Now that's a jackpot!
Prince Albert man wins $44 million LOTTO 6/49 jackpot
Green was definitely the colour for Prince Albert's Doug Putland when he purchased a Gold Ball Jackpot LOTTO 6/49 ticket from a Rosthern Co-op.He was decked out in full Riders gear, with his beard dyed to match the colour of the team, as he travelled to take in a game.But it was the Riders' other colour that took over ...
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eye health
Hidden vision problems may follow children into the classroom: CNIB
An eye exam at four months old gave Mercedes Wudrick and her daughter years to prepare for the classroom.Now, as students head back to school, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) is urging other families to make comprehensive eye exams part of their back-to-school planning through a national awareness ...
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20,000 flee as explosive B.C. wildfire races toward Summerland, burning homes in path
Aug 10, 2026
Promoting music and culture
Submission for Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards 2026 are now open
local talent
Macklin's Cole Reschny named to World Junior Summer Showcase roster for Team Canada
Jul 25, 2026
Back in win column
Sexton sparks Riders in 27-22 win over Redblacks
Jul 04, 2026
Saskatchewan
"Prove it"
NDP wants receipts from Sask. Party MLA who chartered private jet
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Opposition is calling on a government backbencher to show his receipts after he says he paid out of his own pocket for a private jet to criss-cross the province.Kevin Weedmark, the Saskatchewan Party legislature member for Moosomin-Montmartre, says he wouldn't have been able to drive to all gove...
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Cool, wet weather persists
Rain brings harvest to a halt
The incredibly wet weather of late is certainly not ideal for many across the region, especially agriculture producers. Rainy and cool conditions at harvest after late seeding in the spring are a tough blow. "Harvest is shut down, effectively, for I would say a minimum of a week, depending [on] how much rain you h...
Sep 08, 2026
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court proceedings
Another adjournment pushes Métis harvesting rights case into 2027
A Saskatchewan test case that could help clarify where Métis people may exercise constitutionally-protected harvesting rights has been pushed into 2027.The cases involving Warren Boyer, Oliver Poitras and Harold St. Pierre are now scheduled to continue Jan. 25, 2027, in Meadow Lake Provincial Court. They had mos...
Sep 08, 2026
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No alternatives
Sask. motorcycle store says retaliation tariffs will drive off customers
EMERALD PARK - A Saskatchewan motorcycle store is hoping the federal government hits the brakes on tariffs on Harley-Davidson bikes.Nearly every product in Prairie Harley-Davidson is subject to a new 50 per cent tariff as Canada targets the iconic American motorcycle brand.The federal government implemented a large lis...
Sep 08, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: Carney meets Zelenskyy, Canadian booze ban, Oilers lose superfan
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Carney's cabinet huddles in Banff as trade war intensifies Prime Minister Mark Carney is gathering his cabinet today and Friday in the mountain resort town of Banf...
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet with Carney in Calgary, address cabinet in Banff
CALGARY - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet Prime Minister Mark Carney in Calgary this morning before addressing cabinet members gathered in Banff, Alta. Zelenskyy arrived in Calgary on Wednesday night after travelling to Iceland a...
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With hundreds of planes in the air on 9/11, Canada had minutes to respond
ST. JOHN'S - As hijackers slammed two planes into the World Trade Center in New York City 25 years ago, there were hundreds of other aircraft in the sky. The usual round of early flights had taken off from Europe, carrying thousands of passengers over ...
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'Consequences we live with': How 9/11 changed Canada's approach to national security
OTTAWA - Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Steven Backman could usually cross the Canada-U.S. border with a simple wave. Backman, like many residents of St. Stephen, N.B., would travel frequently to neighbouring Calais, Maine. "When locals would go th...
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Distilleries to bear brunt of U.S. ban on Canadian booze: experts
Distilleries and spirit makers are likely to be the hardest hit among Canadian alcohol producers as the United States proposes a broad ban on Canadian booze starting later this month. Craig Johnston, chief economist at Farm Credit Canada, says distille...
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Carney's cabinet huddles in Banff as trade war intensifies
BANFF - Prime Minister Mark Carney is gathering his cabinet today and Friday in the mountain resort town of Banff, Alta., for closed-door meetings as President Donald Trump's trade war intensifies. Trump lashed out again Tuesday by signing executive or...
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