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Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response
Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response.Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expected to be...
Nov 29, 2025
Canada is too lax on civilian oversight of the military: study
Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament's rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies.That conclusion ...
Nov 29, 2025
Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since war began, Gaza ministry says
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Saturday that the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began.The toll has continued to rise after the latest ceasefire took effect on O...
Nov 29, 2025

Young pianist receives gold medal at Celebration of Excellence Regional Concert
From piano lessons to the big stage, a rising musician from North Battleford has claimed gold with a showstopping performance. 14-year-old Nathaniel Negad is the pianist behind the keys, growing up wi...
Nov 29, 2025

Small surplus for 2026 Air Ronge budget
The Village of Air Ronge unveiled its 2026 operating budget and five-year capital plan at an open house on Friday. The budget shows revenues of $3,093,000 with expenditures of $3,154,000, and with var...
Nov 28, 2025
Sask. government, Ottawa extend $10/day daycare for another five years
Some Saskatchewan parents will continue to receive $10 a day daycare for another five years thanks to an extension of the Canada-Saskatchewan Bilateral Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, startin...
Nov 28, 2025

Four facing charges after drugs, weapons seized in Sucker River
Nine firearms and three machetes were seized Thursday in Sucker River. On Nov. 27, officers with La Ronge RCMP executed a search warrant following an investigation. During the search, police found app...
Nov 28, 2025
Riders’ players look to keep band together for 2026 CFL season
There are plenty of pending free agents the Saskatchewan Roughriders will look to bring back - and a few of the players already locked in for 2026 have already begun their recruitment pitches."That st...
Nov 28, 2025
Canada’s economy rebounds in third quarter with 2.6% growth
The Canadian economy topped expectations with a sharp rebound in the third quarter as a stronger trade balance helped fuel the recovery from a tariff-driven contraction.Statistics Canada said Friday t...
Nov 28, 2025

La Ronge doctors submitted scurvy findings to peer-viewed journal
One year after La Ronge doctors diagnosed more than two dozen cases of scurvy, they are now waiting for their finding to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. "Hopefully that goes through," said Dr...
Nov 27, 2025