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Hoax call leads to RCMP descending on house in Montmartre
The Saskatchewan RCMP is searching for the person who made a hoax call that prompted a massive police response earlier in the week. So-called “swatting” incidents involve fake calls made t...
May 05, 2023
Saskatoon police still looking for answers in 2006 homicide case
Police in Saskatoon have been looking for the person or people responsible for the killing of Hughie James Assiniboine since 2006, and 17 years later they're not giving up. According to police, Assini...
May 05, 2023 Hughie James Assiniboine. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Saskatchewan marks Red Dress Day with new art exhibit
A new art exhibit opened Friday to mark Red Dress Day. The Heart Spirits project by Saskatchewan artist Cheryl Ring features 200 handmade clay hearts, each in honour of an Indigenous person who is mis...
May 05, 2023
Regina, Saskatoon again report decreases in housing sales
For a fourth straight month, Regina and Saskatoon both reported a decrease in year-over-year housing sales. In its monthly report for April, the Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA) said that while...
May 05, 2023
Fuel theft among three losses reported by Saskatchewan school divisions
Somebody subtracted more than $3,000 in fuel from Horizon School Division vehicles in February. In a release Friday, the Saskatchewan government reported three losses by Saskatchewan school divisions ...
May 05, 2023
School lockdowns lifted after call about armed man proves to be false alarm
Some schools in northeast Saskatoon went into what police called "a perimeter lockdown" Friday morning after reports of a man carrying a gun. Police subsequently deemed the call to be a false alarm, s...
May 05, 2023 Saskatoon police are investigating after a woman was hit by a train in the area of 25th Street East and Idylwyld Drive on Aug. 31, 2023. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Gov’t provides update on Health Human Resources Action Plan
The Saskatchewan government is once again singing the praises of its Health Human Resources Action Plan. The plan, the goal of which is to add 1,000 health-care workers to the workforce over the next ...
May 05, 2023
Saskatchewan to adjust payment model for family physicians
Change is coming to the payment model for Saskatchewan's family physicians. On Friday, the provincial government announced plans to alter the family physician compensation model, saying it would be ba...
May 05, 2023
Air quality alert issued for northwest Saskatchewan
Wildfire smoke is causing poor visibility and making it hard to breathe. Environment Canada issued an air quality alert Thursday for northwest Saskatchewan including the communities of La Loche, Lloyd...
May 05, 2023 A wildfire observed from the air in northern Saskatchewan on July 5, 2015. (Dave Webster/submitted)
SJHL keeping close eye on BCHL’s split from Hockey Canada
There’s a breakaway going on that has the SJHL’s attention. The BCHL announced Monday it was splitting off from Hockey Canada as of June 1, a move the league believes will offer more optio...
May 04, 2023
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