Provincial News

VIENNA (AP) — A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a foiled attack on now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria’s interior minister said Friday. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said an 18-year-old was taken into custody Thursday evening in Vienna after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect. Karner announced the arrest during […]

Two agricultural groups say the uncertainty around a possible a strike of workers from CPKC and CN Rail is negatively affecting Canada’s reputation as a reliable exporter, and if workers walk off the job, it would come at a time when harvest is in the very early stages. Executive Director of the Western Grain Elevator […]

Harvest is officially underway in Saskatchewan. The provincial crop report has harvest at 2 per cent complete, in line with the five and ten year averages. The southwest is leading the way at four per cent done, followed by the southeast and east-central regions at one per cent. Producers in other regions are getting equipment […]

OUTLOOK – Will Hardy and his brother were like two peas in a pod. They were inseparable. Growing up in Outlook, the pair were securely linked in whatever they did. Wherever Will was, there was usually his older brother ‘Bud’ (real name Winton), and vice versa. There was only a one-year age difference between the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Perseids are back to dazzle the sky with bursts of light and color. The annual meteor shower, active since July, peaks before dawn Monday. It’s one of the brightest and most easily viewed showers of the year, producing “bright blue meteors — and lots of them,” said University of Warwick astronomer Don Pollacco. […]

VIENNA (AP) — Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible […]

Rents are still rising in Canada but the year-over-year pace of growth has slowed, according to a new report. The data from Rentals.ca and Urbanation says asking rents for all residential property types averaged $2,201 in July, up 5.9 per cent from last year. The year-over-year increase is the slowest rise since early 2022, while […]

The Saskatchewan government says it will pay for some of the costs of a landfill search that found the remains of a missing woman.  Policing Minister Paul Merriman says he will provide further details Thursday alongside Saskatoon police, which found the remains of Mackenzie Lee Trottier last week in the city landfill following a 93-day search.  He […]

262,720 people made their way through the gates at this year’s edition of the Queen City Ex. Organizers are reporting good attendance at other events connected to the “Ex”, including the Pile o Bones Rodeo at Brandt Centre, and the nightly concerts held in Confederation Park. The Queen City Ex says 220,600 mini donuts were […]

Saskatchewan’s real estate market continued its upward trend in July, with the province reporting 1,667 home sales according to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association’s monthly report. This figure represents a seven per cent increase from last year and is over 20 per cent above the long-term, 10-year average. This marks the thirteenth consecutive month of above-average […]