Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan supports physicians with $10 Million funding
The Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) have partnered to set up the Innovative Fund for family physician-led healthcare clinics in the province.Dr. Jess Melle, p...
Aug 23, 2024

SUMA offering 'Candidate School' for prospective municipal election candidates
The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is offering some information for people thinking of running in the civic elections this fall. The organization is holding a virtual Candidate S...
Aug 23, 2024

Battlefords Family Health Centre reopens after overcoming major setback
A new chapter has started for Battlefords Family Health Centre (BFHC) almost 15 months after it was forced to close due to severe water damage. The BFHC held an official re-opening ceremony Thursday. ...
Aug 22, 2024
Sask resource industry relieved to avert rail labor dispute
Canada's two largest railroads will roll their trains again after the government intervened to end a shutdown that arose from a labor dispute. After Canadian National and CPKC failed to reach new agre...
Aug 22, 2024

UPDATE: Services restored to La Ronge internet, phone, cell services
UPDATE: Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, SaskTel reported that all services had been restored in La Ronge, Weyakwin, Brabant Lake, Cigar Lake, Collins Bay, English Bay, Far Indian Reserve, Grandmother's...
Aug 22, 2024
‘We don’t want to be here’: Sask. CPKC workers frustrated by rail lockout
Just hours after Canadian Pacific Kansas City locked them out of their workplaces, many rail workers were out on the picket lines early on Thursday morning in Saskatoon, pleading for the union and com...
Aug 22, 2024
Former Sask. Roughriders head coach Ken Miller passes away at 82
Former Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Ken Miller has passed away at the age of 82.The product of The Dalles, Ore., was hired as the Roughriders' offensive co-ordinator in the Grey Cup-winning sea...
Aug 21, 2024

Tornado warning for parts of central Saskatchewan
All eyes are on the sky as forecasters try to predict whether a storm capable of producing a tornado will materialize. Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that was loc...
Aug 21, 2024

Two arrested after armed robbery in Poundmaker Cree Nation
One man and a woman were arrested on Aug. 18 after a report of an armed robbery in Poundmaker Cree Nation. According to RCMP, the two suspects assaulted one woman, held a man at gunpoint and shot the ...
Aug 21, 2024
Sask. is addressing health-care issues, Premier Scott Moe says
A Saskatchewan family doctor quitting the province over problems with the health-care system has appealed to the government to "build the bottom of the pyramid."In a column submitted to the Saskatoon ...
Aug 21, 2024