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Privacy commissioner makes several recommendations following theft of van full of health samples

An investigation into the loss of health information this summer after a van full of lab samples was stolen in Prince Albert has resulted in several changes being recommended.The Office of the Informa...

Dec 04, 2023

Four people given fines and hunting suspensions for wildlife trafficking

Four people have pleaded guilty to wildlife trafficking in the northeast.Conservation officers with the Ministry of Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety have been investigating illegal activity in...

Dec 04, 2023

Israel expands Gaza ground offensive, says efforts in south will be 'no less strength' than in north

The Israeli military said Sunday its ground offensive had expanded to every part of Gaza, and it ordered more evacuations in the crowded south while vowing that operations there against Hamas would be...

Dec 03, 2023

Naloxone: What to know about the opioid overdose-reversing drug, free across Canada

Health Canada has called the opioid crisis one of the most serious public health threats in recent history, and an addictions specialist says everyone can play a part in helping reduce the death toll....

Dec 03, 2023

Family seeks justice as Saskatchewan Mountie goes to trial for first-degree murder

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Brett Herman thinks back fondly on his childhood, running outside his grandfather's house in northern Saskatchewan with his younger brother chasing behind. He describes his brot...

Dec 03, 2023

Flu season has officially started in Canada, public health agency says

Flu season has officially begun in Canada, the federal public health agency said on Friday."At the national level, influenza activity has crossed the seasonal threshold, indicating the start of influe...

Dec 02, 2023

Emergency shelter officially opens in Meadow Lake

Under an azure-blue sky, members of the Homeplate Shelter Coalition, Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC), and Meadow Lake dignitaries officially opened the long-awaited community emergency shelter."It's...

Dec 01, 2023

Former Sask. hockey coach found guilty of sexually assaulting teen boy

A former Saskatchewan hockey coach has been convicted on charges of assault and sexual assault in connection with an incident that occurred in 1988.Bernie Lynch, 69, was found guilty Friday in the Cou...

Dec 01, 2023

World AIDS Day marked in North Battleford with community event

In the heart of the Battlefords Metis Indian Friendship Centre on what would have been Matthew Shepard's 47th birthday, the details of the aftermath of his now 25-year-old murder play out in the Laram...

Dec 01, 2023

Hip hop and spoken word poetry celebrated by Sask. Indigenous artist

Hip hop, poetry and Saskatchewan roots will collide in an upcoming episode of the TV series 'Amplify,' which features Indigenous musicians.The episode, titled "Celebration," features Zoey Roy, a Dene,...

Dec 01, 2023