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Sask. Polytech launches $2M project to support women veterans in Ukraine
By Shawn Slaght Saskatchewan Polytechnic announced it is launching a $2-million international project to help support the reintegration of women veterans in Ukraine. The five-year project, funded by G...
Sep 07, 2025 This isn’t the school’s first international project in Ukraine. Saskatchewan Polytechnic has taken part in three major projects there since 2005. It has also helped with vocational education and training reforms in Vietnam, Ghana and Jordan. (Saskatchewan Polytechnic)
Nine-year-old Lumsden boy burning rubber on the go-kart track
By Shawn Slaght Nione-year-old Jack Klym from the Lumsden area, will be representing Canada on the world stage in Bahrain, a country in the Middle East, in November as a go-kart racer. Klym won the Ro...
Sep 06, 2025 Lumsden's Jack Klym will be racing go-karts in Bahrain in late November. (Christie Klym/Submitted)
SHA warns of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in southwest Sask
Although summer is drawing to an end and extreme heat in the southwest has started to subside, mosquitoes haven't disappeared yet. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is advising southwest residen...
Aug 28, 2025 In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
SHA prepares for routine school immunizations as classes resume
As school will soon be back in session, this year's Grade 6 and Grade 8 students will be eligible for routine immunizations. Dr. Stanley Enebeli, medical health officer for the region, said it's part ...
Aug 26, 2025 Grade six and grade eight students can receive age-appropriate vaccinations through school. (Discover Moose Jaw)
Canada invests in wildfire training for Saskatchewan, Manitoba communities
The federal government is providing more than half a million dollars to boost wildfire training in Saskatchewan and Manitoba as the country faces another season of extreme fire conditions. Corey Hogan...
Aug 25, 2025 The team of three members from the Weyburn Fire Department deployed to the Beauval area (L-R): Rob Jack, Brydon Hnatuik, and Marlow Killian (City of Weyburn).
Moose Jaw hockey referee heading to the Olympics
By Shawn Slaght Moose Jaw's Michelle McKenna has been named to the officiating crew for women's ice hockey at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy. McKenna has been part of the international pool of...
Aug 25, 2025
'Safer, stronger Moose Jaw": New police chief to be sworn-in in September
The Moose Jaw Board of Police Commissioners announced their success today in searching for a new Chief for the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS). Robert Davis was most recently Chief of Police in Brampt...
Jul 28, 2025 Moose Jaw Mayor James Murdock with new MJPS Chief Robert Davis. (Gordon Edgar via Discover Moose Jaw)
Despite recent rain, southwest Saskatchewan still short on moisture
Recent rain and cooler weather have offered some relief for farmers in Saskatchewan, but the southwest continues to face moisture shortages and stressed crops, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's ...
Jul 19, 2025 Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture said haying operations are well advanced in the province, with 88 per cent of the first cut completed and 61 per cent of hay baled or silaged. (scalatore959/Depositphotos.com)
Massive rebuild at Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant now 80% complete
The situation at the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant (BPWTP) has been 'fluid' since about 2017, explained Ryan Johnson, president and CEO of the BPWTP Corporation - but the finish line is in sight...
Jun 05, 2025 The renewal project is well behind schedule, but should be complete by this September (photos by Gordon Edgar)
RCMP investigating multiple break-ins in southeast Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan RCMP is asking for the public's assistance after multiple break-ins over the past two weeks at businesses and community facilities. Officers are investigating these incidents and still de...
May 17, 2025 (980 CJME file photo)
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...