Sarah Mills: Teachers deserve gratitude as school year wraps up
There's a collective sigh coming from Saskatchewan's teachers as the school year ends. Sarah Mills says teachers are ask...
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Saskatchewan offers longest maternity leave in Canada
Expecting women in Saskatchewan are now entitled to take more maternity leave. New changes by the government allow moms-to-be to take 19 weeks of maternity leave, an increase from 18 weeks. This means...
Nov 21, 2018
Psychologist puts clients at ease with help of farm animals
Even before she became a registered psychologist, Lumsden's Kali Eddy always felt something calming about living in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by animals. Later on in her practice, she found he...
Nov 20, 2018 Kali Eddy, from Lumsden, Sask., uses a practice called animal-assisted therapy to put help clients feel more comfortable during sessions. (Joseph Ho/980/CJME)
Antidepressant shortage could affect 12,000 people in Sask.
An ongoing national drug shortage of an antidepressant could be affecting about 12,000 people in Saskatchewan, according to the Ministry of Health. The brand name of the drug is Wellbutrin, but its ge...
Nov 20, 2018
Examine ‘monstrous’ allegations of forced sterilization of Indigenous women: NDP
OTTAWA - The federal government and the provinces must examine "monstrous" allegations of modern-day forced sterilizations of Indigenous women, NDP reconciliation critic Romeo Saganash said Monday. Sa...
Nov 19, 2018 NDP MP Romeo Saganash - Canadian Press
Estevan sees largest crime severity drop in Sask.
Police services in Saskatchewan looking to cut down on crime might want to turn to Estevan. Crime in Estevan is trending downward - over the past five years, it's had the largest drop in the Crime Sev...
Nov 19, 2018
Cougars in action, Campbell wins provincial volleyball gold
It was a busy weekend for the Regina Cougars. Basketball and volleyball took over the centre of Kinesiology, Health and Sport building. Both Manitoba basketball teams were in the city for basketball. ...
Nov 19, 2018 University of Regina Cougars womens basketball team beat the Manitoba Bisons Nov. 17, 2018. (Arthur Ward Images / Twitter @ReginaCougars)
RCMP investigating suspicious death of man
Police are looking into the death of a man after he was found in his home Tuesday on the Little Black Bear First Nation. File Hills First Nations Police Service has requested the assistance of RCMP Ma...
Nov 14, 2018
Many child killers have been placed in Indigenous healing lodges, stats show
OTTAWA - Newly released figures show the practice of placing child-killers in the federal prison service's Indigenous healing lodges stretches back several years - well before the recent uproar over T...
Nov 14, 2018
Sask. to begin distribution of safer inhalation supplies
- By Brady Bateman Drug users in Saskatchewan will soon be given a safer option for inhalation supplies after the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced they will be supplying community-based organiz...
Nov 13, 2018 The Saskatchewan government has announced they will begin distributing safe inhalation supplies in an effort to tackle high HIV and Hepatitis C rates in the province. (YouTube/Screenshot)
Riders' playoffs end in heartbreak, fall 23-18 to Bombers
Don't blame the referees. That's the message that offensive lineman Thaddeus Coleman had at the end of the west semi-final Sunday night. The Roughriders fell 23-18 to the Blue Bombers in a snow game a...
Nov 11, 2018 Linebacker Cameron Judge makes a tackle in the west semi-final against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Roughriders would go on to lose the match-up 23-18. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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