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Saskatchewan added 3,900 jobs in January, according to data released Friday by Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate in the province was 5.5 per cent, the same as it was in December. The only provi...

The Beijing Winter Olympics are officially underway. Led by flag-bearers Charles Hamelin and Marie-Philip Poulin, Canada's team filed into the 80,000-seat National Stadium in Beijing as part of the op...

For decades, people in Saskatoon and area have been waking up to Brent Loucks' voice. After 40 years of "4 a.m.," Brent has decided it's time to sleep in. Since breaking the news to listeners he is st...

Saskatchewan won't have a team in the playoffs at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Moose Jaw's Penny Barker, who's wearing the province's colours at the Canadian women's curling championship in Thun...

Another count of sexual assault has been added to the list of charges against a 60-year-old man. The RCMP now has laid six charges of sexual assault against Cecil Wolfe, who also faces two similar cha...

The University of Regina Rams on Thursday officially announced Mark McConkey as their head coach. He had been serving as the Canada West football team’s interim head coach for almost two years a...

The death toll due to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan has reached quadruple figures. The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported four more deaths as a result of the virus, pushing the province's total to dat...

It appears Saskatchewan has already seen the worst stretches the winter season has to offer. That's according to Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips, who appeared on the Brent Louck...

Larry Dean didn’t play a down for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2021, but the CFL team obviously saw enough to sign the linebacker to a contract extension. The Roughriders announced the transa...

Saskatchewan is changing the way it's managing COVID-19. While public health measures such as mandatory masking, self-isolation and proof of vaccination will remain in place for the time being, the pr...