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 A man is facing several charges after Kyle RCMP stopped a vehicle that fled from police late last week.

On Aug. 30, officers received a complaint about a northbound vehicle on Highway 4 near Kyle. The vehicle was later located on Highway 342, but when officers attempted a traffic stop, it fled.

The Estevan area is proving to be a key site in understanding what life looked like after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Royal Saskatchewan Museum curator of paleontology Ryan McKellar and his team spent part of their summer working along coal seams near Estevan, uncovering tiny pieces of amber, fossilized tree resin, that date back roughly 60 to 62 million years.

Scammers are at it again when it comes to using likenesses of political figures to endorse product investments that are unregistered. This time, the scam involves Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. 

The service in question is an online investment platform called AllRealGroup, which also goes by the name of AllReal Investments Pty Ltd, according to the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA).  

SaskPower is facing a $136-million loss in the first three months of the 2025-26 fiscal year, prompting warnings from Saskatchewan’s NDP that residents may see increases on their electricity bills.

The Crown utility’s first-quarter financial statements, released this week, show the corporation is moving further into the red, with debt levels rising. The provincial government had projected $126 million in net income for the year in the 2025-26 budget.

Politicians and hockey stars are mourning the loss of hockey legend and former federal politician Ken Dryden, who passed away Friday at age 78 after a battle with cancer.

Dryden, 78, was a Hall of Fame goaltender who won six Stanley Cups backstopping the Montreal Canadiens as well as minding the cage during Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union.

Air Canada flight attendants have massively rejected the employer's wage offer following a vote on a new contract that ended Saturday.

Flight attendants at Air Canada wrapped up voting at 3 p.m. ET  on the tentative new contract, with 99.1 per cent voting down the airline's wage offer. 

The airline says the wage portion will now be referred to mediation as previously agreed to by both sides.

The Swift Current Comp Ardens open their 2025 high school soccer season on the road this weekend.

They're in Weyburn for matches with the host team and Yorkton.

Swift Current has a young roster this season with only two Grade 12s in their lineup.

"We're definitely really young, probably the youngest we've been in my 20 years," said Ardens Head Coach Steven Mah." But I think we got a pretty good group, pretty athletic and pretty good attitudes ready to go into the season."

Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, died Friday at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer.

A key member of the Montreal Canadiens' 1970s dynasty, Dryden's career in the spotlight was only just getting started when he retired from the game — and while at the top of his own game — in his early 30s.

The Swift Current Innovation Federal Credit Union Wildcats are welcoming five teams to S3 Arenas this weekend.

They're hosting Pilot Mound, Regina, Medicine Hat College, and two Saskatchewan U16 teams.

The Wildcats won their opening game 6-0 over Pilot Mound on Friday.

The play the Rattlers at 5:45 PM on Saturday and Regina at 1:00 PM on Sunday.

The Swift Current Broncos showed determination and flashes of strong play but came up short in a 2-0 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday night in their second game of the WHL pre-season.

The first period was a competitive back-and-forth battle, with both teams trading chances and testing the goaltenders. Despite 9 shots from Swift Current and 10 from Moose Jaw, neither team was able to break through before the first intermission.