Category Archives: Saskatchewan
241 guns, 14,000 rounds of ammo turned in during firearm amnesty
More than 240 unwanted guns were turned in during the provincewide 2022 Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police gun amnesty.The amnesty, which ran from March 21 through Sunday, collected 241 unwa...
Apr 13, 2022
Choiceland Fire happy to upgrade training for members
Newly announced training money for fire departments from SGI is welcome news to the Choiceland fire department. Fire chief Keegan Faul said his department spends significant resources on training, and...
Apr 13, 2022
LISTEN: Firefighters rescue dog trapped in well near Nipawin
It is a happy ending to a story from just outside Nipawin after a dog was stuck in a well for at least two days.The Nipawin Fire Department received a call last Thursday night that a dog had fallen do...
Apr 13, 2022
FSIN launches Talking Stick App for First Nation communities
A new app for First Nations people has launched in Saskatchewan, which provides culture-based support as well as confidential conversations.The Talking Stick App has been brought forward by the Federa...
Apr 13, 2022
The journey of two entrepreneurs and the quest to remove receipt waste
Two Saskatchewan entrepreneurs are tackling a big, but often forgotten issue of wasted receipts.Kim Baldwin and Carmen Johanson, who have known each other since their days at the University of Saskatc...
Apr 13, 2022
STF calls on government to reinstate public health measures in schools
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation wants the provincial government to learn a lesson from the latest wastewater data.One day after the University of Saskatchewan's latest data showed a 742 per cent...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal housing budget a good start, more targeted support needed: Housing advocates
OTTAWA - Advocates say while the federal government's focus on housing affordability in the budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire housing need. Emilie Coyl...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show
OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...
Apr 12, 2022
Volunteer firefighters getting help from Saskatchewan government
Volunteer firefighters often are among the first to respond to crashes on Saskatchewan's roads.On Tuesday, the provincial government announced a program - the first of its kind in Canada, according to...
Apr 12, 2022
Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world
OTTAWA - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the wo...
Apr 11, 2022