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After an extensive and competitive process, Estevan former Deputy Police Chief Murray Cowan has been selected as the new deputy commissioner and chief firearms officer of the Saskatchewan Firearms Office (SFO) effective April 1. Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Regina made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. Cowan will oversee the central administration of the SFO and report to the […]

Just before one o’clock this afternoon, a fire broke out in a home in the 100 block of Garnet Steet. Crews made a quick entry and had the fire under control in five minutes. No one was injured, and fire fighters have since cleared the scene. A fire investigator will be tasked with looking into […]

Creating a downtown business improvement district and encouraging the federal government to provide more funding to municipalities to enhance infrastructure are issues two members of Moose Jaw city council want to see addressed.  Councillors Heather Eby and Dawn Luhning gave notice during the March 25 regular meeting that they planned to introduce motions at future […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climate change.  In a reply to the seven provincial leaders on Tuesday, Trudeau said the last time they discussed the issue in 2022, […]

Roughly 200,000 small businesses took on new debt to access the forgivable portion of their pandemic relief loans from the federal government, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Tuesday. Many businesses took private bank loans with high interest rates to pay back enough of their Canada Emergency Business Account loans to qualify for partial […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — It was the middle of the night when a dispatcher’s warning crackled over the radio: A massive cargo ship had lost its steering capabilities and was heading toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Within about 90 seconds, police officers responded that they had managed to stop vehicle traffic over the Baltimore bridge in both directions. […]

Statistics Canada says the country posted its highest annual population growth rate in more than six decades last year. The agency says the population grew 3.2 per cent, its fastest pace since 1957 when it grew 3.3 per cent. The increase brought the population to 40,769,890on Jan. 1, 2024. The total was up by 1,271,872 […]

There are precious few details coming out of the community of Neudorf, after the discovery of four bodies in a home on Monday. The RCMP say they appear to be a mom and dad, and their two adult children who died. Police are not releasing any more details other than there does not appear to […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — A cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, destroying the span in a matter of seconds and plunging it into the river in a terrifying collapse that could disrupt a vital shipping port for months. Six people were missing and presumed dead. The ship’s crew […]

With more Canadians ending their life with medical assistance in dying (MAID), Moose Jaw’s pro-life group hopes the featured speaker at its upcoming supper can offer a different message on end-of-life care. The featured speaker for the April 12 banquet is Angelina Ireland, the executive director of The Delta Hospice Society in Delta, British Columbia.  […]