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A new poll by Leger has found that Quebec residents are the happiest in Canada.

The web survey of nearly 40,000 Canadians found that Quebecers rated their happiness at an average of 72.4 out of 100, which is well above the national average.

New Brunswick followed Quebec with an average of 70.2, while Manitoba and Prince Edward Island finished at the bottom of the list. 

Mississauga, Ont. had the highest happiness rating of the 10 largest cities, while Toronto was lowest. 

Montreal finished second in the category.

An expansion of the province's Targeted Mineral Exploration Incentive (TMEI) was announced today as the province aims to encourage more early-stage exploration activities in the mining sector.

Since 2018, the TMEI program has provided financial assistance in the form of a grant to exploration companies that undertake eligible drilling activities. With the province's expansion, the program will cover a wider range of exploration activities, including ground-based and borehole geophysical surveys and important pre-sampling tasks like core logging.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Combined Traffic Services Section (CTSS) hosted a two-day check stop on Highway #11 in Chamberlain.  

CTSS units from RCMP Rosetown, Meadow Lake, Maidstone, Martensville, Melfort, North Battleford, Fort Qu’Appelle and Lanigan along with units from both the Saskatoon Police Service and Regina Police Service and the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol.  

During the check stop, over 3,000 drivers were stopped.  

Lawrence Orest Zaharko
October 5, 1945 – July 7, 2025

The Marysburg Royals shut out the Saskatoon Hoppers on Thursday night, picking up a 9-0 victory. 

Joel Bauml, Jeff Marshak and Thomas Lessmeister all chipped in to keep the Hoppers off the scoreboard.  

Bauml got the victory, tossing five innings, allowing six hits with seven strikeouts. Marshak and Lessmeister each had a scoreless inning.  

A post on social media reports that Wadena Volunteer Fire and Wadena EMS were dispatched at 8:19 pm to North Shore Fishing Lake for an emergency incident.  

STARS responded and WVFD set up a landing zone in the ball diamond parking lot.  

The patient, whose condition remains undisclosed, was transferred to Saskatoon for further treatment.  

Our Moo for Meat contest is in full swing and all you have to do is listen for our sound of the cow.

If you hear our friendly bovine mooing text us 'meat' for your chance to win! 

Congrats to this week's winner Gary Block!

You can enter in multiple times, every time you hear to moo, but you can only win once.

If you’ve been following semis with oversized loads on area highways, chances are that it's due to the major industrial projects happening in the area. 

In the case of SaskPower’s Aspen Power Station Project, west of Lanigan just off Highway 16, it’s a great sign that the multi-million dollar venture is progressing well.  

When Nutrien Ag Solutions announced the winners of its first Hometown Yield Challenge, the Muenster Community Center also stood in the winner's circle. The program, available to growers in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, selected the top two yielding farming operations and awarded them a $20,000 check to be passed on to a community organization of their choice. 

Canada’s labour market topped expectations in June amid a surprise surge in hiring.

Statistics Canada said Friday that the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 6.9 per cent in June as the economy added some 83,000 jobs.

The vast majority of those jobs were part-time, the agency said, with 47,000 positions added in the private sector.

A Reuters poll of economists heading into Friday’s release had expected the jobless rate would rise to 7.1 per cent in June as employment levels held flat.