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Innovation Saskatchewan is investing $25,000 in Startup Summit 2025, a one-day conference aimed at supporting early-stage tech startups in the province.

The event, hosted by Cultivator powered by Conexus, brings together founders, investors, and mentors to help Saskatchewan startups tackle challenges and grow their businesses. A summit mixer will also connect participants with the broader Prairie tech ecosystem.

Saskatoon police say a missing 23-year-old may be in the Red Deer or Calgary area and are asking for the public’s help to find her.

Police say Lexxi Singer, also known as Willow, Violet and Rose Singer, was last seen around 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 6 in the 1300 block of College Drive in Saskatoon. They say there is concern that she is in a vulnerable state.

Singer is described as five feet 11, about 220 pounds, with bright pink hair and hazel eyes.

With just over a month to municipal election day, Councillor Melissa Langmaid has announced her re-election bid.

Langmaid was elected to the council in 2021, getting the second-highest number of votes.

"I am running for re-election because I love this community, and I love working to make it a better place. Serving on council has been an immense privilege, and it's a challenge that I've been excited to take on for the past four years," explained Langmaid.

Since being elected, Langmaid has focused on governing as a team with other council members.

Recent incidents surrounding the self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada" have Saskatchewan's political parties trading words.

The Saskatchewan NDP is calling for a major, multi-agency review in response to what they call "widespread failures" to act quickly against the occupation of the former Richmound School by Romana Didulo and her followers.

The historic Portage la Prairie Train Station, a once-bustling gateway for royalty, prime ministers, and generations of settlers, now stands quietly in the heart of the city, its grandeur fading into memory.

The Steinbach Fire Department marked the 24th anniversary of 9/11 with a powerful tribute Thursday by hosting its first-ever stair climb. 

An unplanned power outage popped up in southwest Saskatchewan on Thursday afternoon. 

The outage has been affecting customers in Burstall and surrounding rural areas since around noon. 

SaskPower notes that crews are working to repair the damage caused by lightning in the area.

Power is expected to be restored around 4:00 p.m. 

Anyone interested in updates on both planned and unplanned outages across the province can check out the outage map on SaskPower's website.

With Alberta teachers set to go on strike Oct. 6 if no deal is reached, school divisions across the province are preparing for the possibility.

Both Foothills-area divisions, the Foothills School Division (FSD) and Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools (CTR), have posted responses on their websites.

FSD is advising parents to prepare in case strike action occurs, which could include the closure of schools.

Some residents of Kleefeld have noticed their tap water is brown in colour today.

Barry Broesky is Manager of Utilities for the Rural Municipality of Hanover. He says the discolouration is because they have been flushing water mains yesterday and today. This is happening both days from 9 am to 4 pm. 

"When we flush the water mains, we get a lot of the sediment out of the mains, so it will be a lot of the iron," he explains. "And that is the discolouration you are seeing."

Environment and Climate Change Canada says parts of southern Saskatchewan could see severe thunderstorms Thursday evening as a warm front lifts north of the U.S. border. 

Elevated thunderstorms developed overnight in southern Saskatchewan and continued into Wednesday morning. Some storms in the southeast brought heavy rain and hail.