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New primary health centre to open in Martensville this week
A new health centre set to open this week will give residents of Martensville more options for care in their home community. Like other health centres recently opened in the province, the Martensville...
Dec 09, 2024 The clinic will begin booking appointments at 1 p.m. on Monday. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Oxbow residents, staff frustrated health centre can't treat acute care patients
In a time when many hospitals across Saskatchewan are regularly bursting at the seams with patients and there are chronic health-care staffing shortages, one health centre in southeastern Saskatchewan...
Dec 09, 2024 Patients at Galloway Health Centre in Oxbow can't be treated for more than 24 hours at the fully staffed health centre, and must be sent to a facility where beds are allowed for acute care use. (Town of Oxbow website/submitted)
Travel in Saskatchewan treacherous with slippery roads, vehicles in ditches
The freezing rain and mixed precipitation that fell overnight has now to turned snow in many parts, as the forecast Alberta Clipper moved across the province on Sunday. Travel on a number of Saskatche...
Dec 08, 2024 This truck was a victim of slippery road conditions on Grasswood Road, in the RM of Corman Park near Saskatoon on Dec. 8, 2024. (submitted)
RCMP still looking for man after White Bear F.N. murder suspect arrested
The man wanted for murder after the death of a 33-year-old man on White Bear First Nation on Dec. 3 has been arrested by Saskatchewan RCMP. RCMP said in a news release on Sunday that Jeremy Whitebear ...
Dec 08, 2024 Dwayne Maxie, 26, is wanted for manslaughter the death of a 33-year-old man on the White Bear First Nation on Dec. 3. He is about 6-foot-2 tall and weighs around 250 lbs, has brown eyes and black hair. Police say he should not be approached. (Saskatchewan RCMP/submitted)
Police investigating homicide on Onion Lake Cree Nation
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes is investigating a homicide on Onion Lake Cree Nation that happened early Friday morning. Police responded to reports of a shooting on the reserve at around 6 a.m. on De...
Dec 08, 2024 37-year-old Jesse Heathen was the victim of the provinces latest homicide on Onion Lake Cree Nation earlier this week. (Facebook/Submitted)
Enchanted Forest remains a Saskatoon holiday staple
For many people it has become a Saskatchewan holiday tradition - packing their family into a vehicle with festive music playing and touring the BHP Enchanted Forest at Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park. Ov...
Dec 07, 2024 The route for the BHP Enchanted Forest at Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park is more than two and half kilometers, and features close to three million lights. (Enchanted Forest)
Alberta Clipper brings winter storm warnings for parts of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is once again bracing for impact, as an Alberta clipper will begin forcing its way across the province on Saturday night. The storm system has prompted a winter storm warning stretching f...
Dec 07, 2024 Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to delay non-essential travel in the areas under a winter storm warning on Saturday because with freezing rain forecast surfaces like roads, walkways and parking lots can become hazardous. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM files)
Hudson Bay woman dies after vehicle drives off Highway 9
A 50-year-old woman from Hudson Bay is dead after a single vehicle incident on Highway 9 on Thursday. Hudson Bay RCMP said in a news release on Friday that officers were called about 5:40 a.m. on Dec....
Dec 07, 2024 (Saskatchewan RCMP/submitted)
Loaded gun thrown at Sask. RCMP vehicle leads to three arrests
Three people are facing charges after a loaded gun was thrown at a police vehicle during a high-speed chase on Highway 2 on Thursday. Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release on Friday that Saskatchew...
Dec 07, 2024 (Andrij-Ter / Depositphotos.com)
Projected grocery price increase worrisome for Saskatoon Food Bank
The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre is already dealing with a strain on its resources, and an expected price jump for groceries in 2025 is unwelcome, says executive director Laurie O'Connor. O...
Dec 07, 2024 A new report says a Canadian family of four can expect to spend up to $801 more on food in 2025 than they did in 2024. (svershinsky / Depositphotos.com)
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