Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Fraud results in loss of more than $330K for Creative Saskatchewan
Police are investigating after Creative Saskatchewan was defrauded of more than $330,000.That loss was one of two included in the report of public losses for Saskatchewan ministries and Crown corporat...
Feb 05, 2024
STARS celebrates its first neonatal helicopter transfer in Sask.
A Saskatchewan newborn needing critical care was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Regina in December, marking a first for STARS.The non-profit helicopter ambulance service called it "a major...
Feb 05, 2024

Doctors ratify four-year contract with Saskatchewan government
Saskatchewan's doctors have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year contract with the provincial government.In a media release Monday, the government revealed that 93 per cent of physicians who...
Feb 05, 2024

Sask. Teachers announce one-day withdrawal of noon-hour supervision
One day after announcing the next round of rotating strikes, Saskatchewan teachers say noon-hour supervision will be the next to go.The Teachers Federation (STF) said on Thursday, they would withdraw ...
Feb 05, 2024

New AFN chief looks to turn page with Pierre Poilievre from Harper-era tensions
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is trying to make inroads with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, hoping to forestall the tensions and angst that marked the party's last time in...
Feb 04, 2024

Second rotating teacher strike to involve Northern Sask. & Saskatoon area
The second round of rotating strikes has been announced by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF).On Wednesday, teachers in and around Saskatoon and Northern Saskatchewan will hit the picket line...
Feb 04, 2024

Spotlight on London, Ont. as world junior hockey sex assault case goes to court
The southwestern Ontario city of London will be under a spotlight Monday as a high-profile, multi-year probe into allegations of sexual assault involving players from Canada's 2018 world junior hockey...
Feb 04, 2024

Study examining equine assisted therapy in P.A. area looking for more participants
A study happening in the Prince Albert area is looking for public safety workers to take part.A research team from McMaster University is trying to determine whether Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) cou...
Feb 03, 2024

Students in Regina stage walkout in support of teachers
Some students in Regina began the new semester with a walkout in support of the province's teachers.On Friday afternoon, about 100 students gathered outside the Legislative Building and staged a rally...
Feb 03, 2024

Sask. farmers not panicking over warm temperatures in February
Saskatchewan farmers don't think the above-average temperatures this winter are putting them out to pasture."I don't think they'll affect us yet," said Ian Boxall, the president of the Agricultural Pr...
Feb 03, 2024