"This is a big loss for our group"
Fire destroys All Saints Orthodox Church in Meadow Lake
Parishioners of Meadow Lake's All Saints Orthodox Church are mourning the loss of their spiritual home after a fire destroyed the building Wednesday night.Kent Vidal said the church building would have been 70 years old in 2028. "It's been there for a long time, been lovingly cared for by people for decades and de...
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Poverty line
Saskatchewan minimum wage rises, but remains among Canada's lowest
Saskatchewan's minimum wage has gone up: Today it jumped from $15.35 to $15.70, adding $14 in a 40-hour workweek.Despite the increase, Saskatchewan's minimum wage remains the second-lowest in Canada, with only Alberta lower.Granted, Saskatchewan is known as a more affordable province.For instance, earlier this year, Sa...
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Prince Albert Mayor Bill Powalinsky used to work for SaskPower and said that, both in his former professional capacity and as the head of a city looking to grow, he welcomed this week's announcement that Saskatchewan will be moving forward with a major expansion into nuclear energy."It's a necessary thing. We need...
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How competing nuclear designs could shape Saskatchewan's energy future
Saskatchewan announced on Tuesday it is looking at building two large nuclear reactors in the province's northwest.Premier Scott Moe said nuclear power will play a part in the province's broader electrical grid by supplying at least 2,600 megawatts by 2050 and thus ensuring the energy needs of the province are met in t...
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'The proof is in the history': Sask. lawyer challenges residential school denialism
Eleanore Sunchild has heard residential school survivors tell their stories, helped them seek compensation and accompanied them to the Vatican to speak to the Pope.On Wednesday, as she reflected on those experiences at an Orange Shirt Day walk in Battleford, she spoke of her frustration with people who deny that histor...
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Residential school took her away. Her language brought her home
It was a beautiful day in August of 1964 when Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth was told she was going to school.She was six years old, and she was delighted."I didn't understand what school meant," she reflected.She remembers getting onto a small airplane. There were goodbyes, familiar faces, familiar voices.The plane...
Sep 30, 2026
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Supreme Court to examine jurisdictional question in alleged cryptocurrency fraud case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look into whether an Ontario court had jurisdiction to impose a statutory freeze on cryptocurrency in an alleged fraud case. Three Nigerian citizens are accused of defrauding a person in Canada of about $65,000...
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QuickQuotes: Reaction to the Pacific Link pipeline project
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday that the Pacific Link pipeline project is the first to be designated a project in the national interest under the Building Canada Act. The designation allows the federal government to streamline th...
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Health ministers say Ottawa needs to renew mental health, home care funding
OTTAWA - Health ministers from across the country say they're worried about "profound and negative" effects on patients and health-care jobs if federal funding agreements for mental health, addictions and home care are not renewed in this year's budget...
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A timeline for Pacific Link, the 'national interest' Alberta-B.C. pipeline plan
CALGARY - A new million-barrel-per-day oilsands pipeline to the West Coast is the first to be deemed a project of national interest - a key step if the proposal is to advance. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the ...
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Indigenous groups given just two months to consult on pipeline project designation
OTTAWA - Indigenous communities along the route for the newly announced West Coast oil pipeline were given just two months for consultations on whether the pipeline should be designated a project of national interest - and that was still more than the ...
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How has medical understanding of 'shaken baby syndrome' evolved?
TORONTO - An Ontario mother's acquittal in the death of her infant son is the latest display of medical evidence of shaken baby syndrome discredited in the courtroom. Jennifer Gaskin had been convicted of manslaughter in the death of her 2 1/2-month-ol...
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