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Why credit scores matter

How to gain more control over your financial future.Many aspects of the economy are affected by forces well beyond our reach but being attentive to the economic factors that you can influence directly...

Dec 28, 2020

New lockdown measures begin in Ontario as some provinces move Boxing Day online

MONTREAL - Ontario began a provincewide lockdown on Saturday as several provinces are opting for online or scaled-down Boxing Day shopping to limit the spread of COVID-19. The province has reported mo...

Dec 26, 2020

'Stay cautious' advice from government on Boxing Day

Stay cautious when visiting retail locations and don't hang around. That's the simple advice coming from the Government of Saskatchewan today as many of us think about heading out for Boxing Day sales...

Dec 26, 2020

New COVID-19 variants not in Canada: Tam; Queen focuses on hope in Christmas speech

In her annual Christmas message, the Queen spoke about hope and kindness, praising nurses, front-line service workers and Good Samaritans.Yet, not once in the message that referenced social distancing...

Dec 26, 2020

Spirit of Christmas still alive as hundreds of Canadians give the gift of giving

The most wonderful time in a not-so-wonderful year has arrived and Canadians from coast to coast aren't letting the pandemic put a damper on their Christmas spirit. Many have found creative ways to ce...

Dec 25, 2020

La Loche man wins big with scratch lottery ticket

A man in La Loche is stepping into the holiday season with some early Christmas fortune, and his luck created quite the buzz in the store that sold him the special ticket.La Loche local Jules Boucher ...

Dec 24, 2020

Province records 159 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths

Five people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died in the province, marking a total of 130 deaths in Saskatchewan to date. Over half of those deaths have occurred this month.Two deaths in the 70-79 age gro...

Dec 23, 2020

Youth committee Christmas drive reignites holiday spirit

A group of young women is keeping the holiday spirit bright with a community support initiative. The Meadow Lake RCMP's Youth Advisory Committee organized a food drive on behalf of the Door of Hope to...

Dec 23, 2020

Hope and the Future: Progress in Northern health

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget, but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.While the COVID-19 pandem...

Dec 23, 2020

Survivor calls on Trudeau to release St. Anne's residential-school abuse documents

OTTAWA - Residential school survivor Evelyn Korkmaz is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to release thousands of documents that detail the sexual and physical abuse of thousands of Indigenous c...

Dec 23, 2020