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A 39-year-old man facing charges of sexual offences against children made a brief appearance in Moose Jaw Provincial Court on Wednesday. 

There is a publication ban for any information that could identify the victims. At this time, the relationship between the man and the victim(s) is unknown so his name will not be published. 

As the heat beats down on the southeast, many will be going for cold treats like ice cream but may find prices raised. That's similarly reported for other foods, as the most recent Consumer Price Index numbers from Statistics Canada showed a 3.17 per cent increase year-over-year in food prices.

Sylvain Charlebois, an Agri-Food Professor at Dalhousie University, talks about some of the factors influencing some of the cool treats this summer.

A widespread planned power outage is coming to SaskPower customers in areas north and west of Moose Jaw today.

The outage is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and customers in the Parkview area (the southeast portion of Buffalo Pound Lake) and rural areas north of Pasqua to Buffalo Pound Provincial Park will be without power for up to hours while work is underway.

The outage is set to conclude by 5 p.m. today.

Check the SaskPower outage map for the latest information about active and upcoming interruptions to electrical service.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is meeting in Saskatoon today with Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and Cody Blois, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, along with representatives from the canola sector. The focus: responding to China’s steep tariffs on Canadian canola products.

Last week, China announced a 75.8% tariff on Canadian canola seed, adding to the 100% tariffs placed in March on canola meal and oil. 

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet today with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, along with industry groups, to discuss the steep Chinese tariff on Canadian canola seed. 

Kody Blois, the parliamentary secretary for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison are also to attend the meeting in Saskatoon.

A press conference is scheduled following the discussion. 

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship.

Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc cycled through Washington in July looking for a tariff offramp but instead U.S. President Donald Trump boosted duties on Canada to 35 per cent.

Agriculture Canada modelling expects above average yields for most crops

 Agriculture Canada is predicting solid yields for most crops on the Prairies, based on computer modelling that was done at the end of July.

“At the national level, the CCYF (Canadian Crop Yield Forecaster) model predicts above-average yields per unit area for 11 of the 12 spring-planted crops compared to the average yields of 2020-24,” says an executive summary of the Agriculture Canada predictions, published on a website called Canadian Crop Metrics.

World Humanitarian Day is designated as day to honour people who risk everything to do good.

Being a humanitarian should be the world’s safest job, instead, it has become one of the most dangerous.

From conflict zones to disaster-stricken regions, aid workers face increasing threats, including violence, abduction, and harassment. According to the Aid Worker Security Database, 265 aid workers have died this year so far increasing the likelihood that 2025 will surpass 2024 as the deadliest year on record (383 deaths) for humanitarian workers.

The Federal Government announced the designated and buffer areas for the 2025 Livestock Tax Deferral Program this week.

The Livestock Tax Deferral provision allows livestock producers in prescribed areas, who are forced to sell all or part of their breeding herd due to drought, excess moisture or flooding, to defer a portion of their income from sales until the following tax year.

Moose Jaw’s Kashton Smith was one of Saskatchewan’s leading scorers as they defeated PEI 18-1 at the Canada Summer Games on Tuesday in St. John’s, Nfld. 

Smith finished with three goals and five assists, while fellow Moose Javian Chase Folk also had a goal for Saskatchewan. 

Team Saskatchewan is back on the floor for two games on Wednesday when they take on Manitoba and New Brunswick.