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The pressure on Saskatchewan hospitals eased up somewhat in the latest COVID update. Saturday, the province reported a drop from 308 COVID patients in hospital down to 288. Active cases were also on t...

A prominent member of the People's Party of Canada says Mark Friesen, a party organizer in Saskatoon who has organized rallies against pandemic measures, has been hospitalized with COVID-19. Laura-Lyn...

The Canadian Armed Forces is being deployed in Saskatchewan to help with COVID-19 case counts and near-capacity ICUs across the province. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair t...

What a difference a few weeks make in the CFL. Before the first game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders on Oct. 2, the teams found themselves in very different situations. The...

The Regina Pats’ sixth straight loss saw them outgunned on the scoreboard and, in the opinion of their head coach, outmanned and outhustled as well. Despite a 5-2 loss in the first game of a hom...

A report of a car driving with its roof torn off ultimately led to impaired driving charges against a Meadow Lake woman whom police say was four times over the legal limit. In a media release Friday, ...

Nearly one-third of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Friday were kids under the age of 11. The Ministry of Health announced there were 300 new cases, with 99 of them in the 11-and-un...

Saskatchewan homeowners will be paying more for natural gas starting Nov. 1. SaskEnergy announced Friday the provincial government has approved the corporation's application to increase its commodity ...

The C95 Radio Marathon for Breast Cancer Research raised $340,432 Thursday, pushing the total raised by the marathon since 2000 to more than $5.3 million. This year's total included $330 from nine-yea...

Actor Alec Baldwin tweeted Friday his "heart is broken" after a woman was killed in an accidental shooting on a film set in New Mexico. Officials say the prop gun Baldwin fired contained a live round ...