Sarah Mills: Teachers deserve gratitude as school year wraps up
There's a collective sigh coming from Saskatchewan's teachers as the school year ends. Sarah Mills says teachers are ask...
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How Saskatchewan wildfires could affect future insurance policies
While the smoke has cleared in Denare Beach, life is anything but normal for resident Linda Lowe. Her family's home of 31 years was burned down by wildfire. What was supposed to be a relaxing summer h...
14h ago An aerial view of the wildfire damage at Denare Beach. (Linda Lowe/Facebook)
Wildfire crisis exposes flaws in public alerting landscape
By Teena Monteleone As a lull sets in from the early and rampant fire season in Saskatchewan, questions are surfacing about the effectiveness and use of the province's emergency alert system. One of t...
Jun 26, 2025 Questions are being raised about the public alerting systems and their flaws. (650 CKOM file photo)
FSIN wants answers after RCMP assistant commissioner's removal
Multiple chiefs with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the removal of assistant commissioner Rhonda Blackmore from her role as ...
Jun 26, 2025 The FSIN said Rhonda Blackmore deserves praise for her leadership during the stabbing attacks on the James Smith Cree Nation in 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'You killed my grandson': Charges laid in Prince Albert murder case
By Nigel Maxwell Emotions were raw in a Prince Albert courtroom on Wednesday when two men accused of murder appeared before a judge. Darrenson Head and Hayden Joseyounen are jointly charged in the dea...
Jun 18, 2025 On Sept. 1, 2024, Darren Laviolette Jr. was found deceased outside Carlton Park apartments. (Facebook)
Fire chiefs association says national body could help better coordinate wildfire response
In the midst of an unprecedented early wildfire season in Saskatchewan, and what the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) calls 'disturbing data' from its latest census on fire safety, there are...
Jun 14, 2025 City of North Battleford Fire Department crews took command of the Tri-Community on Friday, giving La Ronge Regional Fire Department firefighters a couple of days off. (La Ronge Regional Fire Department/Facebook)
Prince Albert RCMP asking people to report sightings of man wanted for assault with weapon
Prince Albert RCMP are asking the public to report sightings of a man wanted in connection to an assault in the community of Little Red River. Police said in a news release on June 13 that they are ac...
Jun 14, 2025 (Andrij-Ter / Depositphotos.com)
ERFN identifies 60 new areas of concern at site of former Beauval residential school
By: Derek Cornet English River First Nation (ERFN) announced Thursday that it has 60 additional areas of concern at the former site of the Beauval Indian Residential School. Four years ago, the band b...
Jun 13, 2025
Free concert series provides uplifting sendoff for evacuees
By Nigel Maxwell A free concert series event in Prince Albert on Wednesday helped provide support to those displaced by the wildfires and gave thanks to the hundreds of volunteers. "Stronger Together"...
Jun 12, 2025
SPSA: 'No significant fire behaviour' but lots of work to do
There are currently 23 active wildfires in Saskatchewan; six of them are not contained. None of the fires have experienced significant growth over the last few days. Read more: Sask. wildfire evacuees...
Jun 11, 2025
Firefighter hospitalized in Saskatoon after lung collapses while serving
By Derek Cornet An experienced firefighter is recovering in a Saskatoon hospital from a collapsed lung and other ailments that arose while on the line of duty in Pelican Narrows. Brady Highway, who ha...
Jun 11, 2025
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