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Alicia Brass broke the bank. The Canora woman took home $811,843.81 after winning the grand jackpot on Vault Breaker on a VLT at the Lunn Hotel in Canora on Feb. 16. "I knew I won but I didn't realize...

It'll still be another few months before the Saskatchewan NDP has a new leader. The party said its council decided on the weekend to hold the leadership convention in late June to replace Ryan Meili. ...

The Saskatchewanderer is going full time. The provincial government announced Monday the position is becoming a full-time, permanent position starting in April after more than a decade as a 12-month t...

A company that operates a dairy farm near Summerberry has been fined $80,000 in connection with the death of a worker in November of 2020. Jimlee Farms Ltd. pleaded guilty in Fort Qu’Appelle Pro...

With masks no longer required in Saskatchewan, a speech therapist believes face coverings may have contributed to speech delays for young children. Kirsten Kelly is the owner of It's a Speech Thing, w...

A man from the Lloydminster area was killed and an RCMP officer was wounded during a shootout Saturday in Waseca, a town about 40 kilometres southeast of Lloydminster. The RCMP said in a media release...

The Saskatchewan government is looking to the liquor board’s shelves to find a way to express its displeasure with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Friday, a government spokesperson said t...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is to begin relaxing visitation restrictions at most of its long-term care homes in the province on Monday. At 8 a.m., SHA long-term care homes will start easing COVI...

Ben Coakwell and his teammates kept their heads down in Beijing — and that helped them win a bronze medal. Coakwell, a 34-year-old product of Moose Jaw, was the brakeman in the Canadian sled tha...

Electric vehicle owners in Saskatchewan are getting a boost from SaskPower. The company announced Friday it’s investing about $2 million in the SaskPower Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program,...