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The Swift Current Broncos have announced perhaps the largest coaching staff in franchise history.

They've added retired local NHL veteran Travis Moen and Burnaby product Roshen Jaswal as assistant coaches.

They join the returning Regan Darby as assistants on new Head Coach Dean DeSilva's staff.

The self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada," Romana Didulo, made her first court appearance Friday morning in Swift Current.

Didulo, who was arrested by Saskatchewan RCMP on Wednesday during a raid of the former Richmound School, and re-arrested on Thursday, appeared before Judge Alan Jacobson.

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The mayor of Richmound says he's been shaking with happiness ever since Romana Didulo and her associates were arrested on Wednesday.

After two years of Didulo and her 'Kingdom of Canada' affiliates occupying the former Richmound School, Brad Miller is relieved that the nightmare seems to be coming to a close.

"I can't even put it into words," said Miller. "It just felt so surreal after these last two years. It's hard to explain without having feelings overwhelm you."

The Canadian economy lost jobs for the second month in a row as the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic period.

Statistics Canada said Friday the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.1 per cent in August, its highest level since August 2021, as the economy lost 66,000 jobs for the month.

The report follows the July labour force survey that showed a loss of 41,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 6.9 per cent.

Swift Current motorists are advised that traffic is obstructed this morning on Second Avenue Northeast.

A crane is occupying the lane adjacent to the Great Plains College.

Drivers are asked to proceed with caution.

As September in the southwest settles into full swing, an endangered species of butterfly is setting off on a cross-continent journey south that will bring them through the prairies.

Nature Saskatchewan is keen to give folks a gentle reminder to keep an eye out for monarch butterflies, which are known for their distinctive, vibrant orange colour.

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday human smuggling across the border with Canada is getting worse — and that traffickers are looking north following the Trump administration's crackdown at the border with Mexico.

"The northern border, it always has been, but it's gotten much worse, much more prevalent because … it's a multibillion-dollar business, the smuggling of drugs, guns and humans," Bondi said during a news conference in Tampa, Fla.

Messages of condolences and support poured in for a Manitoba First Nation after a mass stabbing on Thursday, including from a First Nation in Saskatchewan that experienced one of its own exactly three years earlier.

Police say eight people were found severely injured in two homes on Hollow Water First Nation, northeast of Winnipeg.

An 18-year-old woman died while the suspect, her 26-year-old brother, died after the stolen vehicle he was driving collided with a vehicle driven by a police officer responding to the attack.