Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Pelican Lake woman charged with second-degree murder
A 24-year-old woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 39-year-old man near Spiritwood this week. Donya Hope Lewis of the Pelican Lake First Nation made her f...
Jan 08, 2019
Trade minister says carbon tax poses challenge to Ag growth
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Trade and Export Development says the federal government wants to impose a carbon tax at a time when the agricultural sector is showing growth and should be getting a ...
Jan 08, 2019
Truck driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash pleads guilty
Nearly six months after being released on bail, and multiple adjournments in between, Jaskirat Sidhu pleaded guilty to all 29 counts related to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in April 2018. Sidhu, the...
Jan 08, 2019
Pair arrested after police pursue stolen truck
One man's alleged driving antics have led to criminal charges after police pursued a vehicle last week. Last Thursday, officers attempted to stop a stolen 2013 white Dodge pickup truck for excessive s...
Jan 07, 2019
Escaped penitentiary inmate turned himself in: CSC
The Correctional Service of Canada has confirmed that an inmate who escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary New Year's Eve turned himself in over the weekend at a correctional facility in southern ...
Jan 07, 2019
Sask. Pen escapee recaptured
The brief taste of freedom for an escaped convict from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary is over. In a very short post alongside a graphic reading “Recapture of Inmate” on the Correctional Ser...
Jan 06, 2019
Sask. Party government to cut ties with GTH
The provincial government is taking the first steps to cutting ties with the Global Transportation Hub west of Regina, minister responsible for the centre Don Morgan announced Friday morning. In a new...
Jan 04, 2019
Unemployment rate holds steady nationally, little change regionally to end 2018
Canada ended the year with its unemployment rate steady at a 43-year low of 5.6 per cent, according to Statistics Canada's monthly labour force numbers. The national agency said the country added 9,30...
Jan 04, 2019
Missing youth found on Big River First Nation
Update: RCMP said both were located safe at a home on Big River First Nation. — Big River RCMP are looking for two teenage girls reported missing from a local youth lodge. RCMP say 15-year-old T...
Jan 03, 2019
CAA Saskatchewan safety tips as students return to school
A new year, and a return to school for children across the province. Students in the North East School Division are already back at school, while those in the Sask. Rivers and Horizon school divisions...
Jan 03, 2019