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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Regina snowboarder, Mark McMorris, is golden once again after winning his sixth gold medal in the slopestyle event at the X Games. .@markmcmorris wins his 6th Men's Slopestyle gold at #XGames Aspe...

When Kristin Pierce became a mom, she found herself very interested in hunting down children's books with strong and empowering learning messages. Pierce hoped those types of books would help her with...