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A Saskatoon para-swimmer smashed three national records last weekend at a swim meet in the bridge city. "When I touched the wall and looked at my time I knew I did it," said 20-year-old Shelby Newkirk...

Construction on the new children's hospital in Saskatoon is 33 per cent complete. It's slated to open in late 2019. Health Minister Jim Reiter joined several health executives to tour the progress of ...

Saskatoon fire crews had to use rescue tools to free a woman from a car early Saturday morning. They were called to Highway 219 and Victor Road near Beaver Creek, south of Saskatoon, around 2:15 a.m. ...

It may only be Thanksgiving in the United States but the Saskatoon Blades are thankful for some home cooking after a 3-2 win over Brandon Friday night. The victory snapped the Blades' four-game losing...

The Saskatoon Star Phoenix's newsroom is getting smaller. Sources from within the paper told 650 CKOM nine positions at the Postmedia newspaper had been cut through a combination of voluntary buyouts ...

It's an early Christmas present the government wasn't hoping for, a billion dollar deficit. "It's a tough task to find savings," Health minister Jim Reiter said, he's been told to cut $64 million doll...

Saskatoon-based Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (Co-op) is calling for a meeting with Premier Brad Wall after the latest round of private liquor store licenses were doled out this week.   Co-op appl...

For the second time in two days Saskatoon police were called to a home invasion. The latest happened Friday around 1:45 pm on Wiggins Avenue South. At least two men, one wearing a ski mask and armed w...

Saskatchewan bar owners are keeping close tabs on changes coming to the province's drunk driving laws. Starting next year, anyone pulled over with a blood alcohol content (BAC) between .04 and .08 wil...

The Saskatoon Blades have acquired two draft picks in a swap that sends forward Cameron Hausinger to the Red Deer Rebels. In return, the Blades receive a 2017 7th round pick and a 5th round pick in 20...