Author Archives: Craig Silliphant

After intense storms across the province last week, Environment Canada was able to confirm that one of those storms produced a tornado. The twister touched down in the Buffer Lake area, northeast of S...

Some uranium mine workers in rural Saskatchewan can count on air transport between their worksites and professional training for the next 15 years because of a new $500 million agreement, reached betw...

August can be a stressful time for parents ahead of children heading back to school, and with prices continuing to rise some families are left scrambling. On Aug. 15, White Buffalo Youth Lodge in Sask...

Saskatchewan is about to get hit with one final blast of summer as the calendars are about to flip over to September. Over the next week, almost every region in the province could see daytime highs re...

It's going to be hard to imagine the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon without The Prairie Lily sailing down it. After 14 summers of operation in the city, the red and white riverboat is closing d...

An eastern Canadian university crew is working to confirm a possible tornado touching down near Martensville or Middle Lake during an Aug. 20 thunderstorm. On Friday, the Northern Tornadoes Project fr...

The Canadian Taxpayer Federation (CTF) wants the provincial gas tax to be reduced, according to its annual Gas Tax Honesty Report. When motorists fill up in Saskatchewan, they are paying three differe...

While lightning was streaking across the prairie skies on Wednesday night, hail was pounding Saskatchewan crops. For the Municipal Hail Insurance, that means the phones have been ringing all day. "Thi...

A Saskatoon teen is preparing for one of his biggest weightlifting competitions of his life. This upcoming weekend, Dryden Parchewsky will compete in the Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay - the bi...

The Saskatchewan Jazz Festival has taken a major hit after learning its title sponsor, SaskTel, won't be keeping its name on the annual event. "It's certainly a concern," said executive director Shann...