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The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) wrapped up their inaugural cow-calf survey and is sharing some of the results with people around the country.

The BCRC, funded thanks to check-offs from cattle sales in Canada, put on the survey to find how producers are working with their cattle and what practices could be adopted in the future.

LCBI High School's senior boys’ soccer team made an impressive run in the playoffs, finishing with a provincial bronze medal at the championships held in North Battleford on October 26-27.

While Canada Post has agreed to store and transport restricted firearms for the initial phase of Canada’s upcoming firearms buyback program, the corporation has made it clear it will not participate in Phase 2, which involves handling firearms directly from private owners.

The Saskatchewan Party is celebrating a strong victory in west central Saskatchewan following sweeping early polling results that affirm the region’s support for the party. Rosetown-Delisle’s long-standing MLA, Jim Reiter, has secured another term, continuing his tenure with robust support from his constituents. This win solidifies Reiter’s influence in the region, where he has represented the Sask Party since 2007.

A Saskatoon man has been sentenced following a 2023 theft incident involving the removal of a purse containing valuables and a substantial cash sum from a food truck. Thomas Lee Moser, 42, pleaded guilty to theft over $5,000 via telephone on October 22, accepting responsibility for his actions on August 25, 2023, when a purse was taken from an unattended food truck window.

Canada’s winter forecast is in limbo as meteorologists question the whereabouts of La Niña, the Pacific Ocean climate pattern that was supposed to bring colder and stormier weather by now. Following the departure of El Niño earlier this year, experts anticipated La Niña would quickly take its place. However, as 2024 draws to a close, the anticipated cooling effect in the Pacific has yet to arrive.

The Kindersley Kobras junior girls volleyball team wrapped up an impressive season this weekend, securing third place at the District Championships held in Outlook. The team faced tough competition from across the region but displayed grit, determination, and sportsmanship in every match. Their third-place finish at districts is a testament to their hard work and growth over the season.

Josephine Sindani’s first memory of using a food bank is a happy one. 

She was eight years old and still adjusting to the shock of an Ottawa winter after recently moving from Halifax, where she and her mom arrived in Canada from Sudan about two years earlier. One day she saw her pregnant mother approaching their home, trudging through snow and carrying a “big bag of toys.”

The Bloc Québécois is poised to begin talks with other parties to bring down the minority Liberal government, which has not met its deadline to pass two key bills.

Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet set the deadline last month, putting the Liberals on notice that to avoid an election "before Christmas" they must adopt a pair of private member's bills.

One of the Bloc bills aimed at safeguarding supply management in trade negotiations has the support of the government and is being studied by the Senate.

After months of campaigning and 28 days after the writ was dropped, the results of the 2024 Saskatchewan provincial election are in.  

The Saskatchewan Party will be returning to government with a slightly smaller mandate. When the counting was done Monday night, they were leading in 35 of the 61 seats and captured just slightly more than half of the popular vote. The 35 seats are the fewest captured by the Saskatchewan Party since the 2003 election when they won 28.