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U of S study shows hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants may pollute air

A University of Saskatchewan team has conducted research into the airborne polluting effects of cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants and says these pose health risks.According ...

Dec 02, 2020

Moe talks schools, jails and Christmas with COVID-19

It has been only a few days since new health measures have come into effect in Saskatchewan, and Premier Scott Moe said it'll take a little longer before any effects will be seen.Moe is confident the ...

Dec 01, 2020

Throne speech focuses on COVID-19, election promises

As it has been in everyone's lives for the past nine months, COVID-19 was a running theme through the new provincial government's speech from the throne Monday afternoon.The speech laid out the govern...

Nov 30, 2020

Canadian Rangers deployed to northern First Nation for COVID relief

Canadian Rangers are lending a hand with COVID-19 relief efforts in northern Saskatchewan.About 20 men and women from the 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (4 CRPG) have been deployed to the Hatchet La...

Nov 30, 2020

Mild temperatures to stick around into first week of December: Environment Canada

It's welcome news to many in the prairies. Mild temperatures are expected to stick around for at least the next upcoming week.That's according to Environment Canada lead forecaster, Brad Vrolijk."Norm...

Nov 29, 2020

Draft fishery deal possibly a 'historic recognition' of treaty rights: Mi'kmaq chief

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - A draft agreement between Ottawa and a Nova Scotia First nation over a "moderate livelihood" fishery has the potential to be a historic recognition of Mi'kmaq treaty rights, the ...

Nov 29, 2020

Suspicious death being investigated southeast of Glaslyn

After receiving a complaint on Friday at 12:30 p.m., Glaslyn/Turtleford RCMP discovered a deceased man near a grid road about 30 kilometres southeast of Glaslyn. The man has been identified as 54-year...

Nov 29, 2020

Spread of COVID-19 in Brampton linked to systemic factors, experts say

When Kelly Lopes learned back in the spring that the Ontario government was ordering her teenaged children to stay home from school for their own safety but expected them and their parents to continue...

Nov 29, 2020

Nunavut judges disagree on how to sentence offenders during pandemic

IQALUIT - Three Nunavut judges, including the territory's chief justice, are at odds over whether harsher prison conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered in sentencing. One of t...

Nov 29, 2020

SHA orders those who visited these two curling venues to isolate

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is ordering those who attended events at the curling centres in Christopher Lake and Shellbrook recently to isolate for 14 from their last attendance. The SHA h...

Nov 28, 2020