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Saskatchewan to support pulse protein centre in India
Pulse crops like lentils, chickpeas, peas and beans are central to both Saskatchewan and India's agri-food sectors. More than 80 per cent of all pulses exported from Canada to India are grown in Saska...
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Meet the Saskatoon Indigenous educator reviving culture through craft
Sewing machines hum. Fabric and brightly coloured ribbons spill across folding tables. A young girl squints in concentration, slowly guiding cotton beneath a presser foot. At the front of the room, Ja...
Mar 03, 2026 Jasmyn Albert is a Saskatoon-based Indigenous educator. She shares her culture through craft, passing on teachings to anyone who is open to learning. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan-based Cameco to supply $2.6B in uranium to India under energy deal
A Saskatchewan company is set to sell billions of dollars in uranium to India through a new energy deal signed on Monday. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe witnessed the signing of the agreement between ...
Mar 02, 2026 A worker drives a forklift at Cameco’s uranium milling operation in Key Lake, Saskatchewan. (Cameco/Submitted)
Neighbours helping neighbours: 50 years of TeleMiracle in Saskatchewan
In Saskatchewan, certain events grow into something more than just a date on the calendar. They become rituals, shared in living rooms and carried through generations, woven into the fabric of the pro...
Feb 27, 2026 Since 1977, TeleMiracle has raised over $171 million to help provide funds for medical equipment, treatment and travel assistance for the people of Saskatchewan. (Submitted)
Snow squalls possible on Thursday evening in west-central Sask.: Environment Canada
Environment Canada is warning that "brief but intense bands of snow" are expected to hit west-central Saskatchewan on Thursday evening. The weather service issued a snow squall watch on Thursday after...
Feb 26, 2026 The conditions could make travel hazardous, Environment Canada added, as visibility could suddenly drop significantly. (OlafNaami / Depositphotos.com)
The legend of Doc Shadd: A Black folk hero who shaped Saskatchewan
Every region has its folk heroes. Characters whose deeds grow larger with every telling, until they belong fully to legend. Paul Bunyan was so big they said his footsteps shaped the land. Johnny Apple...
Feb 26, 2026 Dr. Alfred Schmitz Shadd was the very first documented Black settler in Saskatchewan. He was a beloved and respected community member in Melfort. (Melfort & District Museum/Submitted)
Mounties searching for 36-year-old inmate who escaped correctional camp
RCMP officers are searching for an inmate who escaped from a Saskatchewan correctional camp on Monday. According to the RCMP, 36-year-old Thomas Hunt was last seen at around 2 p.m. on Monday at the Be...
Feb 25, 2026 Police asked the public to report any sightings of Thomas Hunt, who was described as 5’9” in height, weighing 165 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
$51M mining equipment facility breaks ground in Saskatoon
A $51 million mining equipment manufacturing facility has broken ground in Saskatchewan. "You have to mine the potash wherever God puts it," said Thomas Vallant, president of the chemical cutting divi...
Feb 23, 2026 Representatives including Sandvik's Peter Corcoran (far right), Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block (second from right) and Jamie Martens, legislative Secretary Responsible for Trade and Export Development (centre) shovel the first dirt of the new mining equipment manufacturing facility in Saskatoon on Feb. 23, 2026. (Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
Laughter as medicine: Meet the University of Saskatchewan's new Indigenous storyteller
The first stage Ryan Moccasin ever stood on was not in a theatre. It was a mall playground. He said his parents would often leave him and his older brother to their own devices while they shopped. Rea...
Feb 23, 2026 Ryan Moccasin is bringing comedy, cultural truth and lived experience to the University of Saskatchewan as the Indigenous storyteller in residence. (Ryan Moccasin/Facebook)
Canada has to settle for silver in Olympic hockey loss to U.S.
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Feb 22, 2026 Canada's Connor McDavid (97) looks to pass behind United States goalie Connor Hellebuyck (37) during the second period of the men's gold medal hockey game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. Hellebuyck had an impressive 41 saves in the game, which was won 2-1 in OT by the U.S. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
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