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More bat encounters raise rabies concerns
Health officials say Saskatoon has seen a sharp rise in bat encounters this year, and several of those bats have tested positive for rabies.Dr. Simon Kapaj, medical health officer with the Saskatchewa...
Oct 05, 2025
USask researchers receive $1.5 million for rapid response wildfire research
Researchers will have more money to study the effects of wildfire damage on First Nations and Mtis communities.The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Institute of Indigenous Peoples Health...
Oct 05, 2025
‘What we need is hope’: NDP Leader Carla Beck addresses delegates at party convention
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has the highest post-election leadership review in party history.The NDP convention at TCU Place in Saskatoon this weekend brought in over 600 delegates, the largest...
Oct 05, 2025
Kobelka stops 21, North Stars lose 2-0 at home to the Melfort Mustangs
The night after a 3-2 shootout loss in Melfort, the North Stars (2-2-0-1) were shutout 2-0 by the Mustangs in North Battleford. Battlefords was missing Carter Geysen who served a one-game suspension f...
Oct 05, 2025
Indigenous Peoples grapple with claims downplaying the history of residential schools
OTTAWA - As Indigenous Peoples marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this week, they also had to confront a persistent problem: public figures claiming the history of residential school...
Oct 04, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe backs Alberta on pipeline plans
Building a pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northwest coast could be the "most significant generationally important infrastructure that we could consider as Canadians."Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe ma...
Oct 04, 2025
SUMA returns from Ottawa in hopes to revive ICIP
With representatives from all over the province joining the trip, members of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) were in Ottawa for three days this past week. The purpose of the t...
Oct 04, 2025
Canada Post union says latest contract offer is step backwards
The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation is taking a major step backwards with its latest contract offers.In a statement released Friday, the union says it is disappointed...
Oct 04, 2025
Battlefords North Stars fall 3-2 to the Melfort Mustangs in the shootout
A back and forth game in Melfort ended in a 3-2 shootout loss for the North Stars against the Mustangs, Kaleb Binner scored the shootout winner.The Mustangs started off the game outplaying the North S...
Oct 03, 2025
RCMP cross-border raid nets rifles, cocaine and stolen ATVs
A pair of suspects from the RM of Manitou Lake are facing multiple charges after a joint RCMP investigation led to the seizure of firearms, cocaine and stolen vehicles valued at more than $100,000.The...
Oct 03, 2025