Saskatchewan

Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps

EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.Ontario's P...

Aug 14, 2019 Submitted photo/ CKOM News

Scheer excoriates Trudeau, calls on RCMP to investigate SNC-Lavalin affair

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there's now more than enough evidence of misconduct by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the SNC-Lavalin affair to warrant an investigation by the RCMP.S...

Aug 14, 2019 (File photo/ Canadian Press)

Health authority examines anonymous whistleblower hotline options

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has put out a call for proposals to establish an anonymous tip line for reporting employees who break the rules.The provincial health agency confirmed the news ...

Aug 13, 2019 (file photo/JPBG News Staff)

Infrastructure money cash 'not Ralph Goodale's re-election fund:' Moe

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is suggesting the federal government is playing favourites with infrastructure funding to give a boost to Liberal-area member of Parlia...

Aug 13, 2019

Moe shuffles Saskatchewan cabinet

With a very short ceremony and a few handshakes, the pre-election cabinet shuffle for the Saskatchewan government was finished Tuesday.Three ministers moved positions like a merry-go-round: Lori Carr ...

Aug 13, 2019 Premier Scott Moe. (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Convicted killer will spend remainder of sentence in federal penitentiary; plans to appeal

A young offender convicted in the killing of a La Ronge businessman will stay at a federal penitentiary for the remainder of his sentence. The man, who was 17 years old at the time of the crime, was s...

Aug 12, 2019 A young offender convicted in the manslaughter of Simon Grant (pictured) will serve the remainder of his sentence at the federal penitentiary. (file photo)

Perseid meteor shower set to peak tonight

One of the best annual astronomical events will light up the sky this week. The summertime meteor shower, the Perseid, is set to peak Aug. 12 and 13. Though already underway, as Earth moves further in...

Aug 12, 2019 (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)

Man charged with impaired driving following rollover near Kinistino

Melfort RCMP has laid charges after a single-vehicle collision in the R.M. of Kinistino. Creedon Dipaolo, a 23-year-old man from James Smith First Nation, was charged with impaired driving causing bod...

Glynn Brothen Aug 12, 2019 STARS airlifts one occupant of a half-ton truck following a rollover near Kinistino. (Facebook/Melfort Fire and Rescue)

All-female air ambulance crew makes history in Sask.

History was made in Saskatchewan last week after an air ambulance trip to Buffalo Narrows.It was a day like any other for pilot Tammie Kulyk as she showed up for work on Aug. 2, but she realized the c...

Aug 12, 2019 Saskatchewan air ambulance pilots, from left to right, Tammie Kulyk (pilot), Carly St. Onge (pilot), Crystal Lybeck (flight nurse) and Jen Rondeau (paramedic) pose for a photo. (Submitted photo)

Nation sheds over 24K jobs in July, more positive data regionally

While July saw wage growth accelerate more than it has in a decade, the nation shed 24,200 jobs.The drop of 11,600 full-time positions and 12,600 part-time roles pushed Canada's unemployment rate to 5...

Aug 09, 2019 (file photo/JPBG)