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Beardy's and Okemasis woman, 67, charged with manslaughter in death of child: RCMP
A 67-year-old woman from the Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation is facing charges in the death of a child. According to a statement released on Friday by the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers got a report of...
Jun 12, 2026 The RCMP said the identity of the child, and the woman accused in their death, will not be released “in the event a publication ban is ordered, and to protect the identity of the child.” (paNOW file photo)
City of Saskatoon shares Cornish Road, Broadway Spring Fling road closures
Ahead of the weekend, the City of Saskatoon is giving drivers notice of a few closures that could affect their plans in the coming days. Cornish Road from Preston Avenue S to Stonebridge Boulevard wil...
Jun 12, 2026 Businesses along Broadway will be impacted by street closures on June 13 during the Broadway Spring Fling. (650 CKOM file photo)
Four Toronto men charged after Saskatoon cops seize more than two kilos of cocaine
Four men from Ontario are facing a list of criminal charges after an investigation by Saskatoon police ended with the seizure of more than two kilograms of cocaine. According to police, officers execu...
Jun 12, 2026 According to police, officers executed search warrants at homes on Meadows Parkway and Akhtar Bend on June 4, where officers seized 2,829 grams of cocaine, $28,500 in counterfeit currency, more than $34,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency, a loaded handgun with ammunition and “prohibited magazines,” scales, cell phones and drug packaging materials. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Judge rules Trump can stage UFC fights on White House's South Lawn this weekend
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge refused on Friday to stop the White House from staging a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation's 250th an...
Jun 12, 2026 The arena for the UFC Freedom 250 fights is pictured on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Review finds Sask. Public Safety Agency 'was not fully prepared' for 2025 wildfire season
An independent review into the Government of Saskatchewan's response to the destructive 2025 wildfire season - the worst in Saskatchewan's history - found the province's public safety agency wasn't ad...
Jun 12, 2026 Robertson Trading in La Ronge was lost to the Pisew Fire during the 2025 Saskatchewan wildfire season. (Brian Sklar/Facebook)
US and Iran are close to a deal to end their war, officials say
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United States and Iran are close to signing an agreement aimed at ending their war, three regional officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A senior U.S. official said the t...
Jun 12, 2026 Residents swim and play in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz while cargo ships and commercial vessels lie anchored in the distance off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
Elon Musk could become the world's first trillionaire with SpaceX's IPO
NEW YORK (AP) - Elon Musk may never colonize Mars as promised, but enough investors consider the SpaceX founder to be a sort of miracle man that they'll help him reach another fantastic goal Friday wh...
Jun 12, 2026 Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX celebrates with colleagues during a bell ringing ceremony for the IPO of SpaceX at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, Friday, June 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Murray Wood: Carney not rising to Trump's threats around CUSMA
Murray Wood says U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be at the bluster-and-threaten stage of trade negotiations. He says Prime Minister Mark Carney's response is sensible - don't take the bait or pan...
Jun 12, 2026
Sarah Mills: The World Cup has not opened with the beautiful game
Sarah Mills says the World Cup should be a showcase of the best of soccer and win over the skeptical north Americans, but the opening match between Mexico and South Africa hardly accomplished that. Th...
Jun 12, 2026
Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36
NEW YORK (AP) - Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. "It was instinctual. No one taught me how to do it," she said of songwr...
Jun 12, 2026 Taylor Swift attends the 55th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 11, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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