Category Archives: #2 and 3 Stories
Saskatchewan-made ‘activity-first’ app helps connect people with similar interests
"Loneliness is an epidemic. Health Canada backs that up. We have this incredible country full of things to do and too many of us are sitting them out because we don't have anybody to do them with. I w...
Mar 09, 2026
Saskatchewan enters agreement to advance national energy corridor
Saskatchewan and several other provinces and territories have signed an agreement to advance a proposal for a national energy corridor in Canada.The partnership also includes Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, ...
Mar 08, 2026 Power transmission lines are seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
New company looking to transform housing on First Nations
Housing on First Nations across Saskatchewan is in short supply and often in disrepair. A new Saskatchewan company has come up with a new housing solution to these long-standing problems.Wastyapit Hom...
Mar 08, 2026 Wastēyapit Homes builds log-style affordable homes, coating them in a durable 'Insta-Coating' finish. (Image Credit: Submitted)
Two women charged after RCMP seize firearms and drugs in RM of Mervin
Saskatchewan RCMP's North Battleford and Lloydminster Crime Reduction Teams have charged two women after firearms and illegal drugs were seized in the RM of Mervin. On Feb. 25, the CRTs were in the Tu...
Mar 06, 2026 Items located and seized by Sask. RCMP in the RM of Mervin. (Image Credit: Submitted/Saskatchewan RCMP)
Demand strong for Northern Sask. uranium
It was a big week for the uranium industry in Northern Saskatchewan. On Monday, Cameco and the federal government announced an agreement that will see Cameco supply nearly 22 million pounds of uranium...
Mar 06, 2026 File photo of MacArthur River Uranium mine site in northern Saskatchewan. (Image Credit: Photo 12575801 © Scott Prokop | Dreamstime.com)
Treaty 6 leaders heading to London for private audience with King Charles III
Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation invited the head of the British Crown to attend the 150th Commemoration of Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton this August. Now, it appears the offer has been reciprocated.A delegation of...
Mar 06, 2026 A delegation of Saskatchewan chiefs departs for England on Monday and is expected to deliver an in-person invitation for the King to come celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton in August. (Image Credit: ID 5563842 © Kmiragaya | Dreamstime.com)
'We hope to make Saskatchewan proud': local curlers set for U-20 nationals after provincial win
Curling often begins with small moments - a first step onto the ice, learning to slide and balance, finding the rhythm of the sweep, and the precise push of the stone from the hack.For North Battlefor...
Mar 06, 2026 Team Semeniuk poses with the championship trophy after winning the Saskatchewan U-20 women’s curling championship in Swift Current. From left: Chloe Semeniuk (skip), Leah Beausoleil (third), Kelsey Wall (second), Lindsay Miller (lead) and coach Nicole Beausoleil. (Image Credit: Submitted/Chloe Semeniuk)
Mike McEwen, Kelly Knapp rinks fall short of playoffs at Brier
Saskatchewan's decades-long drought at the Montana's Brier will continue at least one more year after a Thursday that curling fans in the province would probably prefer to forget.It was a nightmare ev...
Mar 06, 2026 Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen rink fell just shy of qualifying for playoffs at the 2026 Brier following a 6-3 loss to Team Dunstone on Mar. 5, 2026. (Image Credit: Andrew Klaver/Curling Canada)
Riders looking for next Gainer the Gopher
Do you want to gopher the Grey Cup with the Riders this year?The hunt is on for the next big personality in Green and White to step into Gainer the Gophers' shoes and become the Rider mascot.The Saska...
Mar 05, 2026 Gainer the gopher has been a staple for the Rider fans for years. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Roughriders/Twitter)
Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork
Saskatchewan doctors are spending almost 11 hours each week on administrative work, along with the time they spend seeing patients.The January 2026 report, "Losing Doctors to Desk Work: Canadian physi...
Mar 05, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 34803387 © Rido | Dreamstime.com)