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'Light at the end of the tunnel' for uranium prices: analyst
A Saskatoon-based professor is voicing cautious optimism over the future of Cameco's mining operations just days after the company announced massive layoffs. The company said Wednesday it will tempora...
Nov 10, 2017 Located in Northern Saskatchewan, the McArthur River mine has an annual uranium production capacity of 18.7 million pounds U3O8. (Cameco)
Sask. high school student reflects on Vimy Ridge centennial
It's fitting that Annika Tupper's first trip out of Canada took her to the site of a defining battle for the country. In April, the Grade 11 student went with a group from Saskatoon's Evan Hardy Colle...
Nov 09, 2017 Siblings Emry and Annika Tupper, students at Evan Hardy Collegiate, attend the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge at the Canadian national memorial in France. (Annika Tupper/Submitted)
Cameco temporarily closing Key Lake, McArthur River sites
Workers at uranium facilities in Key Lake and McArthur River are facing tough times after Cameco announced Wednesday it was shutting down productions at the Sask. sites. The world's largest uranium mi...
Nov 08, 2017 Cameco announced on Nov. 8, 2017 they would be temporarily shutting down operations at McArthur River (pictured) and Key Lake. (Cameco)
Saskatoon Hilltops prepare for championship game
The Saskatoon Hilltops are headed to Ontario to try and make history. The team will play the Windsor Fratmen Saturday in the Canadian Bowl. A win will make the Hilltops the first-ever team to win four...
Nov 08, 2017 (Saskatoon Hilltops/Twitter)
Sask. organization 'saves' veterans with PTSD: founder
For some veterans and active service members, remembering is a daily struggle. Not because of what's forgotten - but what will never leave. It was on Remembrance Day six years ago that Canadian entert...
Nov 08, 2017 Military veterans and first responders from Canada and the U.S. will gather in Lloydminister for the Wounded Warriors Weekend July 27-31, 2017. (woundedwarriors.ca)
Repairs on schedule following rash of water main breaks
City crews continued working Wednesday morning to repair a series of water breaks that happened following Saskatoon's first blast of cold temperatures heading into this winter. Nine water mains broke ...
Nov 08, 2017 Crews work to repair a water main break on 25th Street near 4th Avenue on Nov. 7, 2017. (Jay Thomas/650 CKOM)
Explosions erupt in Kindersley warehouse blaze
Black smoke, red flames and bright explosions could be seen in Kindersley's industrial area after a warehouse fire Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters responded around 4 p.m. to the blaze, which consumed ...
Nov 07, 2017 Black smoke billows out of an industrial warehouse in Kindersley, Sask. on Nov. 7, 2017. (Moises Canales/West Central Online)
Documentary breaks silence on WWII Cree code talkers
Alexandra Lazarowich heard the stories passed through generations of her family - the tales of Indigenous code talkers who helped win the Second World War by communicating in their ancestral languages...
Nov 07, 2017 Charles 'Checker' Tomkins was one of many Indigenous code talkers who helped the Allies during the Second World War. (Alexandra Lazarowich/Submitted)
Saskatoon police mourn shooting death of B.C. officer
Police officers across Canada are remembering one of their own who was shot and killed in British Columbia Monday. Cst. John Davidson with Abbotsford Police Department died in an exchange of gunfire w...
Nov 07, 2017 Cst. John Davidson with Abbotsford Police Department died after a suspect opened fire in a local parking lot on Nov. 6, 2017. (Abbotsford Police Department/Facebook)
Former Winnipeg sports anchor charged in Saskatoon robbery
A former Winnipeg television news director is facing new charges in relation to a summer bank robbery in Saskatoon. Stephen Vogelsang, 53, is alleged to have robbed the TD Canada Trust branch on 8th S...
Nov 07, 2017 Surveillance footage shows a man police believe to be Stephen Vogelsang, 53, robbing a TD Canada Trust branch on 8th Street on July 31, 2017. (Saskatoon Police Service)
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