CJME-AM (Regina, SK)

Back To Batoche, the festival celebrating Métis and Indigenous culture, has returned for its 56th installment this weekend. Batoche will become one of the largest communities in the province until Sunday as roughly 40,000 people flock to the National Historic Site from across Saskatchewan, Canada, and even the world.

A proposed AI data centre at Valley View Centre site in Moose Jaw will not move ahead because it has been denied the electrical capacity required to operate, Saskatchewan Justice Minister and Moose Jaw North MLA Tim McLeod says. McLeod said there has been “a lot of misunderstanding” surrounding the proposal and argued misinformation has fuelled concern in the community. Read more: Several Saskatchewan contractors hired to help build Bell data centre near Regina What is a data centre?

The warm weather months can be fleeting in Saskatchewan, but for people in and visiting the province, there are some new ways to enjoy the summer weather. Saskatchewan Parks has partnered with several outfits to promote new ways for visitors to the province’s many parks this summer. Read more: No ocean?

Macklin, Unity, Wilkie and Biggar are also within the broader severe weather zone, while communities farther south could see organized lines or clusters of storms capable of producing damaging winds, hail and torrential rainfall. Forecasters say warm, humid air combined with strong winds at different levels of the atmosphere will create an environment favourable for powerful and potentially rotating storms.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as an Iranian negotiator said Tehran had suspended its commitments under the interim deal with the U.S. — snapping another fragile thread as the war shows no end in sight. The battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the essential waterway that previously carried a fifth of the world’s crude oil.

Nine people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded in Russia by Ukrainian drone attacks overnight and later on Saturday, Russian officials said. Kyiv’s forces are continuing their relentless aerial campaign against energy infrastructure and military targets inside Russia, aiming to undermine Moscow’s war effort and make Russians feel the consequences of the Kremlin’s all-out invasion of Ukraine that is well into its fifth year.

New look for All-Star Weekend Salinas will be counted on right out of the gate on Saturday to deliver some hometown pride for the Berries, as part of a brand new skills competition over All-Star Weekend. The Guanajuato, Mexico native has been chosen as Saskatoon’s representative for the inaugural WCBL bunt competition. “It’s going to be hard,” Salinas said.

The federal government says it has delivered the toughest changes to Canada’s bail and sentencing laws in a generation. Conservatives say the job is only half done. Conservative Members of Parliament gathered outside the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan in Regina on Wednesday to criticize Bill C-14, the federal Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, as most of its provisions officially came into force.

The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan have stepped in to protect the immediate future of two historic provincial research hubs. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) alongside the Government of Saskatchewan announced a new joint initiative this week to explore options that will support ongoing agricultural activities at the Indian Head and Scott research farms. Both facilities are currently slated for disposal by the federal government. Read more: ‘Incredibly short-sighted’: Sask.

The Green Zone Replay – Friday, July 17 2:35 – Matthew Scianitti, TSN The World Cup final is set. Spain faces Argentina with on Sunday afternoon to cap off the biggest soccer tournament in the world. TSN’s Matthew Scianitti has the full preview plus a look at how Canada did as one of the World Cup hosts. 3:05 – Scott Roblin, Green Zone Saskatoon sports reporter The WCBL All Star game comes to Saskatoon this weekend. Scott Roblin has the details that you need to know.