Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Regina plane, other cities’ policing initiatives getting funding from Sask. government
The Regina Police Service's plan to buy a plane is getting more funding to help it get off the ground. During City of Regina budget deliberations in December, the police service got the OK to spend $1...
Jan 25, 2022
Extreme cold warnings lifted across Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is back out of the deep freeze. The extreme cold warnings Environment Canada had issued Tuesday for areas across the province were lifted in the early afternoon as temperatures climbed. T...
Jan 25, 2022
WHL postpones more games after Blades hit by COVID-19
The Saskatoon Blades have been hit by COVID-19 so severely they don't have enough players to put a team on the ice. On Monday, the Western Hockey League said nine players on the team were currently on...
Jan 25, 2022 (Saskatoon Blades/Twitter)
‘Such a good friend:’ Bob Bourne remembers Clark Gillies
At 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, Clark Gillies was a physical presence, on and off the ice. And yet … "He's the biggest (wuss) you'll ever meet," a chuckling Bob Bourne, one of Gillies' former New Yo...
Jan 24, 2022
Saskatchewan, Alberta partner to battle chronic wasting disease
The Alberta Conservation Association and the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta are injecting nearly $1.3 million towards the research and development of a vaccine for chronic wasting disease (CW...
Jan 24, 2022 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Latest COVID update Jan. 24: 909 new cases, active case total drops
For the first time in more than a month, the number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan has fallen. In its daily update Monday, the Ministry of Health said there were 1,449 new rec...
Jan 24, 2022
Roughriders announce signings of receiver, defensive back
The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday the signings of a pair of American players. Receiver Darvin Kidsy and defensive back Will Sunderland agreed to terms with the CFL team. Kidsy signed with ...
Jan 24, 2022
'No significant benefit': Moe says no new measures coming for Sask.
Despite record daily case numbers and rising hospitalizations, Saskatchewan won't be implementing stricter public health measures in an attempt to curb the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. In h...
Jan 24, 2022
Saskatoon Ukrainian community calling on Canadians to stand with Ukraine
As Russia threatens to invade Ukraine, members of Saskatoon's Ukrainian community want to do what they can even from so far away. "Our community is extremely concerned about this increase in Russian a...
Jan 24, 2022 President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Saskatoon Branch, Christina Rybalka. (Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Saskatoon Branch/Facebook)
Sask. launches ad campaign for people facing mental health, addictions issues
The Saskatchewan government wants people dealing with mental health and addictions issues to remember there is help and there is hope. That’s the theme of a new public awareness campaign that ha...
Jan 24, 2022
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