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NDP criticizes Sask. Party for wildfire response delay as 2,800 remain evacuated
More than 2,800 people remain out of their homes in northern Saskatchewan, and the NDP is blaming the provincial government for taking too long to call for federal help. At a press conference earlier ...
Jul 24, 2025 NDP MLA Jordan McPhail speaks to reporters in Regina on July 23, criticizing the provincial government for waiting nearly two months to request federal firefighting support. (Shane Clausing/650CKOM)
Why the SPSA waited until now to call in the military for wildfire help
Nearly 300 troops from the Canadian Armed Forces are expected to arrive in Saskatchewan by Saturday to help fight the wildfires raging in northern part of the province. The military members Ottawa is ...
Jul 24, 2025 The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency announced on Wednesday that it has called in the military to help fight the fires in the north. The military will be providing Type 3 firefighters to deal with smaller blazes and helicopters for transportation. (Parks Canada Website)
Supreme Court won't hear thumbs-up emoji case involving Saskatchewan farmer
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has given a thumbs-down to hearing a legal case involving an emoji. The country's highest court dismissed an application by farmer Chris Achter to appeal a decisio...
Jul 24, 2025 The Supreme Court of Canada on the banks of the Ottawa River is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, June 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Saskatchewan couple marries on Mt. Kilimanjaro after Everest Base Camp engagement
Instead of walking down the aisle, a Regina couple chose to climb up thousands of feet to say their vows. Kelsey Bone and Scot Pominville got married on Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this month after a si...
Jul 24, 2025 Kesley Bone and Scot Pominville share a kiss at the summit of Mount Kilimonjaro after their wedding ceremony. (Kelsey Bone/Submitted)
UPDATE: Suspect arrested after RCMP officer shot during gun call on Muskowekwan First Nation
The man behind an emergency alert issued on Thursday morning has been arrested. According to the emergency alert, which was issued by the Saskatchewan RCMP just after 6:30 a.m., 28-year-old Elijah Alb...
Jul 24, 2025 Elijah Albert at a rural location near Lestock, Saskatchewan,” read an update message on the SaskAlert website. (SaskAlert)
'Life-saving technology' left out of provincial diabetes coverage, Regina man says
It's just a piece of equipment, but for one Regina man, it would change his life if he could afford it. Tyler Parker was diagnosed with diabetes 35 years ago and has since been hospitalized enough tim...
Jul 24, 2025 Tyler Parker had to stay in the emergency room for 48 hours earlier this month after an insulin pump failure. He called his stay an 'unnecessary strain on an already overwhelmed hospital system.' (Tyler Parker/submitted)
Saskatchewan getting military personnel, helicopters to help fight wildfires
REGINA - Saskatchewan is set to get help from Ottawa as dozens of wildfires burn in the province. Federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski says she has approved a request for federal as...
Jul 23, 2025
Moe praises work on breaking down trade barriers at premiers' meeting
As it has been for more than seven months, trade was top of mind for many of the premiers as they met in Ontario this week for the Council of the Federation summer meeting. The prime minister spoke wi...
Jul 23, 2025 Premier Scott Moe says Canada is seeing positives from the international trade uncertainty, that Canadians are looking internally to control what they can – pointing to recent MOUs signed and lowering barriers. (screenshot)
Former Macklin firefighter sentenced to probation, community service for arson
A former Macklin firefighter was given 18 months of probation and 200 hours of community service for lighting a number of hay bales on fire near Macklin and Evesham last July. Logan Sieben received hi...
Jul 23, 2025
'Absolutely insane': NDP slams hospital closures, no on-site doctors
There's a chance you could rush to your nearest emergency room only to find there are no doctors on site or worse, it's closed. That's a scenario Saskatchewan NDP associate health critic Keith Jorgens...
Jul 22, 2025 Saskatchewan NDP associate health critic Keith Jorgensen said the Watrous District Health Complex has experienced roughly 40 service disruptions so far this year and there’s no physical doctor on site. (Town of Watrous/website)
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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