Saskatchewan

Fuel, parts and tires
Fraudsters targeting heavy truck suppliers across Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan RCMP are warning heavy-duty trucking and transportation businesses after fraudsters targeted suppliers in several communities, including Battleford, Hudson Bay, Cudworth and Onion Lake. The RCMP issued the warning Wednesday after 12 businesses were impacted. Other affected communities include Weyburn, Kind...
Aug 05, 2026
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Concerning Uptick
MADD backs immediate roadside penalties as Sask. fatal impaired crashes rise
A spike in fatal crashes has put impaired driving back in the spotlight and, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the province has faced the issue for years.According to the RCMP, Saskatchewan officers responded to 113 serious or fatal collisions involving impairment by drugs or alcohol in 2025. Police sa...
Aug 05, 2026
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LOCAL HISTORY
'It's not just a piece of engineering': Documentary highlights Saskatchewan bowstring bridges
What began as an appreciation for a distinctive piece of Saskatchewan engineering has become a race to preserve a disappearing part of the province's history.Scott Woroniuk, a filmmaker with Crosscut Films, is producing The Last Bowstrings: History of Saskatchewan's Bowstring Arch Bridges, a documentary exploring the c...
Aug 04, 2026
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Victoire, SK meets Victoire de Montréal
PWHL champion Willoughby excited to bring Walter Cup to Sask. for first time
For the last two months, the anticipation and excitement has been on a high for Montréal Victoire forward Kaitlin Willoughby. paNOW last spoke with Willoughby after the Prince Albert native helped her team win the Walter Cup back in May, the top prize in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Much like t...
Aug 04, 2026
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Canada

In the news today: B.C. wildfire losses, GM talks start, Montreal police scandal
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Evacuees slowly learn of losses from B.C. wildfire that forced thousands to flee The thousands forced out by the Bald Range wildfire in the South Okanagan region ...
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New York trial of man accused of killing daughter enters fourth week
ELIZABETHTOWN - The trial of a man accused of killing his nine-year-old daughter last summer during a trip to New York is entering its fourth week. Luciano Frattolin is on trial in Elizabethtown, N.Y., facing charges of second-degree murder and concea...
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Evacuees slowly learn of losses from B.C. wildfire that forced thousands to flee
PENTICTON - Kyla Gaudiuso says she found out her home in Faulder, B.C., had been destroyed when she received a photo of the ridge where it once stood, completely engulfed in flames. The community west of Summerland was one of the first areas overrun by...
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Why information officer kept camera rolling even as he fled B.C. wildfire with family
PENTICTON - When Erick Thompson decided he had to flee with his family as a wildfire roared towards Summerland, B.C., around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, he also knew he had to keep filming. That's because Thompson is the senior manager of communications for...
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Brutality, racism allegations deepen trust gap after years of complaints in Montreal
MONTREAL - Frantz Jean-Jacques remembers feeling hopeful after coming out of a meeting more than a decade ago with the commander of a police station in a multicultural neighbourhood of Montreal. Over a dozen local residents attended, including a number...
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Here are major reports, inquiries and lawsuits into police racism in Quebec
MONTREAL - As a police station in a Montreal multicultural neighbourhood grapples with allegations of racism and brutality made public in June, local residents are preparing for a public meeting with city officials and the chief of the police force on ...
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