Old Man Winter is going out with a bang.An estimated 15 to 20 cm. of snow was forecasted for the Prince Albert and Melfort areas on Tuesday, and 5 to 10 cm. for North Battleford, but for many residents who were having difficulty navigating roads and even finding their way to their front doors, it felt like a lot more.A...

A teenage boy from Pelican Lake First Nation is alleged responsible for an armed robbery that occurred last Friday at a business in Debden.At approximately 11 a.m., police said a male entered the business, threatened an employee with a firearm, and demanded money. He then fled in a vehicle. No physical injuries were re...

Children in Battleford will soon have a new play structure to explore. Town Mayor, Ames Leslie said the ACT playground, located on 35th Street in Battleford, will be replaced before the end of July. "Unfortunately, these things need to be replaced. It's always a good thing when we can replace an aging, infrastru...

Councillors are requesting more information after a long-term adult care facility application was submitted to the Town of Battleford. This facility, submitted by Ahtahkakoop Child and Family Services Inc., would be located at a residence on 27th Street and would house up to five clients for a six-month-to-one year pe...

Cenovus Energy is investing $2 million in Lakeland College to expand training programs and modernize facilities aimed at preparing more students for careers in the energy sector.The funding will support upgrades to the Cenovus Energy Production Lab and Cenovus Energy Power Engineering Lab at the Lloydminster campus, al...

A Métis harvesting rights case in Meadow Lake that could influence similar matters across Saskatchewan has been adjourned to September, with no decision yet reached.The cases involving Warren Boyer, Oliver Poitras and Harold St. Pierre were adjourned to Sept. 14, 2026, in Meadow Lake Provincial Court. The three ...

Foad Farhani was driving to work Tuesday morning when his wife called him in tears while reading U.S. President Donald Trump's post on Truth Social threatening the existence of their homeland. Trump wrote that a "whole civilization will die" if Iran does not agree to a deal that includes reopening the Strait ...

The Alberta Clipper is causing travel headaches in the northeast. Travel is not recommended in the Melfort area due to heavy snow, poor visibility, slushy, drifting snow, and icy highway conditions. Highways south, west, and north of Melfort are especially hard hit, according to the Highway Hotline. The Environment and...

A drug overdose alert was issued for Onion Lake Cree Nation and surrounding area after a significant increase in suspected overdoses over the 36 hours leading up to April 4.The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health (SHA) said Emergency Medical Services has reported more overdose incidents in the area, with multiple cases req...

In a flurry of rapidly changing forecasts for Saskatchewan on Monday, Environment Canada says a late season Alberta clipper is set to bring snowfall to the province's centre and Prince Albert.Weather statements said areas along and near the Yellowhead Highway have temperatures near the freezing mark, so it was hard to ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... US, Israel and Iran agree to a 2-week ceasefire as Trump pulls back on his threats Iran, the United States and Israel reached a two-week ceasefire in the war that...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to speak today with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen after the Artemis II's historic mission to the moon. A media advisory from the Canadian Space Agency says Industry Minister Mélanie Joly will also tak...

OTTAWA - Advocates are calling for long-term, stable federal funding to ensure safety and prosperity for Indigenous women and girls, with a national focus on major building projects. Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, president of the National Family and Survivors C...

OTTAWA - Thousands of Liberals will be in Montreal this weekend for the party's annual convention just as voters in the suburban riding of Terrebonne, about 40 km north, get ready to cast ballots in a key byelection on Monday. The nearby location is co...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the federal government's probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector is not taking workers' arguments seriously. Ottawa launched an investigation into the sector in August 2025 when n...

VANCOUVER - Brandon Jansen's mother says he was a warm and inviting "health nut" who enjoyed time at the gym. He was also known for taking people under his wing at some of the 13 drug treatment facilities he attended in the two years before he died. O...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, growing the liberal majority on the court as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union rights and other hot button issues awa...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea's military said, hours after a senior North Korean official released crude insults against ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The board that runs the Universities of Wisconsin voted unanimously Tuesday to fire the system's president, drawing the ire of Republican lawmakers who called it a "partisan hatchet job." Jay Rothman had refused an of...

ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was "truly unacceptable" and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law. In some of his strongest c...

BAGHDAD (AP) - American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad streetcorner last week, was released Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. The development came after the powerful Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib He...

CAIRO (AP) - More than 80 migrants went missing after a boat that departed a Libyan coastal town capsized in the central Mediterranean, the U.N. migration agency said Tuesday. The bodies of at least two of them have been recovered. About...