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Saskatchewan police soon will be getting the green light to assess stiffer penalties against drivers who are stunting, racing or speeding excessively on the province's roads. The provincial government...

The Saskatchewan government is giving police in the province more tools to deal with high-risk offenders. As was laid out in the Throne Speech, the government is launching two new policing initiatives...

Some parts of Saskatchewan are getting acquainted with winter and dicey driving conditions again. Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings early Wednesday for central areas of the province includin...

The Saskatoon Blades worked overtime Tuesday to snap a two-game losing streak. Tristen Robins' goal 50 seconds into the five-minute overtime period gave the host Blades a 4-3 WHL victory over the Edmo...

Two more ICU patients Saskatchewan had sent to Ontario for treatment have died. During a COVID-19 technical briefing Tuesday, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency president Marlo Pritchard said five peop...

Health Canada has approved the use of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for booster shots for everyone 18 and over. The boosters are to be given at least six months after a person received the...

Two more Crime Reduction Teams are set to begin operations in Saskatchewan. As called for in the Throne Speech, the Saskatchewan government is putting up $1.5 million in the 2021-22 fiscal year to exp...

Mild conditions can only last so long. Environment Canada is forecasting snow to start falling in many places throughout the province either Tuesday or Wednesday. As of Tuesday morning, many central a...

A 27-year-old man is dead after he was hit by a vehicle Sunday on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, near Loon Lake. The RCMP said officers got a call at about 6:40 p.m., that a pedestrian had been h...

The Star Blanket First Nation has started the process of searching for unmarked graves. The First Nation is deploying ground-penetrating radar to scan the grounds near the former site of the Qu’...