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Saskatoon firefighters respond to 3 vehicle crash
A crash on 8th Street and Cumberland Avenue kept fire crews busy late Saturday morning. At 11:34 they responded to a collision involving three vehicles. No one was trapped or seriously hurt, a media r...
Dec 21, 2019 Saskatoon firefighters responded to a three vehicle collision at 8th Street and Cumberland Avenue on Dec. 21, 2019. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Union representing laid off Vanscoy potash workers sees bleak outlook in 2020
The union representing laid off potash workers at Nutrien's Vanscoy potash mine isn't holding out much hope for improvement in the new year. Darrin Kruger, representative for the United Steel Workers,...
Dec 21, 2019 (Nutrien)
Fog advisory in place for Lloydminster area
Environment Canada has issued fog advisories in the Lloydminster area. It warns of dense fog, which is expected to cause near-zero visibility at times. The fog is expected to dissipate through the mor...
Dec 21, 2019
Sask. RCMP handed out 2,100 tickets during safe driving week
The Saskatchewan RCMP has released the results of its officers’ work during National Safe Driving Week. Between Dec. 1 and Dec. 7, RCMP officers in the province stopped 10,441 vehicles and laid ...
Dec 20, 2019
Another six Sask. firefighters set to battle blazes in Australia
Saskatchewan is sending six more firefighters to Australia to help battle wildfires in that country. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) announced Friday it was dispatching what it called "wi...
Dec 20, 2019
UK lawmakers OK Johnson’s Brexit bill, pave way to exit EU
LONDON - British lawmakers gave preliminary approval Friday to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit bill, clearing the way for the U.K. to leave the European Union next month. The House of Commons vo...
Dec 20, 2019
Crash between SUV and forklift sends man to hospital
A collision between an SUV and a forklift Friday morning sent one man to hospital. Firefighters responded to Boychuk Drive and Slimmons Road around 8 a.m. Two people were inside the SUV, which rolled ...
Dec 20, 2019 A collision between an SUV and forklift on Dec. 20, 2019 at Boychuk Drive and Slimmons Road. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Sask. environment minister ‘jovial’ after meeting with federal minister
Seeming in fairly high spirits Thursday afternoon, Saskatchewan’s environment minister spoke to media after his meeting with his federal counterpart. Dustin Duncan said he’s now looking fo...
Dec 19, 2019
Sask. privacy commissioner looking into LifeLabs breach
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan is launching an investigation into the cyberattack on LifeLabs. In a media release Thursday, Ronald J. Kruzeniski said the health-care informat...
Dec 19, 2019
Online reporting saves Saskatoon police $330,000 in 2019
The Saskatoon Police Service is celebrating another successful year of online crime reporting. So far in 2019 police received 8,271 online reports, which saved the police service approximately $330,84...
Dec 19, 2019 (Saskatoon Police Service/Twitter)
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