Category Archives: Local News

Temperature records fell in eight communities Wednesday as a heat wave continues across Saskatchewan. According to Environment Canada meteorologist Mark Melsness, they included Broadview, Estevan, Ind...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has confirmed that there's been a case of tuberculosis in Melfort. An email to northeastNOW from the SHA didn't say specifically where the case was in the city,...

Prairie Harm Reduction Executive Director Jason Mercredi says overdose deaths in Saskatchewan are "the epidemic within the pandemic." "We need real-time action, and we need it now," Mercredi told 650 ...

There won't be any high school sports in Saskatoon this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On its webpage, the Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate (SSSAD) said: "The health and safety...

Following the province's Monday announcement of additional funding and an extra week for the return to school, Saskatoon's school divisions are preparing for the Sept. 8 start date. In an emailed stat...

After a search that began at 9 p.m. Tuesday, which included the activation of the Amber Alert system, a four-year-old girl was found safe this morning. In a press conference in front of Saskatoon Poli...

A Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) leader is under fire for comments he made, calling eastern Metis derogatory names in a slur-filled speech. Derek Langan, regional representative for Eastern Region 2...

A 24-year-old woman was sent to hospital after being stabbed Monday night. In a release, police say members of the Community Mobilization Unit responded to a report of a robbery at about 8:20 p.m., in...

A collision in Saskatoon's downtown Tuesday afternoon has backed traffic up on Idylwyld Drive. Emergency crews are at the scene at Idylwyld and 20th Street. Traffic is backed up on Idylwyld and over t...

Firefighters have a new tool in Saskatoon. A fire suppression grenade was deployed for the first time to help control fires at two boarded-up homes near St. Paul's Hospital on Sunday. "We throw it lik...