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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...
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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...
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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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2025 TWINKLE TOUR
Frigid weather postpones Twinkle Tour wrap-up to next week
Extreme cold has forced organizers to postpone the annual CJNB Twinkle Tour wrap-up event in North Battleford, pushing the celebration back to next week.The City of North Battleford says the event, originally scheduled for this Saturday, has been moved to Tuesday, Dec. 16, due to forecast wind chills expected to reach ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Saskatchewan
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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History
Documentary shines light on wartime Japanese attack balloons that landed in Canada
The deployment of thousands of hydrogen balloons carrying deadly explosives sent to North America during the Second World War is the subject of a documentary make by Saskatchewan filmmaker Scott Woroniuk.Woroniuk, a videographer and owner of Crosscut Films, has just released FU-GO: Japan's WW2 Balloon Bombs Over Canada...
Dec 13, 2025
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Big Bust
P.A. Police charge Tisdale man following major drugs, weapon seizure
A 29-year-old man from Tisdale is facing a laundry list of charges after a drug trafficking investigation yielded roughly 20 pounds of various drugs and multiple firearms. It all started on Tuesday, Dec. 9, when the RCMP and Prince Albert Police Crime Reduction Teams, along with RCMP's Critical Incident Response Team, ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Canada

Anti-doping agency asks court to declare privacy watchdog's probe out of bounds
OTTAWA - The World Anti-Doping Agency is challenging the legal basis of the federal privacy watchdog's investigation into the agency's handling of biological samples collected from athletes. The office of privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne announce...
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Quebec family doctors voting on new deal after province backtracks on reforms
MONTREAL - Quebec family doctors have until Friday to vote on a deal that would see the provincial government back down on several controversial reforms in a new law that changes how physicians are paid. The tentative deal would scrap performance-rela...
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COVID shot reduces risk of severe illness, premature birth in pregnancy, study says
TORONTO - A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely. Researchers led by the University of British Columbia analyzed data on almost 20,000 pregnant people infected with COVID betw...
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Rabbi killed in Australia Hanukkah attack was 'very special,' Toronto relative says
TORONTO - A rabbi killed in the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia is being remembered by family members in Toronto for his positivity and commitment to bringing Judaism to others. Rabbi Eli Schlanger was one of at least 15 people ki...
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3 children died from flu complications this month in Ottawa area: health units
Public health says three children have died from influenza-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario over the last two weeks. Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Health Unit medical officers of health say the children were between the ages of five and...
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How many glaciers in Canada's Arctic can be saved from extinction?
A new international study suggests thousands of glaciers across Canada's Arctic could be saved from total extinction if humanity can bend the curve on global warming. Yet, the study offers a grim outlook for the world's glaciers, suggesting close to 8...
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World News

Brian Walshe found guilty of murdering his wife, who disappeared nearly 3 years ago
BOSTON (AP) - Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of killing his wife, whose body has never been found after she disappeared from their Massachusetts home on New Year's Day nearly three years ago. Ana Walshe, an immigrant ...
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Britain's MI6 spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
LONDON (AP) - President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia's war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall "just below the threshold of war," the head of Britain's MI6 spy agency said Monday. ...
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U.S officials say Washington has agreed to give Ukraine security guarantees in peace talks
BERLIN (AP) - The U.S. has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia's nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend, U.S. officials said Monday following the latest...
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4 charged with plotting New Year's Eve attacks in Southern California, prosecutors say
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal authorities on Monday announced the arrests of four alleged members of an extremist group who are suspected of planning coordinated bombing attacks on New Year's Eve across Southern California. Th...
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Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre
SYDNEY (AP) - Australian leaders promised Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. At least 15 people died in the attack, which has fuele...
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Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
HONG KONG (AP) - Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of...
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