Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Cities to parties: Spend more to fill housing-plan gaps for seniors, Indigenous
OTTAWA - Canada's cities are asking federal parties to add more than $500 million a year to the national government's decade-long housing strategy. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities says the m...
Aug 28, 2019
Onion Lake teepee aims to connect education with tradition
The Onion Lake Cree Nation has announced it is planning a grand opening for its new teepee monument that is part of The Virtues and Community Belonging Project.Organizers helped develop the 31.5 ft. m...
Aug 27, 2019 The new Onion Lake Teepee Monument will have a grand opening celebration Sept. 3. (Submitted photo/Laili Yazdani)
Saskatoon figure skater injured in Aug. 20 crash in Alberta
A Saskatoon figure skater was among those injured in the fiery crash near Cereal, Alta., on Aug. 20.In a Facebook post, Skate Canada-Saskatchewan said, "Saskatchewan skater Alanna Liu was involved in ...
Aug 27, 2019 Alanna Liu of Saskatchewan skates in the pre-novice women's free program at the Canada Winter Games in B.C. on Feb. 25, 2015. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)
Provincial Archives offers glimpse into past with digitalization of historic newspapers online
This September will mark the 80th anniversary since the outbreak of the Second World War.To commemorate the occasion, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan are releasing digitized copies of communit...
Aug 26, 2019 Headlines from Thursday, Sept. 7, 1939 in the North Battleford News. (Supplied/Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan)
Mosaic Stadium ‘Certified Gold’ for accessibility prior to matchup with Ottawa
Mosaic Stadium was awarded with the highest certification for accessibility in Saskatchewan Saturday.The 'Accessibility Certified Gold' rating under the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certificat...
Aug 26, 2019 Regina Mayor Michael Fougere accepting the certification honour from Rick Hansen on August 24, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
SGI: Use caution when passing farm machinery on the roads
As harvest begins in earnest in Saskatchewan, farm machinery is going to be more active on the province's roads and highways.According to SGI, data from the past six years shows there have been more c...
Aug 25, 2019 (File photo/CKOM)
Is federal carbon tax killing jobs? Experts say answer isn’t ‘black and white’
farmREGINA - The Saskatchewan government says the federal carbon tax is killing jobs, but experts and even the province's trade minister say it's not that easy to calculate.The government reports that...
Aug 25, 2019 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe (file photo/CP)
Cocaine seized from home in Buffalo Narrows
Three people are facing charges following a drug bust in Buffalo Narrows.Early Saturday morning, police searched a residence in the community and found 47 grams of suspected cocaine and drug paraphern...
Aug 25, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Mandi Schwartz legacy lives on with bone marrow drive
The legacy of Mandi Schwartz is living on in Saskatoon this weekend.A bone marrow drive was held at Al Anderson Source for Sports on Saturday to help find a match for people needing stem cell transpla...
Aug 24, 2019 Membbers of the University of Saskatchewan men's soccer team take part in a bone marrow drive on Aug. 24, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Forest fires can contribute to depletion of soil carbon, increase global climate: UofS study
A new study on how forest fires contribute to depleting soil carbon in the boreal forest was published in the prestigious Nature scientific journal.The research team included University of Saskatchewa...
Aug 23, 2019 2014 was the largest fire season in N.W.T. history (File photo/battlefordsNOW).