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busted
Three charged following an investigation on Moosomin First Nation
Three individuals have been charged after firearms and stolen property were recovered following an investigation on Moosomin First Nation. Battlefords RCMP received a report of a stolen vehicle from Martinson Beach, Sask. on the morning of Dec. 10. North Battleford Police Dog Services located the stolen vehicle on Moos...
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POLICING
Victim not seriously injured after being struck by truck in Battleford
Battlefords RCMP say they located a person involved in a vehicle-pedestrian collision reported Saturday in Battleford and confirmed the individual suffered "non-life-threatening injuries."Police said Sunday the victim was found in an unrelated vehicle following continued investigation.RCMP also located the da...
Dec 15, 2025
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POLICING
Suspicious deaths of two men under investigation in North Battleford: RCMP
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes is investigating after two men were found dead at a residence in North Battleford on Sunday.Battlefords RCMP said officers were called at about 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 14 to a report of an injured man at a home on 110 Street. When police arrived, they located two injured men inside the residenc...
Dec 15, 2025
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SCMA winner
Pattison Media radio host wins 2025 SCMA On-Air Personality of the Year
In the early years of his career, winning an award for being a radio personality never crossed Matt Ryan's mind. He grew up in the Prairies with a love for music; it was inevitable that he would eventually end up on the mic between songs. This year, Ryan earned his sixth Saskatchewan Country Music Award (SCMA) for On-A...
Dec 12, 2025
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Saskatchewan

Icy and slippery
Freezing rain warning in effect for parts of province
Environment and Climate Change Canada expects a warm front approaching from Alberta will bring freezing rain to central Saskatchewan tonight. The agency issued a warning Monday afternoon. It said freezing rain is expected to begin this evening in Meadow Lake then spread eastward through Prince Albert into Nipawin and H...
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Court proceedings
Teen admits to splashing Saskatoon schoolmate with lighter fluid, setting her on fire
SASKATOON - A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for splashing a former friend with lighter fluid and setting her on fire in the hallway of a Saskatoon high school.The attacker also pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm of a teacher who came to the victim's aid at Evan Hardy Collegiate in S...
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mining activity halted
Employee fatally injured at Esterhazy Mosaic mine
An employee is dead after a "fall of ground incident" at the Mosaic K3 potash mine in Esterhazy on Monday morning.No further injuries have been reported, the company noted in a statement.Mosaic's said its emergency response team was activated to respond to the fatal incident."The site has now been secure...
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Safe Driving Week
Police remove 106 impaired drivers from Sask. roads during targeted enforcement week
They are statistics that display a significant problem in Saskatchewan. In a single week, police conducting traffic operations across the province as part of National Safe Driving Week and National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day (Dec. 6) stopped 4,446 vehicles. Of those drivers, 106 had consumed alcohol and/or drugs ...
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INVESTIGATION ONGOING
Family member questioned after Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in L.A.: AP source
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Investigators questioned a family member of director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele after they were found dead at their home in Los Angeles, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds, said the official, who could not pu...
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cost of living
Inflation steady at 2.2% in November despite grocery price hike
Statistics Canada says rising grocery prices were causing fresh pain for consumers in November even as the overall inflation rate held steady.The agency says the annual pace of inflation was unchanged at 2.2 per cent last month.Grocery prices rose 4.7 per cent annually in November, up from 3.4 per cent in October, mark...
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Canada

Ottawa approves Teck and Anglo American, companies say
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has approved a merger between Canadian natural resources company Teck Resources Ltd. and Britain's Anglo American PLC. Joly says in a statement she has determined the merger will be a net benefit to Canada and ca...
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Photo Gallery: The year in photos 2025
Here's a look at some of year's top photos from The Canadian Press, as selected by editors. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 15, 2025. The Canadian Press
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No imminent threat of attack in Canada following Australia shooting: CSIS
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Monday it sees no indication of a specific threat in Canada following the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, even as it warns of the "realistic possibility" of an extremist att...
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CAF officer arrested on foreign interference allegation released from custody
OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command who is facing charges related to a leak of sensitive information to a foreign entity was released from custody on Monday following a hearing in Gatineau, Que. Master Warrant Officer Matthew ...
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OneBC party split over staffer's 'disgusting' views on Jews, says ex-leader Brodie
VICTORIA - British Columbia legislator Dallas Brodie, whose OneBC party has removed her as leader, said the split happened after colleagues tried to stop her from firing a caucus staffer whose views on Jewish people were "disgusting" and antisemitic. B...
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Quebec teachers' union survey says 90 per cent have faced violence on the job
MONTRÉAL - A Quebec teachers' union released the findings of a survey of its members on Monday that found 90 per cent of respondents said they were victims of some form of violence at work. "We are here to teach, not to be beaten up," Catherine Renaud,...
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World News

Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett s...
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US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people. The military said in a statement on social media that t...
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Small plane crashes in central Mexico, killing at least 7 people, official says
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrián Hernández said. The accident took ...
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Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president's White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security. The filing came in response to a lawsui...
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Search for the Brown University shooter continues as questions swirl about campus security
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Authorities knocked on doors and scoured yards Monday in search of any video or other evidence that might lead them to the Brown University gunman, whose face was covered or not visible in footage captured before ...
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Crews use sandbags to shore up breach in levee near Seattle after failure prompts flood warning
TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) - Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, an offic...
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