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Winter storm to leave Saskatchewan by Friday morning
Parts of Saskatchewan were thrown into a snow globe Wednesday and Old Man Winter wouldn't stop shaking it.Winter storms and heavy snowfall wrought havoc on the southeastern corner of the province.Acco...
Apr 20, 2023

Battlefords-Meadow Lake PSAC members join strike action
Battlefords and Meadow Lake area members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) are among those taking part in the national PSAC strike that started Wednesday, that's affecting 155,000 worker...
Apr 19, 2023

Warrants issued after four suspects stop and steal vehicle from highway
Onion Lake RCMP are searching for four armed suspects that forced a vehicle on the highway to stop for a robbery. Two adults were in the vehicle on Highway 797 on Monday around 8 a.m. when four armed ...
Apr 19, 2023

With no deal with feds in hand, union says federal workers will strike
Canada's largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers will go on strike after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before its Tuesday night deadline.The Publ...
Apr 18, 2023

Green Lake curling rink's tin on roof blown off by high winds
A gust of high winds blew off part of the roof covering of Green Lake's former curling rink Monday.Dustin Fidler, administrator for the Northern Village of Green Lake, said he was surprised with the f...
Apr 18, 2023

Two facing drug-related charges following highway stop near Green Lake
Two people are facing drug-related charges after being pulled over on the highway near Green Lake. Police report Saskatchewan RCMP's Meadow Lake Crime Reduction Team (CRT) were conducting proactive pa...
Apr 17, 2023

Roughly 2,000 workers in northern Sask. could be affected by PSAC strike
Around 2,000 federal workers in northern Saskatchewan could be on the picket line as early as Wednesday.The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) issued a strike mandate last week and on Monday sai...
Apr 17, 2023

Hockey Canada regains national funding from Ottawa
BRAMPTON, Ont. - The Canadian government has restored funding to Hockey Canada. Hockey Canada made the announcement Sunday - and Canadian sport minister Pascale St-Onge made it official - before the C...
Apr 16, 2023

COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials
Nunavut's health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities, and questions remain over whether targets to stamp out the disease can be met. "C...
Apr 16, 2023

Canada, South Korea launch talks on defence, security intelligence sharing
OTTAWA - Canada and South Korea have launched talks aimed at sharing defence and security information as the two countries work to counter increasing threats from Russia and China. The agreement to de...
Apr 15, 2023