Rain or shine Brian Semenchuk has been camping at Pike Lake for decades, starting with a tent and now a camper.
“Why leave a camper at home when you can have fun out here?” he said, as rain soaked the area on Friday.
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Regina’s Carson Sombach has come up with a lot of big interceptions over his football career — from registering the game-winning pick in the 87th Hardy Cup for the University of Regina Rams in 2024, to returning an interception 109 yards to the end zone for the longest play in school history.
On... Read more
Wild rice is an important economic crop for First Nations and Métis people across Western Canada. The industry is particularly significant in Northern Saskatchewan, where approximately 70 per cent of the Canadian crop originates. Considered a sacred grain to Indigenous Peoples for centuries... Read more
OTTAWA — Lukas Troni graduated from the University of British Columbia in April 2025. He was putting his geography and environment degree to good use in a job at a Canadian environmental organization when a surprise rejection letter from the federal government forced him to stop working.
After... Read more
MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens' quest for the Stanley Cup has been giving the city's light-rail network a boost.
The Bonaventure station of the REM — Réseau express métropolitain — connects to the Habs' home arena, the Bell Centre.
Julien Hurel is the vice-president for the REM project at the... Read more
VICTORIA — Mike James doesn't know yet whether his first grandchild will be a boy or girl, but he hopes they will have a chance to see threatened southern mountain caribou during a future visit to his family's cabin near Quesnel Lake.
The snowshoe-like hoofs of southern mountain caribou, also... Read more
Efforts to avoid a strike by Toronto Transit Commission employees are going into overtime.
A statement released early Saturday morning says both the TTC and CUPE Local 2 have agreed to extend talks beyond the Friday midnight deadline to 6 p.m. Saturday.
The two sides have been at an impasse in... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Workers on New York’s Long Island Rail Road are on strike, union officials said early Saturday, paralyzing the busiest commuter rail system in North America.
Labor unions representing about half the system’s workers announced the walkout after negotiations with the... Read more
The Green Zone Replay – Friday, May 15
2:35 – Scott Roblin, Green Zone Saskatoon sports reporter
It was another wet day at Riders training camp in Saskatoon today. Scott Roblin highlights the day and the standouts. The Roughriders play their first pre-season game on... Read more
A teenage boy is facing four criminal charges after allegedly making threats related to a school on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.
According to the RCMP, police got a report about a potential threat to the school — which was not named by police — on May 11. The school was locked down as officers... Read more
A 76-year-old woman has died after a crash between a minivan and an SUV south of Grenfell this week.
Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release on May 15 that officers from the Broadview detatchment were called to 616 Grid, south of the town around 1:15 p.m. on May 13.
Police said the woman who was... Read more
It's too soon to say whether Alberta's newly-inked carbon pricing deal with Ottawa will put Saskatchewan at a disadvantage when it comes to attracting industry, Premier Scott Moe said Friday.... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives.
The court’s order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist... Read more
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Crown counsel says prosecutors were between a "rock and a hard place" in a sexual assault case that was tossed out over delays last year when they were ordered to disclose thousands of text messages from a complainant's phone.
Lara Vizsolyi told a three-judge panel... Read more
As construction season gets into full swing in Saskatoon, the city highlighted some traffic restrictions and detours that may attract groans from commuters throughout the spring, summer and early fall.... Read more
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the federal government is rewarding Alberta for "bad behaviour" by agreeing to push for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an "implementation agreement" to advance a West... Read more
OTTAWA — Two men who were found guilty of wrongdoing have been stripped of their appointments to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour.
Peter Dalglish, a humanitarian worker who founded Street Kids International, was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2016.
He was... Read more
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump, the latest instance of the president using his powers to reward those who echoed his baseless claims of mass fraud as the cause of his... Read more
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump, the latest instance of the president using his powers to reward those who echoed his baseless claims of mass fraud as the cause of his... Read more
Coal-fired power was the talk of the legislative building for the last couple weeks of the spring sitting, as the Opposition NDP unveiled two documents they said had been leaked from SaskPower... Read more
Saskatchewan’s Premier is offering his thoughts on the deal signed Friday between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Carney and Smith inked a carbon price... Read more
CALGARY — Shovels could hit the ground on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline as early as September 2027, the federal and Alberta governments said Friday, after they announced a plan to gradually increase the province's effective industrial carbon price to at least $130 a tonne by 2040.
That means... Read more
HALIFAX — A non-profit group in Nova Scotia has failed in its bid to bring two orcas from France to live in a seaside refuge being built for whales retired from marine theme parks.
The Whale Sanctuary Project issued a statement Friday confirming the French government had decided to send the killer... Read more
With temperatures across the province beginning to rise, so is the wildfire risk for northern communities and beyond that saw... Read more
On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a new national electricity strategy aimed at doubling Canada’s grid capacity by 2050, as demand surges.
The plan... Read more
Multiple weather systems are bringing a mixed bag of weather across Canada for the long weekend, with snow and wind in the Prairies and above-seasonal temperatures across Ontario.
DRUMMONDVILLE — Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette has responded to pressure from the agriculture sector, promising to reimburse millions of dollars to farmers for fuel taxes linked to the province's carbon market.
Starting in July, more than 15,000 farmers will begin to be reimbursed for the fuel... Read more
VANCOUVER — A man who drove along a sidewalk, hitting trees, vehicles and a senior on a scooter is in custody after two Vancouver police officers used their vehicle to stop the driver.
The senior on the scooter was critically injured, while the two officers are also being treated in hospital.... Read more
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency is warning travellers to be careful during the May long weekend, as a major storm could lead to more flooding in some parts of the province.
Leah Clark, the agency’s executive director of irrigation and economic development, said conditions have improved in... Read more
Police in Saskatchewan are on the hunt for Duncan Highway, a 34-year-old inmate who escaped from the Yorkton-area Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre, the RCMP said.
Saskatchewan is updating its clinical policies to remove a number of provisions that limited the scope of practice for nurses in the province.
According to the Ministry of Health, the provincial government has updated and revised more than 240 policies that limited the scope of practice for... Read more
CHILLIWACK — Police in Chilliwack say the attempted abduction of a seven-year-old girl from a school on Wednesday, by a man wearing a "purple bunny-like mask", was thwarted by a concerned parent.
RCMP were called to the grounds of Chilliwack Elementary School just after 9 a.m. after a masked man... Read more
CALGARY — The Alberta and federal governments have tied up one of the last remaining loose threads hanging from the energy accord they signed late last year.
The memorandum of understanding included a goal to increase the carbon cost industry emitters truly bear to $130 a tonne by 2040. But they... Read more
MIAMI (AP) — The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, as President Donald Trump threatens possible military action against ... Read more
High-speed winds knocked over semi-trucks, downed trees and killed power in southern Saskatchewanian communities, including Regina, after this week's spring storm.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday they’re eyeing a fall 2027 start date for construction of a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast.
It’s part of a plan to accomplish the remaining steps of the landmark energy deal they signed last fall.
... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury deadlocked in the closely watched #MeToo-era case that another jury failed to decide last year.
While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind... Read more