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New report shows astronomical increase of Sask. opioid deaths in first year of COVID pandemic

A new report shows that a crisis affecting thousands of Saskatchewan people got incredibly worse during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a s...

Apr 22, 2024

Kinsmen Rodeo ready to kick off in North Battleford

Put on your cowboy boots and 10-gallon hat. The rodeo is back in the Battlefords.The 52nd annual North Battleford Kinsmen Indoor Rodeo will run this Friday and Saturday with performances starting at 7...

Apr 22, 2024

Sweetgrass archer takes gold at Junior Olympic Program Championships

Sweetgrass First Nation's Lyrik Albert is coming off a third straight gold medal performance at the Saskatchewan Junior Olympic Program (JOP) Championships in Prince Albert. Marking Albert's third gol...

Apr 22, 2024

Information session planned for new arena and multiplex facility

People interested in seeing how the new Meadow Lake arena and multiplex facility, known as the Co-op Centre, being built is developing are invited to attend a community information session taking plac...

Apr 22, 2024

Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22 as U.S. advances aid package

Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday, as the United States was on track to approve billions of dollars of ...

Apr 21, 2024

NBFD battles early Sunday morning blaze

The North Battleford Fire Department were busy early Sunday morning. At 3:41 a.m., firefighters responded to a structure fire in the 1500 Block of 99th Street. The residence was occupied when the fire...

Apr 21, 2024

‘Dying for doctors’: Report cites concerns with health care in rural Saskatchewan

Suzanne Kuchinka, mayor of the village of Macoun in southeast Saskatchewan, says it's been a struggle for years to keep family doctors because they retire or move elsewhere.In Lloydminster, a city on ...

Apr 21, 2024

Ottawa puts up $50M in federal budget to hedge against job-stealing AI

Worried artificial intelligence is coming for your job? So is the federal government - enough, at least, to set aside $50 million for skills retraining for workers. One of the centrepiece promises in ...

Apr 21, 2024

Number of drivers suspended for drugs growing ‘higher and higher’ in Sask.: SGI

April 20 - commonly referred to as 4/20 - has long been associated with cannabis culture in Canada and around the world.But while many will be lighting pipes, sparking up joints and munching on edible...

Apr 20, 2024

Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say

Every morning, Indigenous men at the Waseskun Healing Centre north of Montreal gather for a healing circle, where they smudge, share stories and sometimes gain spiritual guidance from elders.The centr...

Apr 20, 2024