Five people face charges after a reported firearm incident in La Loche led to a police pursuit and a collision that injured an RCMP officer. La Loche RCMP said officers received a report around 5:40 p.m. on Nov. 1 that someone had pointed a firearm at another person outside a home. Police said the gun was not discharge...

La Ronge council could decide on Monday whether a Downtown Patrol Program should be funded to reduce crime in the area. A document prepared for council by administration states local residents have been concerned about community safety and social issues in La Ronge for a long time. "There is a strong concern bein...

Work has begun on a bridge replacement entering the Nemeiben Lake Campground. Information from the Ministry of Highways states work started in October and will continue until sometime in January 2027. The work includes removing the existing bridge, constructing the new bridge, and completing the associated approach roa...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe told a group of municipal and business leaders on Friday that once the Port of Churchill can show strong interest from business, getting related government infrastructure funding will flow more easily. Moe was speaking in Prince Albert at the annual meeting of the Hudson Bay Route Associ...

This week, the Sask. Party government introduced a bill that would add teeth to the current regulations for personal care homes in the province, however an advocate doesn't believe that will do much.The Personal Care Homes (Safer Homes for Seniors) Amendment Act was introduced on Thursday. According to the provincial g...

If you've lived in Saskatchewan for any length of time, you know better than to put too much faith in the weather forecast.One day you're enjoying the sunshine; the next, you're searching for your warmest mitts, scraping frost off the windshield and wondering why you didn't get the snow tires on sooner.It's the kind of...

After 150 years, Canada is looking to finally start a process to move beyond the Indian Act. And Indigenous leaders are declaring that any amendments to the Indian Act need to include their voices.In October, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he is "very open to" and committed to a process that explore...

Advocates are welcoming news that the federal government plans to end homelessness within 10 years - a crisis they say has been decades in the making.This week's federal budget estimated about 65,000 Canadians are homeless, but Tim Richter of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness thinks the true figure could be muc...

Saskatchewan residents may want to secure anything that isn't nailed down as a couple of fast-moving weather systems prepares to bring powerful winds to the province this weekend.Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a number of wind warnings for central parts of the province on Saturday as a clipper syst...

Four young Riel Scouts from St. Louis will accompany Métis Elders as wreaths are laid at Batoche on Sunday. The Indigenous Veterans Day service will also pay tribute to four Canadian Armed Forces members killed last month at CFB Wainwright, including Pte. Shaun Farrell of Prince Albert.Farrell, 23, was killed Oc...

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau has joined England's Oxford University in a new role. Trudeau, 54, joined the Blavatnik School of Government as a distinguished fellow and member of the World Leaders Circle, the school said in a news release Frida...

OTTAWA - Canada's aid sector is expressing dismay over the first federal budget in more than 15 years to make no mention of foreign aid, and is calling on Ottawa to outline its vision in an upcoming foreign policy review. "The budget is largely silent ...

As the winter holiday season approaches, one of the most popular sunny destinations for Canadian travellers remains out of reach. The United States' oil blockade against Cuba triggered severe fuel shortages in the country and prompted Canadian airlines...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to restore the auditor general's access to privileged information. In Thursday's federal budget, a line item in a list of proposed legislative changes indicated Ottawa plans to update the Auditor General Act "...

OTTAWA - The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on eight Canadian businesses for allegedly helping to evade sanctions on Iran's government. The department says it sanctioned money services businesses in British Columbia and Ontario...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government welcomes "any moves" to restore free trade between Canada and the United States as officials south of the border push to end the trade war. In the days since the U.S. midterm elections gave the De...

TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake shook central Japan early Sunday, shattering store windows, causing people to flee buildings and leaving at least 22 people injured, according to local media. Japan's Meteorological Agency put the quake's ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - U.S. Central Command said late Saturday it disabled a St. Kitts-flagged ship after it ignored multiple warnings and attempted to leave the region after visiting an Iranian port. U.S. forces have been enforcing a naval blo...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27. Eisenkot, a former military chie...

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) - A Polish man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow on Saturday and opened fire, killing six people and injuring 15 others before police shot and wounded him, authorities said. The attack, wh...

CAIRO (AP) - Airstrikes hit homes in a village near Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 others, mostly women and children, a spokesman for Yemen's Houthi-run Health Ministry said. Speaking to T...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - One of Haiti's most powerful gangs said Friday that it reached out to a government agency responsible for dismantling armed gangs in a push for "peace, stability and national reconciliation." The 400 Mawozo ga...