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...

Four and a half years ago, Brenda Hildebrand "wasn't feeling the greatest." After many trips to Battlefords Union Hospital, she was sent to Saskatoon after numerous tests, she had the answer: cardiomyopathy - the inability of the heart to pump blood properly. After being admitted to Royal University Hospital ...

A non-profit arts group based in Regina is touring the province to give a free show focusing on living with disabilities.Community Arts Organization "Listen to Dis" will be in the Battlefords on May 6 and 7 to raise awareness about the challenges people face living with disabilities, as part of their "Bi...

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...

Some spring showers - and possibly snow - could hit the province this week.Erik Dykes, senior meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the forecast is calling for steady rain and pockets of heavy showers across all of Saskatchewan from Tuesday through Friday.It is quite a broad area of low pressure that is coming in...

OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says Ottawa is failing to remediate contaminated sites in the North, leaving Indigenous peoples at risk and raising the government's own financial liability for the polluted areas. Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says in a new audit published today that the government's liability f...

OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says most federal programs aimed at reducing plastic waste are working, but the government isn't tracking its progress toward the goal of zero waste. The government launched an initiative in 2019 to create a circular economy for plastics by 2030 -- meaning nothing goes to wast...

Montreal's McGill University says it will make efforts to de-escalate before asking for police help with a camp that's been set up on campus by pro-Palestinian activists. An update from the school late yesterday warned that if the situation evolves further "beyond the university's protocols" it will have &quo...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... StatCan to release February GDP report today Statistics Canada is set to release its February gross domestic product report today. Along with that GDP report will be a preliminary estimate for the co...

KITCHENER, Ont. - The smell of South Asian spices wafts from the "Blends and Curries" food counter. Conversations in Hindi and Gujurati flood the bustling hallways, which quickly get packed as students pour in and out of classes. Cliques of Indian youth, who appear to make up a majority of the student popula...

WINNIPEG - Lawyers return to court today to hash out a pre-trial argument in the case of a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women. Lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki are arguing for a trial by judge alone, saying two years of publicity may sway the jury panel that was picked last week. The court is slated to hear testimo...

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...

NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide. Video footage sh...