Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Broncos GoFundMe money to be distributed soon
Families and surviving members of the Humboldt Broncos will likely get their share of the money raised by a GoFundMe campaign very soon. The advisory committee set up to overlook the fund filed their ...
Nov 22, 2018
Holodomor genocide remembered in the Battlefords
It was not an accident or poor harvest. It was a genocide organized by the Soviet Union to eradicate the free-thinking of landowners who did not want to be collectivized on their farms and led to the ...
Nov 22, 2018
P.A. neonatal unit compared to telephone booth amidst call for improvements
The picture accompanying this article shows a team of professionals working elbow-to-elbow in the cramped 20 feet by 18 feet confines of a space that has been likened to a "telephone booth" by a local...
Nov 21, 2018
Saskatchewan offers longest maternity leave in Canada
Expecting women in Saskatchewan are now entitled to take more maternity leave. New changes by the government allow moms-to-be to take 19 weeks of maternity leave, an increase from 18 weeks. This means...
Nov 21, 2018
Health officials warn of romaine lettuce E.coli outbreak
Health officials in Canada are warning people about a new E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. So far the outbreak has made 15 people sick in Quebec and three in Ontario - with six requiring ho...
Nov 21, 2018
Sask. RCMP issue warning about man charged with sexual assault
RCMP in Saskatchewan are issuing a warning about a man charged with an alleged violent sexual assault in Alberta. Edmonton police said on Oct. 14, a woman reported to them that she'd been violently se...
Nov 19, 2018
Camo Day in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation wants to remind people about the importance of hunting, fishing and trapping in Saskatchewan. Thursday Nov. 15 was Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Day in Sa...
Nov 15, 2018
RCMP discuss rural crime at SARM convention in Saskatoon
Delegates at a Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention in Saskatoon took the opportunity to question the RCMP's staffing levels and response times during a presentation Thur...
Nov 15, 2018
Kids Help Phone launches national text service
Hundreds of kids in Saskatchewan reached out to Kids Help Phone by text during a pilot program launched shortly after the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy last April. The original plan was to test the tex...
Nov 15, 2018
Saskatchewan RCMP launch Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Start the conversation today. That's the RCMP's goal when it comes to November, Domestic Violence Awareness Month across the province. Battleford’s RCMP Staff Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt says that this ...
Nov 14, 2018