women's and Girls' Sports Act was voted down at first reading, a ...

VANCOUVER - Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver have brought in food, water and other supplies to prepare for what may become a protracted stay. The encampment went up Monday and now has supply tents, filled with large quantities of bottled water...

OTTAWA - Speaker Greg Fergus kicked Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre out of the House of Commons during question period today. All Conservative MPs have left the chamber in protest after Fergus gave Poilievre multiple chances to withdraw comments calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a "wacko" and an &qu...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Arif Virani says protesters who took their cause to his home over the weekend crossed a line. A few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters showed up at Virani's Toronto-area home on Saturday, waving flags and placards with his photo on them at the edge of his driveway. Virani told reporters on his...

Two grandparents and their infant grandchild were killed on a busy stretch of Highway 401 on Monday night after a van being chased by police east of Toronto crashed while going the wrong way, causing a multi-vehicle collision. The crash - which also left the person in the suspect van dead - raised questions about the ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's newly installed transitional presidential council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as the country's prime minister Tuesday as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence. Belizaire replaces Michel Patric...

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. Prosecutors had alleged 10 violations, but New York Judge Juan M. Merc...

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's hush money trial resumes Tuesday with testimony from the third prosecution witness, Gary Farro, a banker who helped Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen open accounts. Cohen used one to buy the silence of porn performer Stormy Daniels. She alleged a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, whic...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The president of the top United Nations court opened a hearing Tuesday to deliver judges' decision on a request by Nicaragua to order a halt to German military and other aid to Israel amid the devastating Gaza conflict. Nicaragua, a longstanding ally of the Palestinians, alleges that Germa...

LONDON (AP) - A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said Tuesday. A 36-year-old man was arrested at the scene, police said, adding that the incident is not being treated as terror-related or a &q...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam. Neta...