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MOOSE JAW – The Moose Jaw Police Service and its area RCMP counterpart are finalizing an agreement to create a regional crime reduction team (CRT) that addresses incidents jointly and shares resources freely. The provincial government created CRTs years ago to address serious criminal activity such as guns, gangs and drugs, with the teams combining members from […]

Canada and India have each expelled six diplomats in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada.   Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday that Canada was expelling six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner after police uncovered evidence of a targeted campaign against Canadian citizens […]

A nationwide recall has been issued for the Rana brand Tagliatelle Seasoned White Chicken & Mushroom Sauce due to possible listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says consumers should not use, sell, serve or distribute the recalled product. The recall involves packages weighing 1.14 kg and with best before dates of Oct. 10 up […]

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — The skies over Fort McMurray and much of North America were illuminated by the aurora borealis as one of the largest geomagnetic storms of the century took place. The storm was triggered by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun on Oct. 8, which sped toward Earth at more than […]

A grain broker operating in Western Canada has hit a financial squeeze resulting in a number of producers being unpaid for grain deliveries made many months ago. The broker is not licensed to buy grain and therefore unpaid producers have no protection through the Canadian Grain Commission. Grain brokers typically arrange deals between buyers and […]

REGINA – Council has adjourned for the last time in the 2020-24 term in Regina. The gavel came down Wednesday evening following a motion to adjourn, wrapping up a nine-hour-long final council meeting and bringing an end to the tenures of several on council who will not be seeking re-election. It was the final meeting for […]

Harvest is basically done in Saskatchewan, as progress is at 97 per cent complete. Producers in the southwest are done; the southeast and west-central are wrapping up at 98 per cent, and farmers in the east-central, northeast and northwest regions are in the homestretch at 93 per cent. Crops that are in the bin are […]

MOOSE JAW — During her appointment speech, 15 Wing’s new Honorary Colonel (HCol) Crystal Froese — who will now be responsible for serving as an interface between the military community and residents of Moose Jaw during a three-year term — shared some history that underlines the valuable role played by Moose Jaw’s military base on Oct. 1. […]

MOOOSE JAW — Police Chief Rick Bourassa is pushing back against a “narrative” that has arisen online suggesting Moose Jaw is a crime-ridden community and is pointing out that the statistics disprove those rumours. The Board of Police Commissioners received the September crime statistics during its Oct. 9 meeting, with the data showing that total […]

Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal have halted all overtime work in a pressure tactic targetting management as contract talks continue. The overtime strike by the union representing nearly 1,200 longshore workers at the port kicked off as planned at 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the Maritime Employers Association confirmed. The union has said scheduling […]