Murray Wood: The poppy seems to be endangered in Canada these days
With Remembrance Day approaching, Murray Wood says he's not seeing as many poppies as he used to. Wood says he hopes the...
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‘I’ll never forgive him for doing any of that’: La Loche shooting victim
A sense of relief for many accompanied Thursday’s news that the Supreme Court of Canada would not hear an appeal from a young offender who was sentenced as an adult in a mass shooting in La Loch...
Apr 16, 2020
Cancellation of Saskatchewan drive-in church service questioned
Saskatchewan's premier wants an explanation as to why a drive-in church service on Easter Sunday wasn't allowed. Scott Moe's office is asking for answers from the Saskatchewan Health Authority about w...
Apr 15, 2020
Sask. Polytechnic donates masks, gloves and more to provincial government
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is giving a helping hand to health-care facilities across the province. It's donating thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment like gloves, masks and hand sanitize...
Apr 15, 2020 Personal protective equipment ready to be shipped to the health authority from Sask. Polytechnic. (Submitted/Saskpolytech.ca)
BHP adapts to COVID-19, helps local contractors keep going
BHP is adjusting its operations at its offices and the Jansen Potash site to reduce the risk of COVID-19. The company implemented split shifts at the Jansen project site, about 140 kilometres east of ...
Mar 27, 2020
Two corrections workers test positive for COVID-19 in Saskatoon
In a release issued early Friday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU) said that two corrections officers in Saskatoon have tested positive for COVID-19. The union...
Mar 27, 2020
Fear over COVID-19 strikes Sask. uranium sector
Two large-scale uranium project sites in Saskatchewan are going on hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cameco is temporarily suspending operations at its Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan;...
Mar 24, 2020 The McArthur River mine. (Cameco)
U of S receives $23 million for COVID-19 vaccine research
The University of Saskatchewan received a funding boost Monday in the ongoing effort to find a vaccine for COVID-19. The federal government announced $23.3 million for the university's Vaccine and Inf...
Mar 23, 2020
COVID-19 forcing wedding cancellations across Sask.
Julia Smith was preparing to celebrate the perfect day this summer. She was busy planning her dream wedding until COVID-19 began alarming Canadians earlier this month. As the days went on, and the con...
Mar 23, 2020 Julia Smith made the tough decision to cancel her wedding more than four months in advance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Julia Smith/Facebook)
U of S public health expert shares self-isolation tips
More and more people are self-isolating to try to stop the spread of COVID-19, and a Saskatoon professor wants to make sure they're doing it right. Dr. Alexander Crizzle, a professor in the school of ...
Mar 19, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
FSIN declares state of emergency
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is declaring a state of emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release sent Wednesday afternoon, FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said, "...
Mar 18, 2020
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8:30 - After the reveal of this federal budget, Evan speaks with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to hear how the budget w...