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Meadow Lake Fire Chief advising residents of dry wildfire conditions
As temperatures continue to slowly rise with the arrival of spring, the Meadow Lake Fire Department is informing residents of the current dry and potentially dangerous conditions in the Meadow Lake ar...
Apr 14, 2021

Work on new Calgary Flames arena paused due to budgetary issues
CALGARY - Work on a new arena for the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames has been put on hold due to budgetary issues. The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation says it made a presentation to city c...
Apr 14, 2021

Sask. welcomes Alberta into SMR MOU, feasibility study positive on possibilities
On Wednesday morning, Saskatchewan's premier helped welcome another province into the group looking at widening the use of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Canada.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney signed o...
Apr 14, 2021

Shahab warning about COVID spread at work
As COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise in Saskatchewan, the province's top doctor is reminding people to be careful at work.During the Tuesday COVID-19 update, Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province's chie...
Apr 14, 2021

Melfort Salvation Army postpones in-person worship services
In-person church services at the Melfort Salvation Army are being postponed after the new public health orders came down on Tuesday that limits worship gathering sizes to 30 people.Captain Rick Robins...
Apr 14, 2021

AP sources: NCAA dumps requirement that transfers sit a year
Starting next season, major college football and basketball players will be permitted to transfer one time before graduating without being required to sit out a year of competition. The NCAA Division ...
Apr 14, 2021

Pandemic results in fewer calls for service to La Ronge RCMP
There's been a noticeable reduction in the number of calls for service in the Town of La Ronge between 2019 and 2020.That's according to statistics provided by the RCMP at a Committee of the Whole mee...
Apr 14, 2021

Rings on the Horizon: Tokyo Summer Olympics hit 100 days out marker
After months of question marks, health concerns, event rescheduling, and general ambivalence about an Olympics being held in a pandemic, those famous rings are starting to shine a little brighter on t...
Apr 14, 2021

Strong real estate market continues
Record real estate numbers in Northwest Saskatchewan over the past few months continued in March and the industry expects this to continue further into 2021.The latest report from the Saskatchewan Rea...
Apr 14, 2021

Premier Francois Legault softens rules for outdoor mask use following criticism
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault softened some rules surrounding outdoor mask wearing on Wednesday, after opposition parties expressed concern about his government's confused messaging. On T...
Apr 14, 2021