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Families and friends eager to get together after another trying pandemic year should be cautious about doing so, according to University of Saskatchewan clinical microbiologist Dr. Joseph Blondeau. Un...

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have fallen to their lowest level since late August. The Ministry of Health said Wednesday there were 105 people with COVID in health-care facilities i...

With case numbers of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on the rise, the Canadian government is officially advising people not to travel outside of the country unless absolutely necessary. "The rapid spread...

A 47-year-old man wanted in connection with sexual assaults that occurred nearly 15 years ago is now in police custody. Kenneth Dauphinais turned himself into police Tuesday and was charged with sexua...

A man is dead following a standoff with the RCMP on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation on Tuesday. Officers from the Waskesiu RCMP detachment were called to a home on Montreal Lake shortly before 5 p.m., f...

SaskPower is giving its customers a break on the federal carbon tax. In a media release Wednesday, the Crown corporation announced its customers will pay the same carbon tax rate as they did in 2021 &...

An arctic air mass is sweeping into the province, bringing snow and frigid conditions throughout Saskatchewan. Environment Canada meteorologist Chris Stammers says the cold could be sticking around fo...

Saskatoon police are adding additional sexual assault charges to a previous case after urging victims to come forward in September. Cecil Wolfe, 60, was charged with sexual assault on May 25 after pol...

New information released by the Government of Saskatchewan on Tuesday continues to prove the favourable health outcomes after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Throughout November, the hospitalization rate ...

Saskatchewan has repatriated the last of its residents who were receiving health care in Ontario. Starting in October, Saskatchewan sent 27 patients east to help ease the burden on the province's heal...