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Saskatchewan Penitentiary hit with COVID-19 outbreak
Once again, COVID-19 has found its way inside the walls of a Saskatchewan prison. Five inmates have tested positive for the virus at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, Correctional Servic...
Sep 16, 2022 Located about one kilometre west of the city of Prince Albert, the Saskatchewan Penitentiary has been in operation since 1911. (paNOW staff)
Prince Albert man charged with possession of child pornography
Saskatchewan's Internet Child Exploitation Unit has charged a Prince Albert man with possessing and accessing child pornography. According to police, officers were investigating child pornography "thr...
Sep 15, 2022
COVID cases, hospitalizations increased in Sask. in past month
COVID-19 cases are climbing in Saskatchewan. In an epidemiological report for the period from Aug. 14 to last Saturday, the Saskatchewan government said the test positivity rate for the province stood...
Sep 15, 2022
More people eligible for bivalent COVID booster starting Monday
Starting Monday, more Saskatchewan residents will become eligible for Moderna's bivalent COVID-19 booster dose. According to the Ministry of Health, the vaccine will be available at Saskatchewan Healt...
Sep 15, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Roughriders reveal 10 players on negotiation list
The Saskatchewan Roughriders joined the other eight CFL teams Thursday in releasing the names of 10 players on their negotiation list. Teams have to do so twice a year -- in September and December -- ...
Sep 15, 2022
Three arrested in Saskatoon with large collection of drugs, weapons
Police with Saskatoon's Crime Reduction Team arrested three people this week, seizing a huge trove of drugs and weapons in the process. Police were investigating a 37-year-old man suspected of drug tr...
Sep 15, 2022 (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
'Ideal conditions' help to hustle harvest along: Crop report
Sixty-four per cent of Saskatchewan's crop is in the bin according to the latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture. The report covering the week from Sept. 6 through Monday showed huge prog...
Sep 15, 2022 Saskatchewan producers harvest at sunset. (Darren Sproat/Instagram)
Blackmore defends RCMP's actions in wake of Sanderson arrest
The commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP defended officers and the force itself Thursday. In a statement, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore wrote that some have "taken issue" with the fac...
Sep 15, 2022
Federal, Sask. governments giving raises to Early Childhood Educators
Early Childhood Educators in Saskatchewan are getting a raise. The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada announced Thursday an investment of $5.4 million to give those educators an increase of up to ...
Sep 15, 2022
Memorial for Queen Elizabeth II scheduled for Regina
St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral will be filled with people paying their respects to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday night in Regina. The Queen died Thursday at the age of 96. Her funeral is to be held Mond...
Sep 14, 2022
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