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COVID continues its downward trajectory in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Saturday, the province reported 73 new cases and 145 recoveries. The active total now sits at 940. At 138, there are five f...

A gas price expert is predicting an 11 cent per litre drop at the pump. Dan McTeague, the president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, believes the drop will kick in for Saskatchewan Sunday or early ...

The Prince Albert RCMP says the deaths of two people who were found in a vehicle along Highway 355 in the RM of Garden River are suspicious. The bodies were found in the vehicle along the highway betw...

Zipping past everyone else on the road apparently didn’t alert a driver that he was doing nearly twice the speed limit. In a media release Friday, the RCMP said an officer saw a vehicle speeding...

More than 4,000 children in the five-to-11 age range in Saskatchewan have received COVID-19 vaccines over the past two days. According to the Ministry of Health, 4,317 doses were administered to child...

With a new COVID-19 variant of concern on the rise, Canada is banning visitors who travelled through southern Africa. During a media conference Friday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the b...

Saskatchewan bargain hunters set their alarms extra early to take advantage of Black Friday specials. However, one of the busiest shopping days of the year lacked some of the hysteria of previous year...

A 76-year-old man from Shaunavon is dead after a crash Thursday on Highway 37 near Gull Lake. Officers from the Swift Current Rural RCMP were called at around 4 p.m., to a location on the highway abou...

Two people charged in the death of an Indian Head RCMP officer in June are facing new charges. Manslaughter charges laid against Alphonse Stanley Traverse and Marlene Velma Louise Pagee have been with...

Saskatchewan is looking to jumpstart its stalled COVID-19 vaccination program. Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said during a conference call Thursday the vaccine uptake has "stagnated," ...