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Mounties in the Battlefords are appealing to the public for help identifying a person of interest in a case involving the so-called "grandparent scam." The scam, which has become more common in Saskat...

The culture war crowd is in high dudgeon at students being exposed to what it deems blatant sexuality on a school trip to a theatre. Murray Wood says the arts community is self-righteous about express...

Sarah Mills says a documentary about the multitalented Martin Short, who has endured enough loss in his life to dampen that good humour, is teaching us that there is joy to be found, even in sadness. ...

All the lanes on Circle Drive are open again after a semi collided with power poles along the busy route near Millar Avenue. According to the City of Saskatoon, the single-vehicle collision on Monday ...

The Government of Saskatchewan is sharing more details in the northern Saskatchewan bear attack that led to the death of a 27-year-old man over the weekend, only the fourth such fatal attack in Saskat...

Two people were injured in separate stabbing incidents on Sunday evening in Saskatoon. According to police, officers were called to a home on Kingsmere Boulevard at around 10 p.m., where they found a ...

Firefighters in Regina said nobody was injured after a garage fire spread to a house in the city's North Central neighbourhood early on Monday morning. According to the fire department, the blaze in t...

Work to expand the adult intensive-care unit at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon will get underway this week. The project, which comes with a $17 million price tag, will expand the number of bed...

Murray Wood says a plan to ban smoking in the UK reminds him of an old parody piece in National Lampoon. He says truth is stranger than fiction, but it's odd how often fiction becomes truth. Murray Wo...

From paper routes to lifeguarding at the local pool, Sarah Mills says there are plenty of summer jobs that we have all done that have us pining for a time long gone. The Mills Minute is a daily commen...