Saskatchewan

Health Canada to usher in plain packaging, new strict rules on tobacco products

Health Canada has unveiled its new rules for cigarettes and tobacco product packaging in an effort to reduce the appeal of tobacco products, which remain the leading cause of preventable death and dis...

May 01, 2019 New plain packaging rules and strict regulations on cigarettes will soon come into force in Canada. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

As Ottawa boosts loans for farmers, Sask. producer optimistic China will soon lift ban

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe appreciates the changes made for canola farmers and supports the federal government getting back to the table with China.Moe spoke Wednesday morning, shortly after the f...

May 01, 2019 Help is on the way for canola farmers impacted by China's ban on Canadian product. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Secret recording could be tossed in Vey-Nicholson re-trial

The case against two Saskatchewan lovers facing a re-trial for conspiring to murder their spouses may be in jeopardy, as a Court of Queen's Bench judge considers whether to throw out the key piece of ...

May 01, 2019 file photo/CKOM

Mental health biggest issue for Sask. children and youth

Saskatchewan's Advocate for Children and Youth is coming back to mental health as the top issue facing children and youth in the province."It really doesn't matter whether they live on reserve or off ...

Apr 30, 2019 Corey O'Soup is the Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth. On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, he released his report for 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Big game draw set to open

Hunters can soon start taking steps to prepare for the upcoming season.Starting Wednesday, hunters in Saskatchewan will have the opportunity to put their names forward for the province's big game draw...

Apr 30, 2019 The big game draw is set to open Wednesday. (submitted photography/Government of Saskatchewan)

Sask. court’s carbon tax decision expected Friday

Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is to render its decision Friday into the province's challenge of the federal government's carbon tax.Saskatchewan has questioned the constitutionality of the tax, which...

Apr 30, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Teen guilty of killing La Ronge restaurateur could receive therapeutic sentencing option

Court heard Monday how a young man guilty of manslaughter in the death of Simon Grant was recommended for an Intensive Rehabilitation Custody Supervision (IRCS) program if Judge Robert Lane determines...

Apr 29, 2019 Provincial court in La Ronge is the location of the sentencing hearing. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

What'sHappeningNOW April 29, 2019

Prince Albert News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with northeastNOW reporter Aaron Schulze about the court sentencing of Austyn Adamko, who shot and killed a man while hunting near Weirdale in 2017.

Apr 29, 2019

Rural home invasion near Debden leads to jail terms

A man and woman have been sentenced to jail time in connection with a home invasion and high-speed chase near Debden last year in a case that once again highlights concerns around crime in rural Saska...

Apr 29, 2019 Prince Albert Provincial Court (file photo/paNOW Staff)

P.A. man sentenced in hunting death

A young man who accidentally shot and killed another hunter near Weirdale in 2017 will go to jail for seven months.Austyn Adamko, 24, was sentenced Monday on charges of careless use of a firearm and c...

Apr 29, 2019 Facebook/Jordan Darchuk