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Organizers of a major curling tournament in Swift Current say COVID-19 precautions will be in full force this weekend. The city is the location of the IG Wealth Management Western Showdown, bringing s...

Doctors across the province have some advice to stay healthy and safe this Thanksgiving long weekend. At Thursday's Saskatchewan Health Authority physicians' town hall, medical health officer Dr. John...

There’s no place like home for Anthony Lanier II. "We have a very tight-knit community to the point where every child is raised by the community. We say ‘It takes a village to raise a chil...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are hoping to have all the fixings for a victory this Thanksgiving weekend. The Riders meet the Calgary Stampeders for the second straight Saturday, hoping to get a win ag...

More than a quarter of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Friday were children aged 11 and under. There were 576 new cases announced, including 147 kids under 12. That age group isn't ...

An editorial cartoon published in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been made into a stamp by Canada Post. Bruce MacKinnon, an editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle Herald, drew t...

Saskatchewan recorded the largest month-to-month drop in unemployment rate in Canada in September. According to job numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada, the province’s unemployment rate...

The Saskatchewan government has added 241 previously missing cases of COVID-19 to the province's total. As a result, the Ministry of Health reported 650 new cases Thursday, which would be the highest ...

Saskatchewan residents who want a shot at a driver’s licence are going to need a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. SGI announced Thursday that proof of vaccination — or a recent negative COVID t...

Harvest is nearly complete in Saskatchewan, but farmers are reporting below-average yields. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said 99 per cent of the crop is in the bin in nearly ...