Saskatchewan News
Highway 5 is closed from Canora to Wadena as a result of the spring thaw and floods, according to Saskatchewan’s Highway Hotline.
Additional authentication measures are now in place to assist with safeguarding the software in the future.
ELSIE ANNA ALEXANDER (née: Lichter) It is with deep sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Elsie Anna Alexander, aged 98 years of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, on Friday, May 1 st , 2026 at Moose Jaw Special Care Home.
NDP’s finance critic says government is admitting that out of province real estate trusts and funds are buying up Sask. farmland.
TORONTO — Canadian and U.S. stock markets moved lower on Monday, while oil prices jumped following escalations in the Middle East that may be undermining the ceasefire in Iran.
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REGINA — Increased flooding in Saskatchewan has put more communities under states of emergency, forcing some residents to leave their homes.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Saskatoon Homicide Investigation Unit has charged a man following a weekend altercation that resulted in the death of a second man.
Saskatchewan’s only operating steam locomotive returns May 16-17 in Moose Jaw, offering short rides and drawing families and tourists.
Four men hospitalized after separate knife and machete attacks across the city.
Leader area diesel spill being closely monitored.
Estevan police handled numerous calls in the first three days of May.
VANCOUVER — The mother of Maya Gebala, the girl badly hurt in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says her daughter may be having her last surgery.
Cia Edmonds says in a social media post that the surgery is to install a prosthetic skull piece.
The 12-year-old was shot three times, including... Read more
VANCOUVER — The mother of Maya Gebala, the girl badly hurt in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says her daughter may be having her last surgery.
FORBES Margaret Mary Forbes, aged 91 years of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, passed away Friday, May 1 st , 2026. A Prayer Service will be held on Saturday, June 6 th , 2026 at 1:30 p.m. at Moose Jaw Funeral Home.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are adding a strong dose of local talent ahead of rookie camp, and one name stands out for fans in Regina.
OTTAWA — The federal government's promised new national AI strategy will consider the technology’s impacts on the labour market, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said on Monday.
QUESNEL — The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit launched by the wife of the mayor of Quesnel, B.C., against the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, after it denounced her for distributing a book questioning "atrocities" in residential schools.
Pat Morton sued the union after it wrote to... Read more
Saskatchewan gun owners can now apply for an exemption to continue legally storing firearms that were recently banned under federal law until they receive acceptable compensation, the provincial government has announced.... Read more
A 30-year-old Saskatoon man is facing aggravated assault charges after allegedly stabbing two people on Saturday afternoon.
According to police, officers were called to St. Paul’s Hospital shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, where they spoke with the 25-year-old victim, who was receiving... Read more
HALIFAX — Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has initiated a civil lawsuit against Google, claiming the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary.
In December, the Juno Award-winning musician said he learned about the misinformation after a... Read more
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he doesn't understand why Ottawa continues to push a new oil pipeline from Alberta, while failing to include B.C.'s softwood lumber industry in its latest round of tariff relief.
He says it's unclear to him why Prime Minister Mark Carney said last... Read more
SURREY — Police in Surrey, B.C., are taking the rare step of releasing an image of a foreign national who has been removed from Canada as it investigates extortion violence that has plagued the city.
The photo is of 20-year-old Prabhjot Singh, who was linked to extortion violence early this year... Read more
OTTAWA — The federal intelligence commissioner, who approves or denies key national security activities, issued 14 decisions last year — the most in any single year since the position was created.
In his annual report, intelligence commissioner Simon Noel says new issues continue to emerge... Read more
OTTAWA — A union representing more than 120,000 federal public servants whose contracts are up for renegotiation says wage offers presented by the federal government are "insulting" and "unacceptable."
The Public Service Alliance of Canada says the government has tabled wage proposals that amount... Read more
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have added to the numbers the team will see at training camp this season.
The CFL club has signed five of its... Read more
Gas prices have spiked across Saskatchewan, with Regina and Saskatoon seeing weekly increases of more than 20 cents per litre.
The death of a 77-year-old woman is being investigated by Saskatoon police as the city's seventh homicide of 2026.... Read more
OTTAWA — There are four Canadians on board a cruise ship where a suspected hantavirus outbreak has killed three passengers.
The MV Hondius was on a polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica and several South Atlantic islands when some passengers started experiencing symptoms.
Hantavirus is a rodent... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said Monday.
Giuliani, 81, remains in critical but stable condition at a Florida hospital and is being monitored as a precautionary... Read more
Residents of Saskatoon’s Silverwood Heights neighbourhood say their sleep has become a “number-two” priority as they with the noise from a 24/7 construction project.
The non-stop work is part of the City of Saskatoon’s Biosolids Pipeline Corridor Project. The underground pipelines that run... Read more
More significant changes are coming to the Canadian Football League in 2027.
It's an absurd concept to have to prove your rights to ancestral land, and that's exactly what Kevin Loring gets across in his production of Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer.... Read more
Firefighters also responded to alarm calls last week.
A 43-year-old man is facing a manslaughter charge after a stabbing death at an apartment in Melfort on Saturday.
According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, police were called to the apartment on Broadway Avenue shortly after noon after getting a report of a person being assaulted with a weapon.
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ST. JOHN'S — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham won't say what's in a review of a draft energy deal between hydro utilities in his province and Quebec.
However, he promised its final report will be released to the public on May 19.
The Art Gallery of Swift Current featured a one act play, the first in recent memory.
Saskatchewan's amended firearms act is in effect. It allows owners of prohibited weapons to apply for a certificate of exemption to keep their once-legal weapons, if eligible.
Provincial funding will support recycling programs and operations as container returns remain strong across Saskatchewan.