A little girl headed to school was seriously hurt when a driver, who may have run a red light, struck her on Thursday morning in Regina.
Elizabeth Popowich, with the Regina Police Service, says the 62-year-old man was also driving with a suspended licence and had outstanding warrants when the incident occurred just before 9 a.m. at the intersection of Cameron Street and Dewdney Avenue.
The 10-year-old’s injuries to her right leg are considered serious, but are not life threatening.
The Landega family of Pilot Butte have learned visas have been printed for two children they have adopted from Ethiopia.
The family expected a two-month delay, but instead face a year of confusion and frustration.
Donna Landega eventually wrote up a petition and lobbied Canadian Immigration after what appeared to be a number of unnecessary holdups in getting the children their visas.
A group of eight children, aged eight to ten, from Wahpeton Dakota First Nation have been identified as those who caused massive damage to Camp Tamarack, a summer school for those with learning disabilities.
Over three days, the kids went over to the camp. At first, they went to play, but when they returned, they destroyed a school bus, fences, windows and buildings throughout the camp. Two canoes were also lost on the Sturgeon River.
The government of Saskatchewan is asking the Conference Board of Canada to do an independent analysis of a proposed bid for PotashCorp.
Energy Minister Bill Boyd says the government wants to identify the risks the bid presents to the Saskatchewanians.
"We want to make sure that we are prepared, should there be further announcements with respect to this, and seek the best possible council that we can get," said Boyd.
Saskatchewan’s biggest coal landholder, NuCoal, is being courted by a Chinese company and the deal isn't without temptation.
Later this month, shareholders of NuCoal will vote to decide if Chinese company Coal Based Investment Holdings Company Limited should acquire 65 per cent of shares, creating a new company.
In exchange, a new plant utilizing an exclusive Chinese technology will be built. Simply put, the coal polygeneration technology creates other chemicals and products such as methanol, fertilizers and electricity from coal.
The Saskatchewan NDP wants confirmation that an alleged conflict of interest is still being looked into, even though Serge LeClerc has resigned as MLA.
Caucus Chair Judy Junor says she wants to know if LeClerc ran his speaking engagements through his publicly-funded office while he was an MLA.
She wants to know that any MLA who may have misused public money for their own personal gain will be held accountable.
A two-vehicle accident north of Hague on Highway 11 early Wednesday evening has left one person dead.
It happened just before 6 p.m. when the two vehicles collided three km north of the community.
An RCMP collision analyst remains on scene trying to figure out what happened. There is no indication how many people were involved and no names have been released.
Highway 11 was closed just north of Hague and traffic was rerouted around the collision site for several hours. By Thursday morning, it had reopened.
