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Kindersley RCMP are warning about fake OxyContin pills.The pills contain fentanyl, a highly toxic opiod linked to deaths across Canada in recent years.Green fentanyl tablets marked to look like OxyCon...

The president of the union representing Saskatchewan jail guards says overcrowding has reached a crisis point in facilities across the province.Bob Bymoen, president of the Saskatchewan Government Emp...

Early polls show the federal NDP has a shot at taking away Conservative seats in Saskatchewan for the first time in 15 years. Across the province, support for the NDP is at 42 per cent. That's ni...

Saskatchewan's premier says it's time to start asking if equalization should be changed."I don't remember it ever coming up in a (federal election) campaign," Brad Wall told News Talk Radio's Gormley ...

PotashCorp Playland at Kinsmen Park has opened to the public."My favourite is the zipline because it goes really fast and you can be sitting and just relaxing while it goes fast," Evie Tuckerslake sai...

The La Ronge Northerner is turning off its presses after decades of informing the town and the many communities surrounding it.The local paper, owned by Glacier Media, will no longer exist as of Frida...

The cost of the Regina Bypass project is going up. On Wednesday, the province announced the total investment for the bypass will be $1.88 billion over the life of the project, including the desig...

Some small towns in Saskatchewan might not be able to have pit parties as their rural municipalities struggle with a gravel shortage. Some areas are driving as far as 80 kilometres to truck gravel in,...

Even though it's just a few days into the federal election campaign, people in Regina are starting to make a list of priorities they want to see political parties tackle. "Mine isn't the economy,...

Calgary had a small taste of winter in summer as a huge hail storm hit the city Tuesday evening.Heavy rain and a strong wind accompanied the hail as the one-hour storm uprooted trees, brought down pow...