Murray Wood: Mosquitopalooza
Mosquitoes are, sadly, part of summer in Saskatchewan but on a camping trip Murray found this is an epic year for the bu...
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Saskatchewan set to expand COVID booster eligibility to those 50+
More Saskatchewan residents are about to become eligible for their second COVID-19 booster shot. According to The Canadian Press, Health Minister Paul Merriman announced Monday that everyone 50 and ov...
Apr 25, 2022
In the dark: SaskPower says 500 customers won't have power overnight
Some SaskPower customers will remain in the dark Monday night due to the snowstorm that hit southeast Saskatchewan on the weekend. In an update Monday at 5 p.m., SaskPower said about 500 customers in ...
Apr 25, 2022 Sask Power crews restoring electricity in Southeast Saskatchewan (Sask Power)
CFIA reports more cases of bird flu in Saskatchewan
Bird flu continues to spread in Saskatchewan. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was reported Sunday in a poultry flock in the Rural Municipality ...
Apr 25, 2022
Saskatchewan looking to help victims of human trafficking
Saskatchewan has joined other Canadian provinces in offering more assistance to victims of human trafficking. The Protection from Human Trafficking Act, which came into force in Saskatchewan on April ...
Apr 25, 2022
Canada’s only KFC buffet reopens in Weyburn
Restaurants have gone through a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic. From complete shutdowns to capacity limits to vaccine passports, there has been no shortage of challenges. Buffets are a type of resta...
Apr 25, 2022
Saskatoon grizzlies wake up from hibernation
Grizzly bears Koda and Mistaya are awake from their very long sleep. The two bears were hibernating at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo for the last five months. Zoo manager Jeff Mitchell sa...
Apr 25, 2022
Saskatoon tech company gets a leg up from Google
A new Saskatoon tech company has a big leg up in trying to help people deal with grief. Cadence has developed a new software to help close out estates. It helps people with things like closing account...
Apr 25, 2022 (Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan/YouTube)
Warnings lifted after spring storm rips through southeast Saskatchewan
The clean-up is underway in the southeast after another vicious blast of winter ripped through the area. As of Sunday morning, the winter storm warnings hovering over the region had been lifted. Envir...
Apr 24, 2022
Rush Hulk looks back on years of cheers with joy
A Saskatchewan Rush superfan is hanging up his green rubber Hulk mask for the last time after Saturday's game. When the Rush first came to the province from Edmonton in 2016, Kelvin Ooms was an employ...
Apr 23, 2022 Rush super-fan Kelvin Ooms poses with a Roughneck fan at the Calgary Saddledome on January 27th, 2018. (Submitted)
Meewasin restricting hand-feeding over bird flu concerns
Meewasin has advised visitors that chickadees can't be hand-fed on the Beaver Creek Conservation Area site. Provincial wildlife authorities have advised against hand-feeding at this time because avian...
Apr 23, 2022 A chickadee (Meewasin Valley Authority/Submitted)
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8:30 - The Saskatchewan government is making another round of changes to the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability ...
