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Residents across Saskatchewan are being affected by a province-wide SaskTel wireless outage, prompting RCMP to issue a public advisory Friday morning.

The wireless disruption has left the RCMP’s 310-RCMP non-emergency line inoperable, though 911 services remain fully functional for emergencies and crimes in progress, officials confirmed at 9:27 a.m. CST.

Team Sask entered Friday with 11 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze) at the Canada Summer Games in St John's, Newfoundland.

The latest tally came on Thursday night when Lila Stewart struck gold for the second time in diving, taking top place in the women’s 1m Springboard event. The medal followed up Stewart's gold medal performance in Artistic back on Tuesday, and a bronze medal in 3 metre springboards on Wednesday.

The Biggar RCMP had themselves a busy week between August 11 and August 18.

The first day of the reporting period started with Biggar RCMP encountering an individual found to be in breach of a no contact order with another person. The individual was given a court date with no further updates provided.

On August 12 police began looking into a pair of assault allegations, "actively investigating" each situation, as last Tuesday also saw two accidental 911 calls.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe met Thursday with federal and provincial officials and leaders from the province’s canola sector to address recent tariffs imposed by China on Canadian canola exports.

The meeting included Trade and Export Development Minister Warren Kaeding, Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison, Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Kody Blois.

Eligible Saskatchewan communities can now submit applications for funding under the Provincial-Territorial stream of the Canadian Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF), the government announced Thursday. Applications are due by Nov. 28, 2025.

CHIF provides financial support to help communities build or improve critical infrastructure, including drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste systems, which in turn supports additional housing development across the province.

Rosetown RCMP dealt with several incidents in the community last week, including an assault, a fraud complaint, and a dog bite.

On Aug. 16, police were called to an assault in Rosetown, and charges have been laid, with court proceedings pending. Officers also investigated a breach of peace complaint on Aug. 15 and a disturbance at a local business, though no further action was required in either case.

A Kindersley resident says the constant hum of aerator fountains at the Motherwell Reservoir is making life unbearable for people living nearby.

Speaking at the August 11 town council meeting, Garth Hoffman told councillors the mechanical pumps, installed to improve water quality at the newly developed beach, run 24 hours a day, producing “endless” and “ceaseless” noise that he says invades homes, prevents sleep, and drives residents indoors.

“It’s brutal,” Hoffman said. “You open the door or a window and it’s in your face … it should not be in a residential area.”

Severe thunderstorms swept through Saskatchewan Wednesday evening and overnight, leaving behind reports of large hail, strong winds, and possible tornadoes, Environment Canada said Thursday.

When it comes to restoring our canola trade with China, the Canadian canola industry wants to see action and engagement from all levels of government with everyone working together to protect our market share.

Premier Scott Moe along with his Agriculture Minister Darryl Harrison and Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding met with federal/provincial canola groups, as well as exporters, canola crush and value-added companies.

The Crown will not appeal the acquittals of five former world junior hockey players after their high-profile sexual assault trial, one of the defence lawyers in the case said Thursday.

Daniel Brown, who represented Alex Formenton, said he has been informed of the prosecutors' decision. The Ministry of the Attorney General did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Formenton, Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote were all acquitted of sexual assault, and McLeod of a separate charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.