WestCentral

Emergency responders from Macklin, Saskatchewan, will take their fundraising efforts to new heights next month in support of sick children.

Jump for Charity 2025 is set for Sept. 6 at the Moose Jaw Municipal Airport, where eight participants will make tandem skydives from 7,500 feet with professional instructors from Skydive South Sask.

The event is raising money for Teddy Bears Anonymous, a volunteer-run Saskatchewan charity that provides sterile, factory-sealed teddy bears to children in hospitals and EMS services across the province.

Fall is right around the corner, and the signs are out there. Single digit overnight lows, pumpkin spice flavoring everything, and the sight of big machines roaming fields remind us that fall is here. 

Canada Post and the union representing postal workers are set to return to the bargaining table today.

Plans to rekindle talks late last week were delayed due to a lack of federal government mediators.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers claimed labour unrest at Air Canada was pulling attention from the postal service's dispute, which has stretched on for more than a year and a half.

Air Canada flights within North America are expected to ramp up this morning as the airline continues its operational restart following a three-day flight attendants' strike.

The company resumed flights Tuesday afternoon after a complete halt to Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge routes that began early Saturday morning.

It said it was focusing on outbound international flights to start.

Farm Credit Canada is extending its trade disruption support program for canola producers impacted by the ongoing trade disruptions.

Last week, China implemented a 75.8 per cent tariff on Canadian canola seed imports.

FCC's President and CEO Justine Hendricks says the agriculture and food industry is resilient, but global trade uncertainty can create real pressure on cash flow and operations.

Saskatchewan has launched mandatory testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD) and bovine tuberculosis in select Wildlife Management Zones for the 2025-26 hunting season.

The province says hunters harvesting white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk in affected areas will be required to submit samples as part of ongoing efforts to monitor and protect wildlife health.

Eighty-one per cent of Canadian parents report feeling stressed about back-to-school shopping, according to a new study commissioned by the financial app Mydoh.

The survey highlights the financial pressures families face each fall as children return to school with long wish lists and parents try to stay within budget. 

“Back-to-school can feel like a financial pressure point,” de Montbrun said. “But it’s also the perfect opportunity to build lifelong money skills. 

CN Rail submitted its 2025-26 Grain Plan to Transport Canada at the end of July.

CN's Assistant Vice-President of Grain, David Przednowek, says the grain plan is based on what CN knows from customers and other stakeholders about the volume of grain and processed grain products that it expects to move over the course of the 2025-26 crop year.

The Canadian Junior Football League is off-and-running for the summer with multiple weeks now completed across the leagues Prairie, BC, and Ontario conferences. 

Close to home in the PFC (Prairie Football Conference), the Regina Thunder are tied for first at 2-0 after back-to-back wins on the road started the season on the right note. Regina beat the Edmonton Huskies 31-16 in Week 1, before going to Calgary for a 46-21 final score on Sunday.

It's been a busy start to August for the Biggar RCMP.

The first call back on the fourth took members to the remnants of a rural crime scene, as described by Cst. Chad Mehl with the detachment.

"On August 4th, thieves attempted unsuccessfully to get a water cannon from a farm outside of Biggar, but didn’t get far by clipping it on nearby farm equipment, damaging the axles of the water cannon."