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RCMP charge 34-year-old woman in relation to search warrant in Star City
Melfort RCMP have charged a 34-year-old woman after a search warrant was completed on Wednesday in Star City.Crews executed the search at around 3:30 a.m. at a home in the 300 block of Sixth Street in...
Mar 04, 2021
11 killed in army helicopter crash in eastern Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey - An army helicopter crashed in eastern Turkey on Thursday, killing 11 military personnel on board and injuring two others, the Defence Ministry said. News reports said a high-ranking o...
Mar 04, 2021
Former VIDO InterVac CEO uneasy about COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan
Saskatchewan is joining the provincial "bandwagon" of delaying the second doses of COVID-19 vaccines.That's what Andrew Potter, the former CEO of VIDO InterVac, tweeted just a couple of days ago - and...
Mar 04, 2021
Health Canada 'days away' from decision on Johnson & Johnson vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada is just "days away" from deciding whether to approve Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. If that happens it will add a fourth option to Canada's efforts to immunize ou...
Mar 04, 2021
Government provides $19M to child-care facilities
Licensed child-care facilities in Saskatchewan are getting more financial help.On Thursday, the Saskatchewan government said it was providing around $19 million from the Federal Safe Restart Agreement...
Mar 04, 2021
Students getting much needed escape from screens
Throughout the years, schools across Prince Albert have made sure to incorporate outdoor physical activities to make sure their students are getting outside. Now in the days of a pandemic, that has ne...
Mar 04, 2021
RCMP officer secures 40 sets of new hockey equipment for youth
Through a second and much larger donation of new hockey equipment, La Ronge RCMP Cpl. Brent Nicol wants residents to see police want positive progress in the communities they live and work as well. "I...
Mar 04, 2021
Battleford mayor encourages green bin use this spring, summer
As temperatures are warming, April will signal a shift for Battleford residents and their garbage.The town is going back to weekly garbage pickup next month, coinciding to when outdoor cleanup begins ...
Mar 04, 2021
IIHF postpones women's world hockey championship in Nova Scotia to May
HALIFAX - The International Ice Hockey Federation has confirmed the postponement of the women's world hockey championship in Nova Scotia to May 6-16. The tournament was originally scheduled for April ...
Mar 04, 2021
Some central and northern communities expected to see near normal runoff this spring
The Water Security Agency (WSA) is following up its February spring runoff report saying some communities in northern and central Saskatchewan will have a near normal runoff.According to a media relea...
Mar 04, 2021