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Saskatchewan to make changes to age requirements for purchasing tobacco products

The Saskatchewan government has passed a bill raising the minimum age to legally buy tobacco and vapour products to 19 from 18. The change aligns age restrictions for smoking and vaping with those on ...

Nov 08, 2023

Frontline staff in Sask. feel hopeless due to lack of government funding

Warning: This story contains the mention of suicide.Workers at some Saskatchewan community-based organizations (CBOs) say they haven't received a raise in more than a decade.A group of CBO employees w...

Nov 08, 2023

More Canadians could soon be leaving Gaza after names appear in latest document

More Canadians could soon be leaving Gaza after their names appeared in the latest published document by Gaza's General Authority of Crossings and Borders.The document on Wednesday contained 40 names ...

Nov 08, 2023

Expanded legislation to help Sask. landowners collect after drilling

Saskatchewan landowners who are owed money after oil and gas drilling on their property will soon have an easier time collecting thanks to expanded legislation.According to Saskatchewan's Ministry of ...

Nov 07, 2023

Humboldt in mourning after three people die in nearby lake

The community of Humboldt is in mourning following the deaths of three people who fell through the ice on a lake about 10 minutes south of the city.In a release Monday, the RCMP said officers were cal...

Nov 07, 2023

Three dead after falling through ice on lake near Humboldt

Two men and a girl are dead after they fell through the ice on a lake near Humboldt on Saturday.In a release Monday, the RCMP said officers were called at around 2:20 p.m., to a house on Humboldt (Sto...

Nov 06, 2023

Health care, energy costs expected to be focus of premiers meeting in Halifax

Health care and the effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada are slated to take centre stage at Monday's meeting of the country's premiers and territorial leaders i...

Nov 06, 2023

Sask. NDP joins calls for local occupational training program

The Saskatchewan NDP is raising the alarm about a shortage of occupational therapists.The official opposition is putting the provincial government on blast for failing to attract and recruit medical s...

Nov 05, 2023

Many veterinarians in Canada are facing extreme burnout and declining mental health

Veterinarians in Canada say they are experiencing extreme burnout and plummeting mental health due to staff shortages, a booming number of animal patients and the round-the-clock stress of the job. Ne...

Nov 05, 2023

Moe receives 97 per cent approval at Sask. Party convention

The Saskatchewan Party held its 2023 convention on Saturday, when Premier Scott Moe received 97 per cent approval ahead of the scheduled 2024 election."Some of the most significant challenges that we'...

Nov 04, 2023