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'Hurts so much:' Over 1,000 Nunavut children on wait-list for dental surgery
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut woman says her 12-year-old son lost 15 pounds while waiting to have a tooth removed this year. The boy in Rankin Inlet was recently one of more than 1,000 children on the ...
Jul 04, 2021

Two of 19 wildfires burning in Saskatchewan rated a concern
Cooler, and perhaps wetter weather is coming but for the time being there are at least two wildfires of note being observed by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA). Those blazes of concern are...
Jul 03, 2021

Fans say seeing Habs at home in final a once in a lifetime experience
MONTREAL - Even with the arena at a fraction of its capacity and despite their team trailing for more than 58 minutes, the fans at Montreal's Bell Centre were never quiet on Friday night. For some of ...
Jul 03, 2021

Twenty-one new cases of COVID-19 reported in the province
The province is reporting an additional 21 new cases and 36 recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 2. This includes only eight new cases in the province's northern zones.This brings the prov...
Jul 02, 2021

Scorching Canada Day heat breaks multiple records across Sask.
Unrelenting hot weather is rewriting daily record temperatures across Saskatchewan.According to Environment Canada, 26 communities set new daily maximum temperature records on Canada Day as a heat dom...
Jul 02, 2021

Saskatchewan communities look to balance celebration and reflection on Canada Day
The country's second pandemic-shaded Canada Day is underway, with events either scaled back once again due to COVID-19 or cancelled as Canadians reckon with the horrific legacy of residential schools ...
Jul 01, 2021

The heat is on: SaskPower sets summer power demand record
Air conditioners have been working overtime during the sustained heat wave that has descended on Saskatchewan, and that has led to a record for SaskPower.The Crown corporation reported it had set a su...
Jul 01, 2021

City of Meadow Lake receiving financial assistance from provincial, federal governments with water service upgrades
The City of Meadow Lake is set to acquire a new Actiflo clarifying unit for the water treatment plant. The unit is designed to assist with the water clarification process before the potable water is d...
Jun 30, 2021

Province reports 31 new cases of COVID-19, 13 new cases in Northern zones
With 31 new cases of COVID-19 and 60 recoveries reported today, this brings the provincial total to 48,854 cases; 47,851 total recoveries, and 435 cases considered active. This is the lowest number of...
Jun 30, 2021

Year-end figures show Saskatchewan’s deficit lower than expected
Saskatchewan is reporting a $1.13-billion deficit for the 2020-21 fiscal year - a significantly lower number than was forecast.The deficit announced by Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday is ...
Jun 30, 2021