Provincial News

On Oct. 12 at approximately 12:30 p.m., Moose Jaw RCMP received a report of a structure fire in the Village of Drinkwater When officers arrived, the structure was fully engulfed and Rouleau Fire Department was on the scene attempting to contain the fire. No injuries have been reported to police. Fire investigators with the Saskatchewan Public Safety […]

September was warmer than normal and not a lot of rain fell except in the west-central and southwest areas of Saskatchewan. The monthly weather stats from Environment Canada show much of September was above average for temperatures. Danielle Desjardins, a Meteorologist at the national weather office, says all weather stations were in the top 5 […]

More than 200 Air India passengers have landed in Chicago after a bomb threat forced their flight to be diverted to Nunavut. The airline issued an update overnight via social media, thanking the Royal Canadian Air Force for helping ferry the 211passengers of Flight 127 from India to their final destination. Since Iqaluit was not equipped […]

The British government says India should co-operate with Canada’s investigation into accusations that its government has been involved in an escalating number of violent crimes in Canada.  Ottawa expelled six Indian diplomats on Monday after the RCMP said it had credible evidence that Indian agents played a role in extortion, coercion and murder of Canadian citizens on […]

Last week was good for the Saskatchewan feeder steer and heifer market. Canfax released the Cattle Market Update for the week ending October 11th, showing prices were available for all weight categories. Prices for the steers ranged from $315.00 per hundred weight in the 900-plus pound category up to $518.88 in the 3-4 hundred pound […]

Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate continued to slow in September as drivers paid lower gasoline prices than they did last year. The agency said Tuesday its consumer price index for September was up 1.6 percent from a year ago compared with a year-over-year increase of two per cent in August. It was the […]

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are taking their presidential campaigns back to Pennsylvania on Monday. About 7 million votes are up for grabs in the election’s largest battleground state, where mail-in voting is well underway. Harris is going to speak in Erie while Trump is holding a town hall in suburban Philadelphia. Harris unveiled a plan intended to empower Black […]

MIDALE – Star gazers in southeast Saskatchewan were treated to another magnificent sight on Sunday evening.  The Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) was observed passing through the skies on a clear night. Billed by some as the “Comet of the Century”, it was expected to come as close as 71 million kilometres from the Earth. It has […]

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 […]