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A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured after being struck by a police vehicle responding to a firearms-related call on the Kawacatoose First Nation Tuesday night.

According to Saskatchewan RCMP, the incident occurred at approximately 10:10 p.m. on April 8 as a Punnichy RCMP officer was en route to the call, travelling along Kandahar grid road.

Two students from the Sun West School Division are heading to nationals after strong performances at the Skills Canada Saskatchewan provincial competition in Saskatoon.

Jaxen Dudley of Eatonia and Walker Lowe of Kyle earned gold medals in their respective categories and will represent Saskatchewan at the Skills Canada National Competition (SCNC) taking place in Regina, May 29 and 30.

A new arrival at KC Rescue is already turning heads — and not just because she’s all white.

Honey, a six-to-eight-year-old spayed female from Kerrobert, is the latest cat to join the adoption floor at KC Rescue in Unity. Small and a little on the slim side for now, Honey is expected to fill out with time, care and a steady diet.

Henry Kleinsasser has been found guilty of breaching the conditions of his conditional sentence order, originally imposed on Oct. 1, 2024.

Kleinsasser was sentenced to six months of house arrest, followed by 12 months under a curfew from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., after being convicted in September 2023 of impaired operation of a vehicle causing death and bodily harm, as well as dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and bodily harm.

The Town of Kindersley shared their first big project of the spring earlier this week. 

Main Street in Kindersley will see a watermain replacement along with road reconstruction between the blocks of 7th Ave to 11th Ave, as you can see below.

Canadian producers will have a new way to make sure they can say their product is upholding sustainability, as the Canadian Meat Council (CMC) is unveiling their participation in the Protein PACT Sustainability Framework. The initiative will look to uphold sustainability standards across the country for Canada's beef producers.

Lauren Martin, the Senior Director of Public Affairs and Corporate Council for CMC, says that it was made in cooperation with our southern neighbours.

The Eatonia Oasis Players lit up the stage at the Eatonia Community Hall this past weekend with their production of Exit Laughing, a heartfelt and hilarious comedy that left audiences both roaring with laughter and unexpectedly misty-eyed.

The leaders of the top three federal parties were campaigning Tuesday in Western Canada, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to crack down on offshore tax loopholes by appointing a tax task force.

The Conservatives said the task force would be asked to make the rules simpler and more fair and would ensure large companies can't "stash their money in offshore tax havens."

There has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a major border crossing south of Montreal, border officials said Tuesday amid concerns that Trump administration policies could drive another massive influx of migrants to Canada.

The rise in would-be refugees at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing coincides with the looming expiration of the temporary status of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States.

Saskatchewan kicked off its 2025 storm season with a bang Tuesday evening, as Environment Canada issued the province’s first severe thunderstorm warning of the year for parts of the West Central region.

The alert, issued at 5:49 p.m. CST, warned of a thunderstorm capable of producing quarter-sized hail and wind gusts exceeding 90 km/h. At 5:45 p.m., Doppler radar showed the storm cell located about 5 kilometres west of Eston, moving east at 30 km/h.