Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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SaskTel won't charge for calls, texts to Ukraine until end of June
SaskTel is extending its assistance to Ukrainian-Canadian families for a further three months. The Crown corporation announced Friday it will continue to waive long-distance charges for SaskTel wirele...
Mar 25, 2022
Inquest to be held into inmate's death at Saskatoon correctional centre
Nearly three years after Randall Nicotine died at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre, a public inquest is to look into his death. The Saskatchewan government announced Friday the inquest is ...
Mar 25, 2022
Cut it out: Ban on pruning elm trees set to take effect
It’s nearly time for those with elm trees on their properties to put away the pruning shears. The Saskatchewan government says the annual ban on pruning elm trees in the province starts next Fri...
Mar 25, 2022
Numbers of new COVID cases, deaths, hospitalizations all rise in Sask.
The key indicators for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan all rose during the latest reporting period. In the weekly epidemiological report issued Thursday by the Ministry of Health, the number of new cases inc...
Mar 24, 2022
Astronomer says large meteor behind Tuesday's bright flash in the sky
What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a meteor! Lucky Saskatchewan residents who were outside Tuesday night got to see a bolide light up the night sky. Lorna Janeczko saw it on...
Mar 24, 2022
Surgical wait list addressed in budget, but some organizations expected more
Saskatchewan's government is vowing it won't wait to address the province's surgical wait list. In the 2022-23 budget released Wednesday, the Saskatchewan Party put an increase of $21.6 million toward...
Mar 23, 2022
Harpauer defends PST expansion; NDP decries ‘no-help budget’
Saskatchewan's finance minister sees the expansion of the Provincial Sales Tax and the projected reduction of the surgical wait list as a tradeoff. "(The expanded PST) will generate annually a little ...
Mar 23, 2022
How the 2022-23 Saskatchewan budget affects you
Here's how the Saskatchewan budget, released Wednesday, is going to impact you. Psst! Get ready for an expanded PST The province is expanding the Provincial Sales Tax for the third time since 2...
Mar 23, 2022
Expanding PST, contracting surgical wait list part of 2022-23 budget
People in Saskatchewan are going to have to pay a few dollars more to be entertained starting in October. As part of the 2022-23 budget released Wednesday, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer announced th...
Mar 23, 2022
Roughriders add American DB to roster
Denmark is coming to Saskatchewan. The CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Wednesday they had signed defensive back Stephen Denmark. The 25-year-old product of Tallahassee, Fla., was select...
Mar 23, 2022
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