Saskatchewan News

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed twin brothers Jordan and Justin Herdman-Reed to contract extensions Tuesday. The 30-year-old linebackers from Winnipeg are signed with the Roughriders through the 2025 season.

REGINA — The leader of the Saskatchewan United Party says he's stepping aside after it failed to win any seats in October's provincial election.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Luke Shipley scored a short-handed goal and added an assist as the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings squeezed past the Swift Current Broncos 3-1 in Western Hockey League action on Monday night at the InnovationPlex.

REGINA — Police in Regina have charged two teenage boys with second-degree murder after a man was killed on Boxing Day.

EVERETT — Landon DuPont scored twice for Everett Silvertips in a 6-1 win over the win over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday as the Silvertips continued to top the WHL's Western Conference with a 27-5-2-1 record.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Police in Prince Albert, Sask, are reporting a harrowing Christmas Day story involving three armed robberies, two suspect chases and the shooting of a taxi driver. They say it began around 5 p.m.

REGINA — American defensive back Tyrique McGhee has signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. McGhee signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent following the 2020 NFL Draft, spending the season on the practice roster.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders acquired the rights to veteran quarterback Jake Maier from the Calgary Stampeders on Monday for a 2025 eighth-round draft pick.

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s two main political leaders had agreed before October's provincial election not to target the families of candidates during the campaign, says Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck. It was a commitment she says was broken.

OTTAWA — As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books.